22 Edible Perennial Plants for Abundant Edible Gardens 🍏

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    00:00 Why grow Perennials
    01:51 Sweet Potato
    03:34 Asparagus
    04:27 Egyptian Walking Onion
    05:33 New Zealand Spinach
    06:17 Calendula
    07:16 Rosemary
    08:47 Fennel
    10:03 Lemon Tree
    11:46 Passionfruit
    12:53 Mulberry
    14:16 Ginger
    15:43 Raspberry
    16:42 Strawberry
    17:30 Mint
    19:25 Apple Tree
    20:02 Banana
    21:24 Turmeric
    21:56 Perennial Basil
    22:27 Society Garlic
    23:47 Globe Artichoke
    24:43 Pepino
    25:16 Feijoa
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Komentáře • 170

  • @elsabadenhorst9746
    @elsabadenhorst9746 Před 9 měsíci +24

    From South Africa. 200 banana trees with sweet potstoes as a groud cover, cassava, papaya, and cherryv guava in between the bananas. Then i have 8 beehives. The fence on one side has a row of shugarcane and the other side has passion frute and katowa grapes. I have 8 rabit doe's and 2 bucks , 7 hens and 2 roosters. 8 Bukets of strawberties, acwaphonics with salads and a 18x2.5 metre spinach pach under banana trees oppisite my driveway. My total property is 1,100 square metres.with a house of 150 square and a rabetery of 5 x 4 metres. My chicken coop is 6x 6 metres. I have 25.000 litre rain water tanks and 5kva 48volt inverter with 5kva l-ion battery and 1.5 kva solar pannels. I am living off grid and sustsin my self. I do have a small khichen garden with herbs, tomato, and pumken exetra🌹

    • @shekhar_sahu
      @shekhar_sahu Před 4 měsíci +1

      That sounds amazing. Could you give us a sneak peek of your garden?

    • @Nura80able
      @Nura80able Před 2 měsíci

      It all sounds so lovely!

    • @shalenawhite
      @shalenawhite Před měsícem

      very cool

  • @johannesbadenhorst3189
    @johannesbadenhorst3189 Před rokem +10

    From South Africa I live 90% from bananas, sweet potatoes, pawpaw and eggs

  • @marisasanchez1699
    @marisasanchez1699 Před rokem +25

    I love that you show the dishes that you make with your fresh produce. So colourful, beautiful and creative 😍

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +3

      Thanks Marisa! I love colourful food 🙌 🌈🌱

    • @jayan9950
      @jayan9950 Před rokem +2

      @@SustainableHolly maybe recipes soon too❤❤❤

  • @shaagarey469
    @shaagarey469 Před měsícem +1

    Omg, Is she so informative, and yet so charming while she’s doing it, plus she’s quite frankly brilliant!

  • @dudeman5812
    @dudeman5812 Před rokem +4

    Permaculture garden is like creating a foraging Forrest that doesn’t require labor. Some weed clearing maybe. Seems like the way to go

  • @purposeful142
    @purposeful142 Před rokem +3

    You are very wise for your age.
    God bless you. ❤

  • @ANPC-pi9vu
    @ANPC-pi9vu Před rokem +9

    Sadly I live in a zone that can't grow everything you can due to some hard frosts in winter. I think it would be a great addition to your vids to mention the climate zones of the plants, since you likely have a lot of audience outside of New Zealand. ;) Some plants can grow in a very wide range while others require tropical conditions.

    • @jackstone4291
      @jackstone4291 Před rokem +2

      Yes indeed! Many New Zealand plants or plants that grow well in New Zealand do well in the UK but there are many other zones across the States and the world. Agree

    • @fabricdragon
      @fabricdragon Před rokem +3

      totally this. im in zone 6b and i appreciate the information you have, but would love to just be told "this is hardy in zone XYZ"

    • @00Recoil
      @00Recoil Před 11 měsíci +2

      I thought she said 3:17 she is in Perth, Australia. Still, a valid point to talk about climate zones.

  • @debrasfrugallife3703
    @debrasfrugallife3703 Před rokem +4

    My bunnies love mint I never worry about it taken over my garden 😊

  • @quantafitness6088
    @quantafitness6088 Před rokem +3

    Banana and passionfruit. What a dream 😍 My climate is much cooler than yours but you still inspire me.

