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Please contact us for large orders as we may be able to reduce shipping costs or if you would like to place an order from outside Australia. We offer a range of educational DVDs, pistachios, pistachio kernels and wines at wholesale prices.
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This page discusses the energy consumption of a 'normal' home and environmentally/economically sound ways of providing it.We use the homestead at The Food Forest as a case study.
Hot water
Heating water consumes more than 35% of the energy used in most homes.With our solar hot water panels and connection to a wetback in a slow combustion space heater, which we light in cold, cloudy weather, electric heating backup in the new house is minimal (as little as 90c pe...
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The system for the production of green electric power at The Food Forest comprises 30 thin-film amorphous silicon photovoltaic panels arrayed on the roof of the extension to the homestead.
The orientation of the roof is due north and roof pitch is approx 25 degrees in order to maximise the effectiveness of the modules
In this installation, the panels are also used to shade the northern roof face, which they virtually cover, reducing the need for super-insulation in the roof
Each panel nominal...
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Also known as Pineapple Guava, Guavasteen. Botanical name - Feijoa sellowiana. In more recent times it has been renamed Acca sellowiana.
It is native to extreme southern Brazil, northern Argentina, western Paraguay and Uruguay where it is common in the mountains.
Feijoas prefer cool winters and moderate summers and are generally adapted to areas where temperatures stay above minus5 degrees C. Flower production is poor in areas with fewer than 50 hours of chill. The flavor of the fruit is much...
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Known as The tree of life by the ancient Egyptians and much enjoyed by Cleopatra and Ulysses, the fig is a wonderful and delicious species.
There are several fact sheets on figs (Ficus carica) available from Departments of Agriculture around Australia and many entries in books on fruit growing. This sheet merely summarises information we have had as personal communication from various sources and is not, to our knowledge, available elsewhere. As much of this informatio...
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Tony Stevens undertook a project in Association with the SA Rare Fruit Society which seeks to establish a register of varieties true to name and with good descriptions as they grow in Australia. He has a large number of un-named varieties as well as those below. He has some notes below the plant list which talk about the status of the various varieties in his collection.
Preston Prolific5, 1st St. 5th St. Adam 6 04 Archipal Black GenoaBlack IschiaBlack Turkey Blue Province (Provence) Brown...
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Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba) is one of the species which will handle salt and the vagaries of weather in southern Australia... better than olives. Known also as Chinese Date and Tsao, it is related to Indian Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana) and is placed in the Rhamnaceae family.
The Jujube originated in China where they have been cultivated for more than 4,000 years and where there are over 400 cultivars. The plants traveled beyond Asia centuries ago and today are grown to some extent in Russi...
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Growing olives organically
Organic growing is when your system emulates nature in its interconnectedness. It tends not to rely on massive amounts of plant protection or highly manufactured fer...
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