This video shows how growing ornamental plants in the garden can be beneficial for food crops by firstly outlining how they can be good and also the characteristics one should look for when choosing ornamentals for their property.
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great video mark !! full of wonderful information and interesting facts to help us gardeners !! fantastic intro really well thought out
Thanks for all of your awesome content. keep it up!
Hey Mark I don't see any comfrey in your garden do you have any it's an awesome plant to have
i love that intro!
Did you literally make us wait a minute for you to see your intro over again
Thank you for sharing! The Callistemon is also edible. We call it bottle brush, where I'm from. We use its leaves as a tea, and as a spice in marinade. It's flowers sweeten tea (and look beautiful in DIY 'blooming' tea). #Subscribed
I wouldn't really class Lilly Pilly as an ornamental – the fruit are edible (though some species more palatable than others).
What was that large hedge?
Are there ornamentals that are edible. I don't have a lot of space so large ornamrentals take space needed to grow food.
Acerola makes a great hedge. And strawberries and chives make good ground covers. There are bamboos that give edible shoots.
I watch ur video early in the morning & they really make my day zero% stressed. Thanks for spreading positivity.
Wow those were some beautiful peaches. Mine dont grow as pretty and they always go to flower on the first day of rain so the small fruit falls giving me a smaller crop.
Congrats!
I loved your intro, had a l good laugh ha ha ha ha ha ha……..good job, love your videos and the calmness in your voice. Cheers mate from Sydney.
Camila are great and all varieties can be made into tea. Just collet the green shoot and give em a dry, green tea!
There are many ornamentals that are also edible. Maybe a video on edible ornamentals, rosella, rose, day lilies..many others. Keep up the good work.
I'm a YT idiot but–it dawns on me these older ones are not getting the exposure they deserve.
I found myself wacking down ornamentals in favor of produce plants too.
You could uhhh, build a house when a branch falls off . . .
HAhahha :-))
Better than awesome!!
Excellent video, and a great POV regarding ornamentals as companions for the food garden. Your holistic view is one of your great strengths as a teacher/mentor.
that bird was pretty ruthless, smacking that worm around. lol
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Hey Mark i just had a quick question have you ever thought about growing a Black Walnut Tree where i live in the U.S. they grow wild like crazy i imagine from seeding on there own they can handle our -20 degrees F° winters and our 100°+ summers and they fruit prolifically just seems like an easy free food
Hey Mark, i dont know if u can grow em in AUS but a good windbreak hedgetree is a lilac and they smell absolutely beautiful when theyre flowering attract lots of bees and birds just a suggestion thanks
Some ornamentals act as natural pesticide, or wild animal deterants as well.