  • @SAROXBAND
    @SAROXBAND Před rokem +5

    I just have to thank you for so much inspiration & knowledge!!! 🙌♥️🥰 Warm hello from tropical Puerto Rico ☀️🌴

  • @jenniferk6697
    @jenniferk6697 Před rokem +13

    I started my own saffron this year, got 21 plants pop up from 20 corms lol. Excited to start growing my own saffron, and for them to multiply in the coming years

  • @jedheart8059
    @jedheart8059 Před 7 dny

    Here in California Mediterranean climate, I grow several varieties of 1) blackberry, 2) fig, 3) pineapple guava, 4) plums, 5) apricots 6) nectarines, 7) crab apples, 8) apples, 9) mulberry, 10) pears, 11) pomegranates, 12) tea, 13) lemon grass, 14) Egyptian Walking onion, 15) Welah onions, 16) potatoes (yes perrennial, leaving them to grow wild in ground), 17) mints, 18) rosemary,19) strawberry guava, 29) sorel, 30) perrrenial chard, 31) perrenial spinach, 32) kale/collard tree, 33) lemon,34) orange, 35) bananas. Our bananas may freeze over before ripening totally but the bees love their flowers. We compost in the center of our banana circle. I am starting to learn how to graft fruit treees and pollinate brassicas with the tree kale/cllards. We have a similar climate to New Zealand. I grow New Zealand Clover. And we have ine apple tree imported to a nursery in USA. They purchased and impirted cuttings. Grew rgise into trees. Then they started new trees from curtings. I irdered their first offering. The tree is only a few years old so no apples yet. But passion fruit, its too dry here. It can grow on California coastal gardens but inland is too dry. It always dies on me.

    • @jedheart8059
      @jedheart8059 Před 7 dny

      I take the guava and freeze it. Then use it to make frozen smoothies. Just add bananas or whatever - strawberry, etc.

  • @Pervydachny
    @Pervydachny Před rokem +6

    Hello! Despite the fact that we live on different continents, many perennial edible plants grow in my garden too. My favorite is chives. I didn't know calendula leaves were edible. Thank you for a great video.👍🌻💙😜😘

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Hello! 🌱 I love chive flowers 🌸

    • @annriddle9424
      @annriddle9424 Před rokem +1

      I didn't know about this either. I like how they add a pop of brightness in my garden.

    • @denisehitchens1418
      @denisehitchens1418 Před rokem +2

      Love perennials because they save you money big time.

  • @susanlee9532
    @susanlee9532 Před rokem +1

    I you spray the dried fennel flowers with sparkly white or white then add iridescent glitter, they look like snow flakes.

  • @user-kf5kp7hd9j
    @user-kf5kp7hd9j Před rokem +1

    A beautiful person can only create beautiful life❤

  • @melindagreenhalgh4476
    @melindagreenhalgh4476 Před rokem +5

    I also grow pigeon pea, arrowroot- low maintanance perenials.
    Thank you for the informative video .👍

  • @squidbeard492
    @squidbeard492 Před rokem +1

    I have enough room around my yard for 7 dwarf fruit trees. My plan is to graft at least 2-3 more varieties on each to extend the fruiting season and of course give me more choices.

  • @Mrbfgray
    @Mrbfgray Před rokem +2

    Lemons also imply limes and other citrus. Avocadoes are a must have if climate allows. Plenty of great ideas and knowledge here...added few more to my want list.

  • @brigidaodonnell7053
    @brigidaodonnell7053 Před rokem +2

    I have planted golden grapes, figs and feijoas, which are all favourites

  • @jackiek4159
    @jackiek4159 Před rokem +11

    Absolutely loved this video and these ideas Holly! I've recently planted a lemon and peach tree months ago and am already getting baby peaches and lemons from both trees! Growing your own food is soo much fun! 😍🙌🏻💞🍋

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Yum!!! It is so exciting the potential future meals you can make from your own garden! 🙌🌱🌸

  • @randomsaltyperson1148
    @randomsaltyperson1148 Před rokem +1

    Btw...You can still eat the larger leaves....you just have to cook them a little longer like you would kale. Good video!

