It may surprise you to know that green chillies and red chillies are the same plant, just one is ripe,and one is picked early. Of course there are many, many varieties of chilli pepper plant (chile to our US friends, the double l in chilli is the British English version) but they're all pretty easy to grow and many can be grown from store or supermarket-bought chilli seeds. … [Read more...] about How To Grow Green Chillies
June – Harvesting and Planting
What are we planting and harvesting in June in our tropical garden. What's growing in June, what's dying, what are we ripping out and what's growing from seed. These month-by-month posts are my record. I want to be able to compare what my plants are doing in the garden over multiple years and find the patterns. It's really interesting to observe like this and it's the best way … [Read more...] about June – Harvesting and Planting
Grapefruit Tree
The grapefruit tree (citrus pandisi) in our garden must be ten years old now and it gives us prolific grapefruit every year. This post is about growing grapefruit, caring for a grapefruit tree, types of grapefruit tree, uses for and harvesting grapefruit and as many other grapefruit tree related facts I can come up with! The grapefruit tree is my favourite of my many fruit … [Read more...] about Grapefruit Tree
May in the Garden
What's growing, fruiting, flowering, germinating, and cropping in our tropical food garden in May? May is the last month of autumn where we are. It's getting towards the start of the tropical dry season, our winter. We are still getting a little rain, the garden isn't as dry as a chip, yet. At night it's "cold". We've seen temperatures below 20 degrees C at night but mostly … [Read more...] about May in the Garden
Growing Tomatoes in The Tropics
This post is about my experience and things I've learned growing tomatoes in the tropics. Yes, of course you can grow tomatoes in the tropics, but it's a little different to growing cherry, heirloom, grape, beefsteak and slicer tomatoes in more temperate climates. I grew up growing tomatoes in a temperate environment, where winters didn't support tomato growing. In the tropics … [Read more...] about Growing Tomatoes in The Tropics