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Creating a garden from scratch is always fun. I like to recycle as much as possible.
Most of the material I have used was already on site and I've simply re-purposed all that I can.
The framework is almost complete. Now we wait for the seeds to sprout.
>>take a look>>
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These are the plants I am attempting to incorporate into my garden. I planted the seeds in May purchased from Australian Seed. As at August 8 2010 only the Warrigal Greens have germinated As at Sep 3 the situation is still the same - hopefully the warmer weather will bring results.
Muntries Grows 30cm high, 1-3 metres wide. Berries taste like spicy apple |  | Warrigal Greens
Perennial, 30cm high, 1 metre wide.
Alternative to spinach |  | Native Passionfruit
Rare, edible passion fruit native to
Australia. Fruits are green-skinned, white fleshed
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| Pigweed
Juicy leaves used in salads and cooked like
spinach.
|  | Native Grape
Large, vigorous, attractive woody climber.
Prefers sheltered position Edible dark blue berries.
|  | Native Sweet Potato
Fast-growing creeper. Edible tubers
|  | Weeping Cherry
A shrub, four metres tall, erect, with drooping branches.
The fruit is egg-shaped, pink or red. The tree look similar to a small cypress tree, but it has sweet, juicy fruits which are eaten fresh.
The sap was used by the Aboriginals as a treatment for snake bites.
|  | Native Plum
It forms a sprawling shrub to 3m tall 5 m wide with red fruit 1-2 cm in summer and autumn.
The fruit are said to taste like salty grapes, and were a favourite of the tribal Aborigines of the area
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The seeds can take a from a few days to a few weeks to germinate
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