About Bellingen Seedsavers

We are a group of like-minded growers of edible and useful heritage plant varieties in the Bellingen area of northeast New South Wales, Australia.

Our climate varies from frost-free coastal areas to inland river valleys and highlands with frosts. Bellingen has an average annual rainfall of 1507ml.

Showing posts with label Rosella. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rosella. Show all posts

Friday, 7 April 2017

Autumn visit to Narelle's country garden in Valery, NSW

 Narelle has established an extensive vegetable garden in Valery. She heavily mulches the poor soil with grass, compost and cow manure. She obviously has a green vegetable thumb, probably because of a lifetime of growing food.

Narelle waits until the ants seek the sugar from the ripe pineapple.

Gramma pumpkin

Members check out the vegetable garden with Amaranth in foreground.

View from the garden


 TIP: http://yougrowgirl.com/my-best-tip-for-storing-fresh-flowers/

Yellow Zucchini

Edible Rosella flower, calyx and leaf

Dahlia flowers near amaranth flowers




One stunning northern view from the garden taken on this wet day.

The New Guinea Passionfruit vine produces delicious fruit. Compost bin in background.

A favourite small black pumpkin

Rosella produces edible flowers, fruit and leaves.



Narelle's presents talk on her past vegetable garden.

We always enjoy a meal together. We try to use the foods we grow. 

Leela's pumpkin pie with reduced sugar.

Recipe: Hummingbird Cake


Ricks fried plantain


Omshree's Chickpea Salad Click for recipe


RECIPE LINK: Nasturtium Leaf Pesto

Well worth the visit to this site. It has interesting and useful ideas for using the plants you grow.

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Using Rosella - A Christmas drink!!

We grow edible hibiscus, Cranberry Hibiscus and Rosella/Roselle (Hibiscus sabdiffera) very easily in our climate. Here is a use for the sepals from the flowers of the Rosella.

Click on the link for the recipe.



The red sepals of the Roselle plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is commonly called sorrel in the Caribbean. The young leaves are great in salads, with a sour taste very similar to sorrel (Rumex acetosa), the vegetable of European origin (hence the common name.

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Snapshot: Harvest available May 6, 2012

This post is to highlight the edibles we can harvest during Autumn in Bellingen, NSW, Australia. We have not yet had a frost and many subtropicals are still growing despite the cooler nights.


Autumn, May 6, 2012 Perigee Moon

Sweet Basil


The Tumeric will soon die down.


Bamboo shoots

Turnip



Collards

Dino Kale or Cavolo Nero
Mouse Melon vine

Warrigal Greens




Chives




Pumpkin varieties


Rhubarb

Cassava

Custard Apple



Wing Bean


Loofah

Carambola

Mulberry


Tamarillo

Rosella (Australian hybrid)

Yam Bean climbing Macadamia Tree








Sweet Leaf



Kang Kong & Variegated Water Parsley (Oenanthe Javanica)

Brazilian Spinach


Red Amaranth with green Egyptian Spinach

Golden Brugmansia flower with Bunchosia (Peanut Butter Fruit)  fruit below


Perennial Capsicum

Mushroom Plant (Rungia klossii)
Large Leaf Rocket

West Indian Gherkin

Red Russian Kale Seedlings


Chilacayote
Yellow Guava, seeded by birds, very lemony




Yam Bean (The bean itself is poisonous. We eat the yam)

Sword Bean




















Jak Fruit




Australian Sweet Lime




















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