  • @rory6089
    @rory6089 Před rokem +3

    Excellent channel Holly, you deserve a lot more views, but they'll come in time 😀

  • @MartinaSchoppe
    @MartinaSchoppe Před rokem +2

    oh, I'm so jealous! Almost none of those are frost hardy enough to grow here in Germany, except asparagus, apples, raspberries and mints of course. Rosemary will survive most winters and I have a Pineapple Guava and some citrus in pots so that I can bring them inside if it gets below freezing. Artichokes would be growing here, too, but I kind of don see the point in having such an enormours plant to eat just tiny pieces of the flowers.
    I'd love to have cold hardy sweet potatoes. Plant breeders, get onto that!! 😊
    Luckily there are so many other perennials hardy enough to survive our winters: sea kale, caucasian mountain spinach, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, jostaberries, hardy kiwi, plums, pears, cherries, peaches, persimmons, pawpaws (Asimina triloba), several species of onions, hops, walnut, hazelnut, pecan nut...

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Yum!! That’s still a delicious list thanks so much for sharing for other fellow cold climates!! There’s so many delicious perennials I am always adding more and more! Especially berries 🙌

    • @MartinaSchoppe
      @MartinaSchoppe Před rokem +2

      @@SustainableHolly try thornless blackberries.... soooooo gooooood

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      @@MartinaSchoppe i will!! thank you :)

  • @melanieallen3655
    @melanieallen3655 Před rokem +3

    Luv luv rosemary & asparagus..good tip4 rosemary cuttings!😁Ooohhh.I need2 dehydrate my lemon peels..thankyou!! I never knew mulberry leaves were edible..Thai mint is amazing too! Apple sauce can be used for egg substitute in baking..my kids like turmeric in their rice4 yellow rice..love this video! Very informative & motivating!💚Ooohhh pepino sounds interesting!

  • @leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793

    Great information. Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊

  • @lornapenn-chester6867
    @lornapenn-chester6867 Před měsícem

    Love it! I don’t think much of this would grow in Ireland though!

  • @shaagarey469
    @shaagarey469 Před měsícem

    OMG you are brilliant! I’m in Belize & using all your suggestions… thank you so much for being so generous for your excellent advice! Many blessings on you & your stewardship 🙏💕

  • @patrickmurphy7485
    @patrickmurphy7485 Před rokem +2

    Your joy is so contagious I want to go plant now

  • @isabelladavis1363
    @isabelladavis1363 Před rokem +2

    Great article I’m on board with sweet potatoes 77 lbs from six plants this year and still more coming…rosemary is an amazing cognitive plant as well…thank u for sharing these unique plants…stay blessed

  • @christypham3386
    @christypham3386 Před rokem +1

    very inspirational

  • @Doxxy820
    @Doxxy820 Před rokem +1

    Thank you. ❤

  • @jliu2003
    @jliu2003 Před 7 měsíci

    I grow pepino melons too! Good to see another gardener appreciate their value =)

  • @andrehuman374
    @andrehuman374 Před rokem +2

    Thanks for your insights and preservation ideas

  • @naturewoman1274
    @naturewoman1274 Před rokem +2

    Great video Holly must put in asparagus one day hope you're doing well sending hugs and love xxx

  • @sandyanderson7973
    @sandyanderson7973 Před rokem +2

    You can make homemade apple cider vinegar from your apples, as well

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Yes!! So many things to make with apples they are a great staple crop 🙌

  • @fazimoonsamad258
    @fazimoonsamad258 Před měsícem

    Would love to see how you use them.

  • @hosanna_garden
    @hosanna_garden Před rokem +1

    Awesome Gardening

  • @desipanjaban
    @desipanjaban Před 10 měsíci

    great information. Thanks

  • @TrinaMadeIt
    @TrinaMadeIt Před rokem +2

    I’m so glad I have quite a few of these in my garden!!

  • @joannedixon1977
    @joannedixon1977 Před rokem +2

    So inspiring my garden is looking amazing just because of you

  • @baronthiessen7073
    @baronthiessen7073 Před rokem +2

    A few fun additions are muscadine Vines, and sugar cane.

  • @suziehall3925
    @suziehall3925 Před rokem +1

    wow, just had a lovely afternoon watching a bunch of your very informative videos! thank you! and even more useful because you have all the info for kiwi/downunder growing, many thanks from Raglan NZ!

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Yay thanks you Suzie your message made my day 😊 Raglan is a magical spot!

