November 21, 2024

VIDEO: Diversity Unusual & Rare Food Plants Mixed with Ornamentals


I like collecting rare and unusual food plants but I don’t just do it as a hobby rather it’s a way to diversify and strengthen the environment around our home so that there’s always something to eat. I start this video off in the vegetable garden planting corn and then we move onto fruiting trees and shrubs I have recently purchased and placed in various “gaps” around our property many of which are positioned next to ornamentals. Thank you for watching and also for your ongoing support of my channel.

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Ceylon Hill Gooseberry mentioned in video: https://youtu.be/G7g6rl9tOc4

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Self Sufficient Me is based on our small 3-acre property/homestead in SE Queensland Australia about 45kms north of Brisbane – the climate is subtropical (similar to Florida). I started SSM in 2011 as a blog website project where I document and write about backyard food growing, self-sufficiency, and urban farming in general. I love sharing my foodie and DIY adventures online so come along with me and let’s get into it! Cheers, Mark 🙂

26 thoughts on “VIDEO: Diversity Unusual & Rare Food Plants Mixed with Ornamentals

  1. Absolutely loved watching this, several times so far! Very inspiring. …Did I hear a tummy rumble when you mentioned "…growing for food" ? Lol 😉
    I have to say you look a little like my Ausie Uncle Clifford Hall!
    Love the merchandise, now added to our Christmas presents list; roll on Christmas!

  2. You call Papaya a PawPaw? Strange. There's actually a PawPaw tree that grows a massive hand sized fruit that's native to my area. Its where the tune "Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch" comes from. Its taste is a custard like banana. 100% recommend you buying a couple. You won't be disappointed. Unfortunately youll never find them in a store as they ripen too quickly to commercially sell.

  3. I'm so jealous you have a lychee tree. When I was very young my cousin and I were able to pick lychee, mangos, papaya, and guava regularly in Hawaii at family houses or in wild. Those were best days.

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