Some of these will work in my garden too in the currently rainy autumn’s with us Midlands in the Uk. We have heavy clay but in the summer it can bake if we don’t get much rain and I’ve got some hollyhocks that are doing well on my allotment (gifted to me at a seed swap). Alyssum and the poppies are good all rounders too as are salvias. I’ve seen the flowering curry plant growing locally but it was in a raised bed that wouldn’t have got much water. I grow Californian poppies in my driest raised bed at the front of the house and it brings cherry joy whenever we are coming home, I don’t water in midsummer so a good list for me too. We’re heading to autumn now so all harvesting for us but soon it will be Jerusalem artichokes season and I love making them into kimchis - looking forward to eating the crisp flesh and not having to weed so much on the allotment!
Aw Claire it makes me so happy to think of us gardening in such similar ways, with similar plants, on opposite sides of the globe!! I hope the start of autumn has been absolutely lovely in your garden. And I’m gonna need more info on this Jerusalem artichoke kimchi!! It sounds fantastic 😍😍
It’s just the recipe for a typical veggie cabbage kimchi but I swap a few ingredients. The cabbage is swapped for Jerusalem artichokes sliced thinly with a mandolin or in cubes if you prefer the delicious crunch of fermented Jerusalem artichoke. I also swap the mooli for horseradish as it loves growing in a perennial boggy spot on the allotment and would have a go at world domination if I didn’t like eating it so much! It’s pretty pokey which is perfect for a kimchi. I do have a go at providing as many ingredients into the kimchi as possible from my garden and allotment. I’ve put salsify instead of carrots before. I buy the ginger. Apparently there’s some gingers that work over here, not sure if frost tolerant or kept in the house/green house but I haven’t experimented with them yet. Yes for me autumn’s when I make kimchis. Jerusalem artichoke is also so lovely in a simple ferment of Jerusalem artichoke and enough salt to ferment - it is so beautifully crunchy and the flavour is so amazing kind of like a sweetness crispyness to it, reminds me of crisp apples but with a flavour of its own. Autumns going well so far, we’ve had a wet cold summer so the tomatoes are just starting to ripen now and I’ll be in peak preserving mode soon. So far made a delicious raspberry jam and soon I’ll have quinces, apples and medlars to turn into delicious things.
Oh my GOSH your pantry must be like the brambley hedge pantry, all full of incredible preserves, I love it!! I’m definitely gonna give that Jerusalem artichoke kimchi a go 😍😍 very envious of the raspberry jam too! We have mulberries just starting on our tree and I’m planning to convince my mum to make a tonne of mulberry jam with me this spring ☺️❤️
It’s my pleasure!! I’ve got some more bite sized recommendations for Perth summer gardens coming out soon - next on the list is drought-tolerant veggies! ☺️
Some of these will work in my garden too in the currently rainy autumn’s with us Midlands in the Uk. We have heavy clay but in the summer it can bake if we don’t get much rain and I’ve got some hollyhocks that are doing well on my allotment (gifted to me at a seed swap). Alyssum and the poppies are good all rounders too as are salvias. I’ve seen the flowering curry plant growing locally but it was in a raised bed that wouldn’t have got much water. I grow Californian poppies in my driest raised bed at the front of the house and it brings cherry joy whenever we are coming home, I don’t water in midsummer so a good list for me too. We’re heading to autumn now so all harvesting for us but soon it will be Jerusalem artichokes season and I love making them into kimchis - looking forward to eating the crisp flesh and not having to weed so much on the allotment!
Aw Claire it makes me so happy to think of us gardening in such similar ways, with similar plants, on opposite sides of the globe!! I hope the start of autumn has been absolutely lovely in your garden. And I’m gonna need more info on this Jerusalem artichoke kimchi!! It sounds fantastic 😍😍
It’s just the recipe for a typical veggie cabbage kimchi but I swap a few ingredients. The cabbage is swapped for Jerusalem artichokes sliced thinly with a mandolin or in cubes if you prefer the delicious crunch of fermented Jerusalem artichoke. I also swap the mooli for horseradish as it loves growing in a perennial boggy spot on the allotment and would have a go at world domination if I didn’t like eating it so much! It’s pretty pokey which is perfect for a kimchi. I do have a go at providing as many ingredients into the kimchi as possible from my garden and allotment. I’ve put salsify instead of carrots before. I buy the ginger. Apparently there’s some gingers that work over here, not sure if frost tolerant or kept in the house/green house but I haven’t experimented with them yet. Yes for me autumn’s when I make kimchis. Jerusalem artichoke is also so lovely in a simple ferment of Jerusalem artichoke and enough salt to ferment - it is so beautifully crunchy and the flavour is so amazing kind of like a sweetness crispyness to it, reminds me of crisp apples but with a flavour of its own. Autumns going well so far, we’ve had a wet cold summer so the tomatoes are just starting to ripen now and I’ll be in peak preserving mode soon. So far made a delicious raspberry jam and soon I’ll have quinces, apples and medlars to turn into delicious things.
Oh my GOSH your pantry must be like the brambley hedge pantry, all full of incredible preserves, I love it!! I’m definitely gonna give that Jerusalem artichoke kimchi a go 😍😍 very envious of the raspberry jam too! We have mulberries just starting on our tree and I’m planning to convince my mum to make a tonne of mulberry jam with me this spring ☺️❤️
What a great list! thank you :)
It’s my pleasure!! I’ve got some more bite sized recommendations for Perth summer gardens coming out soon - next on the list is drought-tolerant veggies! ☺️
Such helpful info! Love this list and saving it for later 👌🏻
Oh good I’m so glad! 😁❤️
Oh so great, thank you :-) I am assuming if it won’t die in Perth it might not die in Canberra :-)
Hehe well that depends! As long as it can handle your cold winters you should be fine 😁😁