  • @fransiedutoit7338
    @fransiedutoit7338 Před rokem +3

    Thank you Holly! For sharing and for the ebook! Much appreciated 💗

  • @susanlee9532
    @susanlee9532 Před rokem

    The best mint for stomachache and colic, is catnip. For infants dilute a TBL of prepared tea with warm water with a little sugar. It doesn’t take much to help ease the pain from colic.

  • @TheTexasTakebyMissVikie
    @TheTexasTakebyMissVikie Před 6 měsíci

    Very Energetic Likeable & Informative... ✨😇✨
    Thanks for Sharing
    Miss Vikie Howell 🕊💖🕊
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    I shared you on my Facebook page 😊

  • @pepper24able
    @pepper24able Před rokem +1

    What a beautiful Kiwi girl you are Holly. Thanks for the info. Greetings from home!

  • @cindybroadus3277
    @cindybroadus3277 Před rokem

    You are so thorough and interesting. Absolutely love your accent. I am very eager to get a perineal garden established and how wonderful that I found your videos BLESSINGS!

  • @jasmineb8576
    @jasmineb8576 Před rokem +6

    Brilliant list!! Thank you for sharing.
    I recently bought 2 acres and you've given me sooo many plant ideas. Thank you for suggesting Feijoa! I LOVE them but could never remember what they are called haha Im planting my own!!

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Yay! I’m so glad 🌱 2 acres how exciting!! You have room for soo many delicious edibles 🍉🍇🍏🍌

  • @janetbransdon3742
    @janetbransdon3742 Před rokem +2

    Thank you 🥰🤗

  • @gloriasimoes9351
    @gloriasimoes9351 Před rokem +1

    Hello. Could you make a video about your favorite tea blends please?I love your work. Thank you so much.❤

  • @fotisg.stathopoulosfgs1631

    Hello from Greece!! Nice videos and very informative!!! Awesome!!! I have used many of your fantastic suggestions!!! How about trying stamnagathi - chicory (Cichorium intybus)?

  • @csr3282
    @csr3282 Před rokem +1

    I just learnt s much. Thank you. My backyard is all eatables, and I love the fejoa hedge idea.

  • @andrewquin5365
    @andrewquin5365 Před 9 měsíci

    Great thank you especially as I live in Perth

  • @badajoma
    @badajoma Před rokem

    Love your motivating enthusiasm Holly. Thank you...even in a hot Brissy Summer, I have hope for my garden👌

  • @165219
    @165219 Před rokem +3

    Great video, the garden is looking amazing! I just bought a dwarf Tahitian lime tree and I am so excited 😍

  • @KK-FL
    @KK-FL Před 7 měsíci

    New subscriber! I love this list! I am in zone 9a (NE Florida) so I can grow most of what you can grow. Thanks for the videos!

  • @libbyrehn7184
    @libbyrehn7184 Před rokem +1

    Love this video so much Holly. Thank you so much for the ebook as well. So handy and im excited to start adding everything I dont have to my home garden :) What type of apple tree do you have? Ive been thinking about getting some apple trees lately.

  • @judithhobson5868
    @judithhobson5868 Před rokem +7

    do you grow any aussie native perrenials?i live in south australia and have finger limes, quandongs(native peach) and a native plum

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +4

      Yes 🙌 I have the finger lime and the blood lime but still waiting patiently on fruit! I think I will get my first finger lime this year! So excited.

    • @judithhobson5868
      @judithhobson5868 Před rokem +1

      @@SustainableHolly they taste awesome

    • @judithhobson5868
      @judithhobson5868 Před rokem +2

      im tring egyptian walking onions for the firats time this year but my fav ia any berry, and also grabbed the e book tyvm for the work you put into making it:)

  • @pcskip
    @pcskip Před rokem +1

    Some great ideas, Holly. I’m going to try at least half a dozen of these.

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Thanks Paul! There are so many amazing Perennials its really a never ending list!

  • @kirstiebertram3466
    @kirstiebertram3466 Před 6 měsíci

    Great informative video. I live in Western Sydney, so a similar climate to you, it can get quite hot but we don't get frosts.
    I had never heard of the pepino , I'm keen to give them ago. Also, you've convinced me, I'll grow some sweet potato.
    Raspberries I have growing in a pot, as they send their canes out everywhere.

