Upson Downs Horticulture

04/06/2026

Biggest banana flower and plant ever !
Lady Finger.
4.5 metres tall to the crown,
Trunk circumference of 1 metre !
And this is one that I let go to clump, 9 plants total.

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

The old grow lab is back in use !
Seeded -
Thai dwarf pawpaw
Red legs rhubarb
Sunshine Special Passionfruit
Burdock root

Still got more patchouli and Spanish sage cuttings to do yet and some moringa seeds to put in.

Almost time to start seeding the summer crop of tomatoes/capsicum/chilli etc, etc.

04/06/2026

We are open!!
Come down and check out our awesome plants, gifts and handmade crafts!

04/06/2026

🌱 Just a reminder — we actually sell seeds!

Grown here. On our farm. In Western Australia.

Heirloom and open-pollinated varieties, organically grown with care each season, available to post straight to your door🌱

If you’ve been thinking about starting a veggie garden, or just reducing your reliance on the supermarket — this is a good place to start.

thrivesustainability.com.au — link in bio.

01/06/2026

Some avocados off the tree from yesterday's wind, one for now and one for later.
Heaps of small ones have not developed for some reason, and not as many fruit overall compared to previous years.

30/05/2026

Kale 'Ivory Garden'
Not much of a kale fan but this little plant looks pretty cool !

29/05/2026

More wild daikon radish from the garlic yards.
Garlic at 8 and 4 weeks.
Varieties are -
Osmington White
Early purple
Rojo
Dynamite purple - growing for stock
Colossus - growing for stock
Italian pink

29/05/2026

Final preparation of the garlic tubes for next weekend's market, and a total of 300 strawberry tubes from last night.

28/05/2026

Tonight I am tubing up white alpine strawberry seedlings hopefully for spring market.

Wow these things are so small and fiddly !
Got a long night ahead of me.