RARE FRUIT TREES

I attended the bi-monthly meeting of the Rare Fruits Council (Wide Bay) of which I am a member, and as usual came home with a few trees to plant. Some are still in the shade house, as they are a bit small to be planting out at the moment - these are a Japanese Lemon and a Peanut Butter Bush.
We did plant out, using a new method, a Cherry Guava, Drumstick Tree, Candlenut Tree, and another Saba Nut tree.
The method we used this time, is to place a cardboard box in the hole, fill it with potting mix, and then plant in the potting mix. As we are on sand, it is difficult establishing the fruit trees, and this sounded a good idea.
Well it seems to be working, as all of the trees are looking good and have new shoots appearing.
I have since used this method to plant out a couple of Bambino Bougainvillea plants, which are also doing well.

A new concept for planting pumpkin seeds -
While reading through a back issue of Earth Garden magazine, Jackie French had advised someone to reuse their old black compost bins to plant pumpkins.
This also works, as the photo shows.
I filled the bin with compost, straw, dried leaves, etc. and planted out the seeds.
The idea is that the pumpkin will feed off everything in the compost bin.

Lots of flowers on the vine so far, so hoping that will be a winner.