When I planted our citrus trees, I was well aware of the need to keep the grass away, so it doesn’t compete with the shallow tree roots. So I lay down a thick layer of bark mulch (being careful to keep the lower trunk clear). Some time later, I read through the Introduction to Permaculture [...]
Posts Tagged ‘citrus’
Planting under citrus trees
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged citrus, companion planting, dill, nasturtium, spring on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lemons into the nature strip
Posted in Growing our own food, Guerrilla gardening, tagged citrus, fruit, lemons, nature strip on August 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I ordered two dwarf myer lemons from Perry’s Fruit and Nut Nursery in SA. These are your typical Australian backyward lemon, but on “Flying Dragon” roostock, which according to the nursery is the only “true” dwarfing stock. This morning both lemons went into the nature strip, in front of our house. [...]
Lemons, limes and oranges
Posted in Growing our own food, tagged autumn, citrus, garden, lemons, limes, oranges, trees on May 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The last major task for the front garden this season was getting in the citrus trees. Two weekends ago, I started by marking out a garden bed 5.5m x 1.2m, and then dug that down to a depth of a foot-and-a-half (a back-breaking job!). I then constructed a treated pine frame to build the bed [...]
