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Grows in an arid temperate climate in West Australia. The current bush was very important for traditional bush medicine and is today being investigated for its anti cancer properties A rigid spiny shrub growing 1m high with unusual one-sided white, cream or yellow flowers. The current bush was very important for traditional bush medicine and is today being investigated for its anti cancer properties Comes complete with propagation instructions. 10 seeds per pack -
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Traditionally grass trees were of great importance to the Aboriginal population, they ate the fresh new leaves and extracted starch from the upper portion of the trunk CLIMATE: Tropical to temperate to cool NATURAL HABITAT: Widespread across the Eastern and Southern states FEATURES: A striking erect plant with a crown of wiry slender leaves. This is a painting courtesy of botanical artist, Beverley Graham PLANTING & CARE: A pack of 10 seeds. Sow in good quality native potting mix. Plants are very hardy, are frost and drought tolerant, but are very slow growing. ; Traditionally grass trees were of great importance to the Aboriginal population, they ate the fresh new leaves and extracted starch from the upper portion of the trunk. -
Brachyshiton polulneus. 20 seeds per pack -
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This beautiful plant with the delicious fruit that taste like spicy apples, muntries grow naturally around Western Victoria and Eastern South Australia. Muntries are also known as emu appless and native cranberries, they were a favourite of the Aboriginal people and the early settlers. ; Muntries likes light, free draining soils and the temperate conditions of southern Australia. It is naturally prostrate but can be trellised into an upright shrub for easy harvesting. ; When ripe the berries are green with a red tinge. Best planted around late autumn to mid winter. They have four times the anti oxidant as blue berries and have a natural wax that is good for skin nourishment. This pack contains 30 seeds and propagating instructions. -
Nitraria billardiera. Nitre bush tastes like salty grapes. This pack contains 10 seeds and propagating notes. The Nitre Bush grows throughout SA and inland NSW. It forms a sprawling shrub to 3m tall with red fruit in summer and autumn. The fruit are said to taste like salty grapes, and were a favourite of the tribal Aboriginies of the area. Nitre bush tastes like salty grapes. -
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Arthropdoiu milleflorum. 30 seeds per pack. A beautiful flowering tuber, the plant is used by the indigenous people as a bush medicine, the tuber is the part that is eaten. -
Portulaca oleracea. This low growing bushfood plant grows in arid and temperate climates and is grown for its spicy leaves and stems. Can be eaten raw in salads or steamed like spinach, a great bushtucker alternative. The seeds can be collected and ground into a paste for cooking. Once established these plants are ver hardy and with small yellow flowers over summer they are a very pretty addition to your bushfood garden. This pack contains approximately 100 seeds and instructions for propagating. -
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The Wild Rosella, although not a native, has been around since pioneering days. The flower (calyx) is used for making jams and relishes. The leaves can also be used in salads or as a spinach substitute. The Wild Rosella grows quickly and will produce an abundance of flowers about 10 cm across. Wild Rosella is best grown as an annual and has similar growing requirements to tomatoes, needing a warm summer, and no frost. This packet contains 30 viable seeds and propagation notes.
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Lomandra longifolia. Grows in temperate to arid, across the East coast of Australia, leaves have traditionally been used for basket making. Not only do these beautiful Australian native grasses make refreshing bush snacks, but their leaves have traditionally been used for basket making. This pack contains 30 seeds and propagating instructions. -
Melaleuca alternifolia This plant has everything! Use the aromatic leaves to aid colds, and use the paper bark to wrap and cook your authentic bush tucker meals in. Melaleuca alternifolia is a tall shrub with papery bark and white flowers in spring and summer, it has aromatic foliage where valuable oil is extracted. Tea Tree Oil has great germicidal properties and is used in a range of products, including antiseptics, deodorants, shampoos and soaps. This plant has everything! Use the aromatic leaves to aid colds, and use the paper bark to wrap your authentic bush cuisine. This pack contains 30 viable seeds and propagation notes. -
Warragul Greens make a great edible ground cover
Tetragonia tetragonioides This green leafy plant likes all but the coldest climates, can be grown hydroponically. I"ve got it growing really well in a shady spot in my garden and am constantly picking from it. Others have it in the sun, this bushtucker plant is hardy, healthy and rampant. Warragul Greens is a perennial plant ; and reaches about 50 cm tall and has distinctive arrow-shaped dark green leaves. A good substitute for spinach, you can blanch in hot water for about 1 minute, then plunge into cold water, this removes the mildly toxic oxalates, but not always necessary. I only blanch if the leaves are really mature as they can have bitter overtones, but normally I'm picking my Warraguls regularly for pies, and add to salads etc so just chop them up. Once established this plant is very tough and will provide you with year round food. It likes all but the coldest climates.....you can cut it and it will grow again and again. ; They can be grown hydroponically. The packet contains approximately 30 seeds and instructions for propagation. -
Grown your own Wattleseed!
Wattle trees grow throughout Australia
Wattleseed, Acacia victoriae The wattle tree makes an excellent hedge and is also often used as a fodder crop
Acacia victoriae is drought and frost resistant. The seeds are collected in summer, ground and roasted. Their nutty texture and coffee-like aroma have made them highly sought after for use in confectionery and baking. This seed pack contains 30 seeds and includes instructions for germination and harvesting the seed. Seeds from the Wattle tree are edible, but there are a few species that aren't so be sure to check with an expert before trying them. A great bushfood treat. These seeds are Acacia victoriae. -
A COMBO OF NATVE AUSTRALIAN PEPPERBERRIES & EXOTIC IMPORTED PEPPERBERRIES
When making a white sauce don't forget to grind in some Pepperberries United to change it from "just a white sauce" to something amazing.