  • @juliasoulliven2958
    @juliasoulliven2958 Před rokem +1

    Great video. I live in the South Island of New Zealand so some of these plants we can’t grow. Bananas for instance. But we grow a bay tree, and chives, Jerusalem artichokes, Yacon and horseradish and rhubarb. Lots of different berries, grapes and fruit trees. Never been able to find society garlic here. Love your videos.

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Oh beautiful! I love chives and chive flowers 🌸 Thank you!!

  • @thirstymercfan
    @thirstymercfan Před rokem +3

    Fabulous video Holly, I’m growing calendula for the first time this year, I’m going to have a go and making some calendula and lavender balm. Look at your FEIJOAS they look amazing, I’m hoping I might get a couple on my two trees this year 😊growing garlic didn’t work for me this year so I will see if I can find some of the garlic you recommend

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Thank you! Yes im saving all my calendula to make some balms too :) Slow and steady for the feijoas they just get more and more each year and the size of the fruit is increasing too. Yes Society garlic could be a great win for you.

  • @Katydidit
    @Katydidit Před rokem +2

    New Sub here. So much info in one video!! I am unsure if some of what you mentioned can grow in the U.S. however my favorite this year has become the sweet potato. Originally I was growing them for potatoes without much luck.. This year, I learned I could eat the leaves... what a game changer!! I love those leaves in stir fry and scrambled with eggs, I enjoy the small new leaf sprouts at least twice a week! Any potatoes will be a bonus at this poinf

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Yay many of these are pretty hardy an can grow in a range of climates just not the tropical lovers like the ginger and turmeric 🌱

    • @debrasfrugallife3703
      @debrasfrugallife3703 Před rokem +1

      They do ! I live zone 8b NC grow just about it all she talks about.

  • @wazowski6709
    @wazowski6709 Před rokem

    @17:35 I had to rewind like 6 times because I thought I heard you say "I seduce" you grown mint. Love the Kiwi accent ❤

  • @katebowler5750
    @katebowler5750 Před rokem +2

    Hi again Holly! Doing a bit of a binge of your youtube over here :) Do you have any tips for growing raspberries in Perth? I've read a few things online about them needed a colder climate than we have here. Is it better to grow them in a shadier spot for that reason? And do you have a video on propogating them at all? Thanks in advance, absolutely love your videos.

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Haha love that! I only have one young yellow raspberry and it definitely likes dappled shade and a cooler spot. Still some sun though. I have propagated by digging up smaller side suckers to make more plants atm. I believe you can take cuttings in late winter when it’s dormant and they will shoot off in spring.

  • @SustainableHolly
    @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +3

    IMPORTANT: Not all passionfruit flowers and leaves are edible - the blue passionfruit flowers from the rootstock are not edible. Check you do not have a rootstock variety that has taken over! Watch this video next - czcams.com/video/DeF6beXiK4o/video.html
    Let me know if you grabbed the ebook too 🌱 22 Edible Perennials Plants Ebook - Free Download bit.ly/3sba0do

    • @victoriajohnson3034
      @victoriajohnson3034 Před rokem +4

      Mint! And yes grabbed book!

    • @pcskip
      @pcskip Před rokem +2

      Yes got the ebook. Thanks very much. If you have any other ideas for edibles that might survive our Perth climate I would be very interested! Cheers Holly.

    • @roryf.1349
      @roryf.1349 Před rokem +2

      Longevity spinach and Okinawan spinach! I use them all the time for stews and stir fries. They're delicious, nutritious, great groundcover. I love them.

  • @sharonloomis5264
    @sharonloomis5264 Před rokem +2

    Have Asparagus, Chives, Strawberries, Dandelions, Lamb's Quarters, Greek Oregano, Parsley, Thyme and I forget the name. Another edible weed.

  • @albertmo1722
    @albertmo1722 Před 2 měsíci

    Hi, Where are you located? You seem to have a lot of tropical fruit trees there. Best, Albert, SF, USA

  • @annriddle9424
    @annriddle9424 Před rokem +1

    Wonderful video. I will be adding a few of your plant recommendations to my garden. I have garlic society plants throughout my garden and I live them for the evergreen look and flowers. Helps with mosquitos. I did not realized you can eat them. Will try it out. Thank you!

