USEFUL RESOUCES – GARDENING IN THE TROPICS - CEA RIPL Round 3 Program, Qld: Healthy Food, Healthy Communities

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CDEP Regional Initiatives and Peer Learning Fund – RIPL, Round 3

Building CDEP capacity & peer support to grow healthy food and healthy communities

“Gardening in the tropics”

is a grower information package, produced by and available from Roger GOEBEL rggoebel@bigpond.com

It originated in mid 2004 as a component of the ACIAR project, “Developing Tropical Horticulture in Remote Communities: Cape York & Samoa” (PHT/2001/023) A need was identified among individuals and those involved on community gardens for a basic information system that could cater for various crops, management methods and uses of plants suited to the tropics. It was not possible within this project to construct a comprehensive information system only the basic framework with sufficient information packages to encourage people to use and contribute to it. The structure of the system is nine folders entitled and covering information on; (1) Wet season vegetables (2) Winter garden vegetables (3) Tropical fruits (4) Ornamental house plants (5) Native food plants

(6) Herbs, spices and flavorings (7) Propagating plants (8) Garden design and maintenance (9) Food uses, nutrition and recipes

Each folder has some information on subjects related to that folder and specific to Cape York Peninsula conditions. Each folder also has a pictorial poster outlining the types of information in it. This poster is suitable for display and also makes an informative placemat. Other information from practical applications or from internet downloads is encouraged to be added to each folder. In addition to these folders, other folders that contain information in journals, newsletters or ebooks can be added. This system is computer based but is encouraged to be printed and collated into hard copy folders along with posters, books and other hands on material. Roger is constantly adding to the resource – including new materials from recent work he is involved with in the Pacific.

• Wet season vegetables Poster/placemat Aibika Bamboo shoots Cooking banana Kang kong Cassava Queensland arrowroot Sweet potato Tannia Yam bean Winged bean Taro in Samoa Taro variety – talo Niu’e Pests and diseases of talo in Samoa poster Sweet leaf Breadfruit Breadfruit quality control poster Breadfruit quality standards poster Pit pit Luffa Greater yam

• Winter garden vegetables Poster/placemat Bok choy Cabbage Carrot Cherry tomato Jerusalem artichoke Pea Rhubarb Tomato Zucchini Sweet corn Pumpkin Lettuce Artichoke Cauliflower Capsicum Broccoli

• Tropical tree fruits Poster/placemat Atoll banana growing in the Pacific poster Granadilla Limes Thinning Papaya Selecting papaya trees for hermaphrodite fruit Papaya crop thinning handy guide Papaya quality standards poster Guyana chestnut Monstera

• Garden design and maintenance

Poster/placemat Styrobox garden Tyre garden Bees-removing from walls Friends of the garden

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Ceylon spinach, Amaranth • Native food plants – fruits

of the bush Poster/placemat Beach cherry Peanut tree Wongi Botany bay greens Panja nut

• Herbs, spices and flavourings

Cultivation of mushroom in Samoa

• Plant propagation – saving seeds and grafting

Poster/placemat Breadfruit propagation Growing vegetables – saving your own seed Producing sunrise solo papaya seed Growing papaya seedlings

• Pacific gardener newsletters

#1 May - July ‘04 #2 August - October ‘04 #3 November’04 - January’05 #4 February - April ‘05 #5 May - July ‘05 #6 August - October ‘05 #7 November ’05 - January ‘06 #8 February ’06 - April ’06 #9 May ’06 – July ’06

• Ornamental house plants Poster/placemat Cooktown orchid Coconut-village dwarf Aloe Weipa lily Lipstick palm Jasmine Beef steak plant China rose Cordyline Alpinia Miracle fruit

• Nutrition, recipes and uses for tropical garden produce

Poster/placemat Oka Breadfruit- the tropical potato that grows on a tree Books with breadfruit recipes Wendy’s rosella jam Josie’s spaghetti sauce SPC food leaflet 2006 series #1 Dessert banana #2 Cooking banana #3 Breadfruit, #4 Coconut #5 Taro #6 Pandanus SPC south pacific foods 1983 to 1992 series #1 Taro #2 Pawpaw #3 Mango #4 Guava #5 Cassava #6 Green leaves #7 Banana #8 Coconut #9 Breadfruit #10 Pineapple #11 Citrus fruits #12Pumpkin #13 Sweet potato #14 Yam #15 Nuts and seeds #16 Legumes

Queensland the Smart State

Fruits of the BushFruits of the BushRoger Goebel Department of Primary Industries and FisheriesRoger Goebel Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Pig FaceBeach Cherry

Finger LimeLady Apple

Peanut Tree Wongai

Kang kong

Wet Season Vegetablesfor gardening in the tropics

Queensland the Smart StateRoger Goebel, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

This is a selection of the crops in the gardening in the tropicsinformation series Wet Season Vegetables

Aibika Breadfruit

Taro Yam Cassava

Bok choy

Jap pumpkin

Winter garden vegetablesA selection of crops from the gardening in the tropics series

Carrot

Queensland the Smart State

Roger Goebel, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Lettuce Egg plant

Tomato

Sapodilla

Tropical fruitsfor peninsula gardens

Queensland the Smart StateRoger Goebel, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

This is a selection of the crops from the gardening in the tropics information series

Rambutan Soursop

Pineapple Mango Longan