Summer Kitchen Garden tour (Zone1)

This video is a brief tour of our Summer Kitchen Garden or zone 1 for the permaculturists going through the different plants we grow here to suit the season and also provide us up to 90% of our food. plants such as Cassava, Winged Bean, Purple Snake Bean, Madagascar Bean as well as favourites such as Capsicum, Chilli, Pumpkin, Basil etc.
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NEW GUINEA BEAN (Lagenaria siceraria), which is neither from New Guinea nor is it even a bean! it's actually from Africa - It's actually a climbing edible gourd or squash - a member of the cucurbit family.
If you let them grow as big as they want to, they'll get to a metre plus long and five kilograms. However, if you want to eat them as a vegetable, you harvest them anywhere from around 30 to 60 centimetres long.
Their flesh, if you eat it raw, tastes like a cross between zucchini and cucumber - nicer than raw zucchini.
CASSAVA (Manihot esculenta) is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics, after rice and maize.[3][4][5] Cassava is a major staple food in the developing world, providing a basic diet for over half a billion people.[6] It is one of the most drought-tolerant crops, capable of growing on marginal soils. Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava, while Thailand is the largest exporter of cassava starch. The most commonly consumed part of the cassava plant is the root, which is incredibly versatile. You can eat it whole, grated, or ground into flour to use it in bread and crackers.
Cassava root is also used to produce tapioca, a type of starch, as well as garri, a product similar to tapioca. It’s important to note is that you must cook cassava root before eating it, as it can be poisonous if consumed raw.
WINGED BEAN (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus), also known as Goa bean, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, Manila bean, Mauritius bean is a tropical legume plant native to New Guinea. It grows lavishly in hot, humid countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia to India, Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Almost all the parts of the plant including immature pods, mature seeds, tender leaves and shoots, flowers and tubers are used in the East-Asian cuisine. Leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. Wing beans offer an abundance of essential nutrients, including protein, complex carbohydrates, B vitamins, calcium, iron and fiber due to which it is found grown throughout the world.
PURPLE SNAKE BEAN (Vigna unguiculata ssp. sesquipedalis), also known as long bean, yard-long bean and asparagus bean, is a member of the Fabaceae family. Snake beans come from Asia and have evolved in tropical and subtropical climates. So in Australia they grow happily even in the hottest areas.
MADAGSCAR BEAN (Phaseolus lunatus syn. P. limensis) A vigorous climbing tropical lima bean, which will last for many years in the ground. It is excellent at coping with wet, humid conditions. There is usually little pod production in the first year but it is prolific after that. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soil types. Madagascar bean needs a sturdy trellis as it grows vigorously. This is an excellent hardy bean for warmer climates as it dies backs and re-shoots every year. The beans (not the pods) can be eaten fresh, while still white before any colour shows. They also dry well on the vine to a beautiful speckled red and white bean that can be stored for winter soups and casseroles.

[@bretcansfield3858]

It was so good to have a walk around of your garden in person and then to have this video so I can remember it all. Thanks for all the info you could give us in 1 hour. Your gardens are fantastic

[@corymbiacottageorganicgard3417]

It was great to meet you guys too and we are really glad you enjoyed our garden. Yours will be as good if not better in a couple of years. 😊😊👍🏻

[@MsMazzariti]

Love the Corymbia plant.

[@corymbiacottageorganicgard3417]

It certainly is a beautiful tree😊

[@peggyclarke8993]

Thanks Mike and Bev I am jealous😇

[@corymbiacottageorganicgard3417]

Thanks Peggy it is a beautiful garden and keeps us well fed😊😊