  • @RachelSpring85
    @RachelSpring85 Před rokem

    I don't know if the feijoa plant that my parents have in their front yard is more of an ornamental variety maybe, but we never ate any of the fruit when I was a child. I tried it a couple of years ago and it was sour... maybe not ripe enough? I'll try them again, they should be dropping right about now here in California, always had to sweep them off the sidewalk for the trick-or-treaters on Halloween or we would have a mess.

  • @drae4907
    @drae4907 Před rokem +1

    Hey holly, any chance of buying some walking potato bulbs from you or can you recommend in Perth where they can be purchased?

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      I’m not too sure but will keep an eye out! Hopefully next year I will have plenty to share

  • @Lenergyiskey358
    @Lenergyiskey358 Před rokem +1

    I have so many different mints as well. Ive planted them in planter boxes along fenceline. How deep do they shoot roots?

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      I’m not sure how deep they go but every little part left behind will regrow 🌱

    • @Lenergyiskey358
      @Lenergyiskey358 Před rokem +1

      @@SustainableHolly Thanks Holly. The planter goes about 25cm under ground so hopefully thats enough but I'll keep an eye on them. I have ginger mint. Have you heard of it? I have just put it in. Should be a nice tea.

    • @Katydidit
      @Katydidit Před rokem

      Ginger mint sounds so lovely!! I need to look that one!

  • @elwood212
    @elwood212 Před rokem +2

    I love Rosemary too. I’d make rosemary OIL from the excess chopping sand mix the oil with CEDAROILfor an excellent mozzie and flea repellant spray.

  • @karenfourie2449
    @karenfourie2449 Před rokem +1

    Hi Holly, thank you for this fabulous video. A question if I may, using Sweet Potato, as a groundcover, do the tubers not interfere with the roots, and overtake your other plants?
    One year we left a sweet potato in the ground, the tubers were so large, they actually lifted the paving? So now I am weary lol. 😊. As I love the idea of a groundcover, but have always wondered. Thank you. 🌸

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Yep ideally not have them rooting too close to your fruit trees like citrus as they don’t like interference. Just lift the vines up so they don’t get to send out runners. Or train them up vertically. But I also let my gardens do as they want 😂 wow that is some impressive sweet potato!

    • @ivyclark70
      @ivyclark70 Před 9 měsíci

      I still have that problem. The sweet potato was in a pot on a paved area and the roots found their way into the gaps between the pavers. Now we've lifted the pavers and removed what we can find underneath and I hope this has done the trick. 😅

  • @baronthiessen7073
    @baronthiessen7073 Před rokem +1

    Paw paws...easy

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Yes! I love them but haven't had much luck in my garden. Still trying though :)

  • @KingKalefanclub
    @KingKalefanclub Před 3 měsíci

    Does perennial basil have another name? I'm trying to find seeds?

  • @arlinejernigan
    @arlinejernigan Před rokem

    This is maybe a silly question, but I am just beginning my path down gardening. My soil is not the best so I have to grow in containers and raised beds. Will these plants come back even in containers? Is the care different, and how so?

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Not silly questions 💚 Yep most of these will grow in containers! Just be aware they don’t dry out and add fresh compost after they have produced to replenish the nutrients 🌱

    • @arlinejernigan
      @arlinejernigan Před rokem

      @@SustainableHolly thank you so much. You have a beautiful garden and you make beautiful food.

  • @user-oq6yk3gi3c
    @user-oq6yk3gi3c Před 10 měsíci

    ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

  • @janetbransdon3742
    @janetbransdon3742 Před rokem +1

    Rhubarb lol 😁

  • @lesliekendall5668
    @lesliekendall5668 Před rokem +1

    Perennial sweet potatoes???

  • @paolomaggi8188
    @paolomaggi8188 Před 5 měsíci

    You say that potato leaves are edible. Are you referring only to red or orange potatoes, or also to those with white skin and pulp?

