What's there to see in May in the Fernmount Food Forest?

With her stunning photography Bobbi Marchini has captured beautifully this Spinebill in our food forest

Kumquat

Kumquats are prolific in our garden. So are the Mandarins and Oranges. 

Mandarins

Oranges

We grow a few varieties.

Sleeping Hibiscus has an edible flower

...and they brighten up the garden.

Hog Plums up high

Stewed with sugar or curried, Hog Plums (Ambarella) are an unusual fruit.

There are some excellent videos on YouTube of villagers cooking the communal curry.

Tithonia (Mexican Sunflower) flowers lighten up late Autumn days but are really grown for a cut and drop mulch.

Growing plants that are cut and mulched to improve and feed the soil is a basic Permaculture practice.

Golden Hornet Crabapple

This Crabapple is a universal pollinator for our subtropical climate tolerating apples.

Persimmon is grown for fruit but makes an Autumn statement.

We had a crop from our seed grown trees this year. We left them to ripen to an almost gooey mess in a sunny window. Sweet and yummy. The small tree above is actually three plants planted into one hole to help size management.

The indigenous Herbert River Cherry, eat when black

We never expect a big feed from this fruit. When the small cherries blacken they are ripe but not overly sweet.

Cold affected Turmeric waiting to be dug.

We need to utilise Turmeric more in our cooking.

Sword Bean flower?

Sweetleaf (Katuk) is a popular Asian vegetable.

Katuk has the taste, when raw, of fresh green peas.

Poinsettia

Poinsettia provides bright winter colour in our garden.

Our slow growing Miracle Fruit Bush is starting to grow faster.

This Miracle Fruit berry is almost ripe

According to a science report it seems that the consumption of Miracle Fruit berries temporarily restores the correct tasting sensations of cancer sufferers with affected tastes because of chemotherapy.

A mini Pineapple.