Episode: Nine
Date: 3rd May 2008
Presenter: Neville Passmore
Story Title: Home Orchard

A fantastic example of self sufficiency is a home garden in Western Australia where a home orchid has been created on the property. This fantastic garden features an array of tropical fruit, edible plants, a bee hive and an aquaponic system which is filled with crustaceans and fish. At 77 the owner finds time everyday to get stuck in to his remarkable production garden, which Neville believes is coming from the energy he derives from the age old practice, of cultivating his own fresh produce and inner peace that comes with gardening.

Featured Plants

Ice-cream Bean (Inga edulis)

• Spreading, dense crowned tree to 30m with the leaflets covered in short brown hairs.
• It flowers in clusters and the petals are inconspicuous,
• The fruit is hairy, brown with ribbed pods that are approximately 20cm or more. They contain fleshy green seeds and sweet white, cottony pulp.
• Spread mainly by humans, also birds and animals.