  • @erikjohnson9223
    @erikjohnson9223 Před 6 měsíci

    In the USA, Calendula is a (usually) self-sowing annual, not a perennial. You appear to be tropical and most of your plants would not survive winter in the Midwest USA. I am surprised you are able to grow red raspberries (as opposed to Mysore black raspberries, Rubus niveus) along with the tropical stuff like lemon, warrigal greens, and rosemary. Raspberries hate the Southeast USA; it is easily to find blackberries (& dewberries, which are just trailing types) for that area. Red raspberries need a winter and have disease issues in the American "subtropics;" Dormanred has a Chinese ancestor that makes it more heat tolerant but it is also insipid.
    In the subtropical condition you appear to be in, I like Cnidoscolus chayamansa (Mayan tree spinach, must be cooked), Malvaviscus arboreus drummondii (leaves are a slimy spinch like marsh mallow or molokhia/jute mallow, edible flowers beloved by hummingbirds in the Americas, edible fruit), and Talinum (weedy, use like purslane).
    In the Midwest USA, non-fruit options are limited by winter. Many trees like Tilia ameticana (basswood, though I think "linden" or "lime" in non-American dialects) are briefly palatable in spring, as are some sping ephemerals, but perennial vegetables with harvest seasons that persist into summer and fall are pretty limited: chives (an herb/seasoning really) and Caucasian mountain spinach vine (Hablitzia)...

  • @lindageorgette9174
    @lindageorgette9174 Před rokem

    What zone are you in

  • @victoriajohnson3034
    @victoriajohnson3034 Před rokem

    How often do you water sweet potatoes that are in hot full sun in summer?

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem +1

      Depends how good the soil is. Sweet potato will show you when they are hot or dry their leaves droop. I water my gardens most evenings in summer and keep them mulched

    • @victoriajohnson3034
      @victoriajohnson3034 Před rokem

      @@SustainableHolly thanks. Someone told me 2 times a week. I did that and got leaves with pencil thin potatoes

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Lots of compost and work on building good soil. Soil is usually the key to most issues 🌱

  • @mmarrinan
    @mmarrinan Před rokem +1

    Can you eat any of the sweet potato leaves, or can you only eat the young ones? I heard something about having to blanch some certain greens before eating, not sure which ones?

    • @SustainableHolly
      @SustainableHolly  Před rokem

      Yep a lot of greens should be blanched or cooked because of the high oxalic acid. I usually cook or stirfry most of the sweet potato leaves but will use a few young ones raw here and there

  • @joannedixon1977
    @joannedixon1977 Před rokem +1

    Ps I want a walking onion!!!!

  • @williammaxwell1919
    @williammaxwell1919 Před rokem +1

    Lemon & Honey + Ginger is better

  • @vesnasuselrozman7659
    @vesnasuselrozman7659 Před 2 měsíci

    Keep rastberry in control, it is much worst then mint, once you have it it will grove meters around your house with quite deep ruts. In some parts of my garden I cant get rid of it in years and we live on almost 1000m above see level, very low temperatures and some winters 1,5m of snow. Our growing season start in end of May till start of October. Also my fruit trees around garden make shuts from the roots, like plums we cut down and curents. Now I have a plum tree in the my vegetable bed 2m of my cut down plum tree, with hell of deep roots, amazing and anoying. So be carefull with your planting plan, some of the invasive plants can survive minus 20 for 4 to 6 months, not in Australia that we know hahaaaaa....only flower seeds witch survive here is calendula, once you have it you have it for life, sorry and camomile. We dont grow sweet potato, we dont eat it in our country. When our normal potatoes are sweet we know they have been frozen so we cook them for pigs and cows an chickens or live them in room temperature for 24 hours to use them in kitchen. They are not sweet after camical reaction I dont understand. You can grow in Australia all year along, even in winter. I live in a very beautiful country in the national park but this long winters killing me. In 6 months you have to grow two crops and sleep in the garden to scare the dears off, not to eat your vegies, hahaaaaa....so to grow or not, that is the question now. Wish you all the best fro Europa!!!

  • @JMR72286
    @JMR72286 Před rokem

    I grew mint, it does grow well, but, they attract flies. Just fyi.

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783

    I don't understand the belief that strong scented plants repel "pests". If they repel "pests", why don't they repel "beneficials"?

    • @steveunderhill5935
      @steveunderhill5935 Před rokem

      Pests and beneficials are both looking for food. Masking the veg makes the pests look elsewhere and the beneficials will follow

  • @izzyzon4975
    @izzyzon4975 Před rokem

    I really love this website, but find it difficult to watch. Reason is she uses her hands and arms constantly and that is very distracting.. I asked others, because it could be something personal ofcourse, but others reacted the same! So sorry, cannot follow this, what a shame!

  • @onlineteaching6110
    @onlineteaching6110 Před 10 měsíci

    Less pictures of plants and more lectures presented.
    Those who want to see plants more will find only few seconds of interest.