This great colourful combination of Pepperberries from around the world not only look fantastic, but also are a great flavour addition to your peppermill. Ground liberally over steak, fish, chicken or vegetables. -
Exotic Spices and wild-harvested Pepperberries
now in tea bag form, sustainable, ethical, divine Our teas are now in sustainable pyramid tea bags. 10 per box. We’re still waiting on our box packaging, but do send out in plain labelled boxes. Hope you love them as much as we do. 10 tea bags per box. Incorporating Lilli Pillis, Rosella flowers, Tasmanian Pepperberries and Mandarin to energize and inspire your creative instincts. We use Green Tea from the Green Tea plantation in Victorian alpine regions. As with all our products we go straight to the growing source to get our Green Tea. This is a clean green tea that is soft and alluring in it’s gentle flavours. At OutbackChef we’ve complimented this beautiful tea with some exotic spices plus some of our favourite wild-harvested favourites. Lilli Pilli’s, so many species Australia wide, but the Lilli Pilli’s used in our tea are from northern NSW, they have essential oils from ginger and cloves to high-light the spiceyness of this tea, we add Rosella flowers....an adopted native, but nonetheless a popular one, especially with the early pioneering women, plus mandarin. Pepperberries picked as soon as they’re ripe and ready to go, from the chilly alpine regions of Tasmania. This is an exciting tea that is so full flavour and a perfect pick-me-up in the middle of the day. -
STRAWBERRY GUM HAS A COMPLEX STRAWBERRY, EUCALYPT, SPICY FLAVOUR & AROMA
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AUSTRALIAN TEA WITH STRAWBERRY GUM, ROSE & RASPBERRY, THE ROMANTIC TEA
AUSTRALIAN TEA AND STRAWBERRY GUM LEAVES
A beautiful fruity-floral Australian grown green tea with Strawberry Gum, Rose & Raspberry Tea seduces the body and soul into relaxing. Enjoy and let the tea work its magic. Now is sustainable tea bag form. This is a tea to enjoy for yourself or give as a gift, one of our most popular teas. Sustainable, ethical, divine -
100% Australian grown olives with our own native bushtucker Desert Limes -
A delightful book featuring loveable Australian animals in unexpected places. Whimsical text and gorgeous illustrations make these picture books by Conny Fechner welcome additions to your Australian picture book library. "A Koala in my apron? A Koala drinking tea? And, I suppose he's got My best hat on," she joked. ... "I think you're teasing me!" -
A delightful book featuring loveable Australian animals in unexpected places by Conny Fechner. Whimsical text and beautiful illustrations a wonderful Children's book that adults will also love to read, the bedtime read was never better "Dad, Dad! Look over there! There's an Emu with scruffy hair." Father mumbled, "Of course there is! Ho, hum.... ...yes dear, Go and tell your mum!" -
by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan. Warndu Mai (Good Food) contains information about seasonal availability, hints, tips and over 80 illustrated and accessible recipes showcasing Australian native foods, using ingredients such as Kakadu plum, native currants, finger lime and pepperberry to create unique dishes and treats - from wattleseed brownies, emu egg sponge cake and bunya nut pesto to native berry, cherry and lime cordial, strawberry gum pavlova and kangaroo carpaccio. It's a must-have for every kitchen.
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TRY THIS WATTLESEED CHOC CHIP COOKIE RECIPE
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Australian's native Superfood, black wattleseed. Wattleseed straight from the pod. Wattle seed has a nutty,chocolate flavour when roasted and ground, while we sell it roasted and ground I've now got many customer who want to try and roast and grind to their own specifications. There are many different species of Wattleseed growing throughout Australia, most are edible, but remember some are not, so if you're not sure get some expert advice to find out if it's edible or not. For wattleseed recipe ideas http://www.outbackchef.com.au/recipes/ This particular species of wattle seed is Acacia accuminata and it's from Western Australia. -
Wild thyme or Cut-leaf mint is growing in popularity. We have it growing at the Wild Food Farm and its used a lot in our kitchen cafe at the Farm. It's a hardy bush like its counter-part the round leaf mint or native basil, although much softer in both flavour and aroma, but you still know its there! It mixes easily with other compatible herbs in your cooking to create some unique dishes with that Australian botanical edge. It makes a great gift for those who love cooking and trying out new flavours, its quite exciting really to discover something that's been around for many many years and is now making its way into restaurant kitchens throughout Australia. As a garden plant is very hardy with beautiful purple flowers and a real bird and bee pleaser in the Spring. -
Sunrise Limes are used in this true-blue Aussie marmalade with a lime cumquat flavour
These Sunrise Limes are harvest from my friends, Vickie and Marks property in Western Australia. They are nurtured and grown with care to produce the best superfood limes ever. Makes a perfect bushfood gift for you or someone special -
THE PERFECT AFTERNOON TEA
The crushed leaves of this free-spirited rambling Wild Mint bush combine with the calming effect of Snow Pear enhance the spirit and soothe the mind.
Our teas are now in sustainable pyramid tea bags. 10 per box. Hope you love them as much as we do. 10 tea bags per box. This is a delightful tea to enjoy on a lazy afternoon. Our teas are sustainable, ethical, divine
