Archive for the 'Bush Tucker' Category

I was so busy eating the Muntries fruits that I did not think to take a photo of them. What a silly thing to do. It still amazes me that the plants are so prolific in this area.
The dark green patches are the Kunzea plants.

Last week we went the long way around to an Australian Plant Society meeting out in the Mallee Scrub. I wanted to take some photos of Banksias that had been planted in an area near a soak.
The photo shows some of the Kunzea pomifera (Muntries), that grow in this area. There were acres of the [...]

Some comments on a previous article about Muntries that I wrote some time ago has prompted this article. Apparently there was a session on Land Line (ABC TV) recently about growing Muntries, probably commercially as Bush Tucker. (I did not see the programme).
A few weeks ago the local green grocer had a plate of Muntries [...]

This is the flower of the succulent plant in the previous post. There were only a few isolated flowers on the plants near the nest. This is a useful plant. Not only is it useful and decorative in the garden, it is one of the bush tucker plants used by the local Aboriginal group. The [...]

What a find today! Husband found this on his morning walk today. I knew that they grew up the hill but I thought it was too early for ripe fruit. It is a wonder they are still there with the number of people who drive past.
At a Christmas break up a couple of years ago, [...]