Seeds suppliers and fruit tree nurseries

[Florence]

Just thought this would be interest to most of us, these are all the ones I know of. I'd love to know more closer to home where there's a shop I can visit, or even weekend markets. Please post it here if you know of any not listed :)

Queensland

http://www.earthcare.com.au
Based at Crystal Waters Permaculture Village
Bamboo, water plants (water chestnuts, Lotus), and Root crops (e.g. Taros, Yams, Cassava, arrowroot etc)

http://www.edenseeds.com.au/
http://www.greenharvest.com.au
http://www.kingsseeds.com.au
http://www.herbcottage.com.au/


Brisbane

http://www.qld.greeningaustralia.org.au
There are a large number of plants classified as 'bush tucker'

http://www.northeystreetcityfarm.org.au/nursery.htm (Edible Landscapes nursery)

www.rangeviewseeds.com.au (Redcliffe)

New South Wales

http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/
http://www.fruitsaladtrees.com/
http://www.forbiddenfruitsnursery.com
http://www.greenpatchseeds.com.au/

Victoria

http://www.diggers.com.au/
http://yalcafruittrees.com.au
http://www.cornucopiaseeds.com.au/

[Scarlett Patrick]

maybe try clicking again where you want to edit before you hit delete so that all of the text is not highlighted
if something awful like that happens (i hate it when that happens to me!) try hitting CTRL Z to undo - you might get it back
yes - here i am editing. i had to keep clicking until the edit box came up and the cursor was blinking where i wanted it and CTRL Z does work :)

[Elaine de Saxe]

Thank you Scarlett and Donna :-)

[Scarlett Patrick]

you're welcome :)

[Elaine de Saxe]

As it turned out, a couple of times now, I have been able to get the edit yellow-background up just by clicking in the text. Don't know what happened initially but it seems to be simple enough when I hold my mouth right - or it's the right phase of the moon ;-)

[Florence]

That's how you do it!! I've been trying to find the edit link ..... thought it was because the site's a bit skewy on individual computers (it does display differently at different computers and certain functions don't work when the display is skewy)

[Florence]

I found a couple more ~~

http://www.4seasonsseeds.com.au/ - NSW
http://www.thelostseed.com.au/ - Tas

[Donna]

Finally found contact details for my 'fruit tree man' that I used to get plants from at Beenleigh Markets.

Ron & Gaye's Nursery, we sell at Mt Tamborine School Market on the last Sunday and at Beenleigh Showground markets 1st and 3rd Sundays each month - or Phone [phone] or Mobile [phone] for appointment at farm. No business between sunset Friday and sunset Saturday as it is God's Holy Sabbath.

July 2007 price list excerpts (obviously would have changed but I always found him VERY reasonable and the pot sizes are good):
Banana - Ducasse from $8
Brazilian Cherry $10
Finger Lime $20
Lemonade $13
Lemons (Eureka, Meyer, Lisbon, Bush) $13
Limes (Kaffir, Tahitian, Indian Sweet) $13
Curry Leaf Tree $6
Custard Apple $21
Paw Paw Red $4
Tamarillo $6
Yacon $6

[Donna]

In my search for Asparagus Beans *still no luck yet, sigh* came accross:

http://www.4seasonsseeds.com.au/epages/4seasons.sf

[Vanessa Thompson (pomare)]

Is the asparagus bean the same as, the snake bean or rattle snake bean? (google gave the meaning for me lol)
Have we got this web site here?
Ive been searching around on here most of tongiht,,,,,,,,, http://greenharvest.com.au/seeds/vegetables_beans.html#SB142

[Elaine de Saxe]

Asparagus Bean/Pea and Winged Bean are fairly close in looks and taste but the Snake Beans are quite different. SBs are thin-skinned, can be around 12 inches long if left to grow that length and do better in the summer than the traditional beans eg Blue Lake. Although BLs have done well for me and are a much fleshier and tastier bean than snake beans. I've asked a BOGI member to enquire from them (Brisbane Organic Growers Inc) if they still have winged bean seeds. They used to. If I get any I'll post here and grow some on for seed saving later. Both winged and asparagus peas are fleshier and tastier than snake beans. Almost anything is tastier than snake beans unless you pick the SBs very young before the seeds start to form, making the most of the soft insides to the pods.

[Elaine de Saxe]

And another just discovered might be worth a peep:

http://www.vilmorin.com.au/site/

Just come across the artichoke-relative Cardroon, mentioned by Clarissa Dickson Wright in her autobiography 'Spilling the Beans' (a cracking good read, btw). Haven't found a local source yet - anyone heard of it before? eBay in their inimitable fashion, decided I was looking for 'cartoons' so gave me those search results instead ... sighhh ... The Vilmorin site popped up on my Google search and of course they don't have it despite their link saying so on Google .... aarrgghh, who designs these search criteria? Some geniuses with a grand sense of humour.

[Donna]

http://heartgarden.com.au/plantmenu.asp?sortwhere=edible&sortty...
Has some cheaper fruit trees - I have been watching for awhile for the vanilla vine to become available but without success...

http://www.herbalistics.com.au/shop/index.php?cPath=3
Interesting seeds, especially of some of the herbs that I haven't seen elsewhere and some chilli varieties.