EMU Garden - Edible, Medicinal, Useful

16/01/2026

Just in Cinnamon Myrtle Backhousia myrtifolia
(same family as lemon myrtle)
Australian native to Qld.
The cinnamon myrtle is well suited to the Central Qld home garden or food forest.
The leaves have a pleasant spicy cinnamon-like aroma and flavour. The attractive flowers are creamy coloured and star shaped,
Cinnamon myrtle is suitable for full-sun and semi-shade situations, in open plantings or as a managed hedge. The tree is tolerant of light frosts. Leaves can be harvested as sprigs for use in cooking. It’s used in savoury recipes, desserts, confectionery and herbal teas. Cinnamon myrtle can also be used in floristry. Limited number of plants available. You are buying a plant around 40-50cm high which will grow into a small tree (3-4 metres normally in a home garden)

Pick up or delivery Mount Morgan, delivery/meet up Bouldercombe, Gracemere, Rockhampton areas on my work route or happy to assist with transport pick up

15/01/2025

Growing every day
These little Ginkgo Biloba plants
Are a Memory booster thanks to our beautiful Mother Nature

01/12/2023

Finger limes, ginger and cinnamon tea for a healthy brew thats amazing for colds, flus and as a pick me up.

23/11/2023

Freshly picked Lemon mrytle flowers and leaves for a nice cup of tea this morning
Enjoy your morning and if youre having a bush-foods cuppa too let me know your brew 😊

22/02/2023

Bullrush is another great wildfood - with so many uses just one being edible shoots - steam or pan fry them for a delicious healthy snack or even better with fresh fish Take only what you need and plant more edibles

14/01/2023

A must for every garden Comfrey - A permaculture powerhouse.
Here's a quick version of comfey plant fertiliser tea for indoor and outdoor plants.
Cut and chop your comfrey leaves pour boiling water over and let it sit for up to 24 hours. Strain out the foliage and dilute by half prior to using. Grow your own.
Share with friends and family and a natural gift you can make yourself

14/01/2023

Check out the size of these bananas in Papua New Guinea.

The largest species of banana plant is the giant highland banana (Musa ingens) native to the tropical montane forests of New Guinea. Its main “trunk” regularly reaches heights of 15 metres (49 feet) and its unfurled leaves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) off the ground.

07/01/2023

Plant your pineapple tops and grow your own pineapples
Easy as 😊 Twist off, Leave them dry out for a few days and plant straight into the garden in a sunny spot.
Pineapples are full of anti oxidants and loaded with nutritional goodness.

04/01/2023

Rubus moluccanus -Native raspberries growing locally - delicious eaten fresh from the bush or made into jams, It would be great to share your uses for this plant -medicinally especially - comment below x

02/01/2023

If you have Alpines zerumbet aka Shell Ginger growing in your garden did you know besides having gorgeous flowers they can be added to salads, the leaves are also fragrant and used for teas and wrapping/steaming fish? I’d love to learn of more uses if you know any let me know 🙏

02/01/2023

The beautiful yellow flowers of this Cottonwood(Hibiscus tiliaceus) growing along the foreshore in Hervey Bay are edible and the plant has/is used by Indigenous peoples for food, medicine as well as wood, weaving, and more.
Love to hear from you about uses for Cottonwood (Hibiscus Tiliaceus)