The thrills outback

[Dave Riley]

It gets thrilling when the plants you angst over start delivering...

• My Tomatillos are coming on keenly so I'm looking forward to Salsa Verde: Green Tomatillo Salsa.
• With what's coming on and many cuttings taken off in reserve, this Summer I won't run out of Katuk leaves.
• The many Pigeon Peas I planted  are taking off.
• Have I enough Molokhia -- Egyptian spinach --  planted?  one of my favourite greens.
• Given my current cuisine preferences I must always have celery on hand and Celery Leaf is a generous and consistent supply.
• I'm ecstatic! Finally I have reliable cukes: Siberian Cucumbers are go!
• One of my fav salad greens which seems to tolerate the heat -- Endive.
• Buried about and now climbing forth, Purple Yam vines are clambering skywards.
• Very slow to grow but uniquely crisp and tasty - Rock Samphire. 
• The most reliable sweet pepper with none of the angst -- Perennial Capsicum. Not so useful for salads but a great cooking  pepper.
• My Potato crop is still coming on and I'm still harvesting.
• My Prickly Pears have taken (this is Queensland after all)  -- so i'm hoping to start harvesting the paddles -- nopales --  for salsa very soon.
• I've decided to target grow Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes. So far so good.
• More underneath treasures: I'm planning on plenty of Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes) to harvest.

[Dave Riley]

• Endive is here
• Katuk planted from my own and market cuttings (such as now). 
• Pigeon Peas - via locally grown stock at Indian/Fijian  grocers or seed suppliers. 
• Purple Yams and Hawaiian Sweet Potatoes  from produce bought at markets and grocers (eg: Morayfield). Other sources too. There's a big world of yams lout there....
• Perennial Capsicums from  Green Harvest
• Sunchokes from tubers but also market stall and seed companies like GH.
• Rock Samphire cuttings here. Seeds here.. but not reliable.
  
• Molokhia is sold as Egyptian Spinach.
• Celery  Leaf is common from Chinese grocers and seed suppliers.

[Dave Riley]

Siberians are here.

[Rob Collings]

All looking nice and healthy Dave.

[CHERYL SLAPP]

WOW Dave, everything is looking so healthy.  I haven't heard of quite a number of your plants.

[Susan]

Hi Dave, I did a search on siberian cucumbers but couldn't find anything.  Where did you get them from?