Our primary goal is an edible garden. Let's make the secondary goal as "usefulness". Here are our useful plants...
Banana leaves - Our banana tree is growing well. Still no fruits, but I love the fact that it is already helping us! Once in a blue moon we cut a little bit of a leaf that is still green and use it as a plate. Not too much coz we don't want to hurt the tree. I swear it makes food on it taste better.
As the bottom leaves age and turn yellow, I cut them off and use it as shade for the pond and plants.
And when it browns, I add it into the fish tanks so the fry have more hiding places. Also it helps lower the pH.
Bamboo - these fellows fight back! The adults are impossible to remove at the root level. They just won't budge. The young ones are sneaky ... they have really tiny thorns over the shoots, so when cutting them back, I am bound to get heaps of those in my skin. Itchy and uncomfortable for a day or 2!!
BUT I love bamboo. I cut small pieces for the aquarium. They give the fish lots of place to play hide-and-seek. And I am sure their pores would be a nice home for the beneficial bacteria. In the garden I have used them as a fence, support, drain, etc. Very light and very hard.
Indian Almond leaves - Just run a search on this and you will be amazed by the stories of how it has helped fish. I add them to all my tanks. I love to layer a few and anchor one end with a stone. If they dont look good whole, I cut them up into smaller shapes and let them just blend in wherever they wish to settle to.
We don't have the tree in our house coz it's huge, but I know where they are. You would be doing the guys who sweep the roads a favour by picking up a few leaves off the ground and using them in your tanks & ponds.
Peace Lily - It's supposed to be some kind of indoor air filter
Banana leaves - Our banana tree is growing well. Still no fruits, but I love the fact that it is already helping us! Once in a blue moon we cut a little bit of a leaf that is still green and use it as a plate. Not too much coz we don't want to hurt the tree. I swear it makes food on it taste better.
As the bottom leaves age and turn yellow, I cut them off and use it as shade for the pond and plants.
And when it browns, I add it into the fish tanks so the fry have more hiding places. Also it helps lower the pH.
Bamboo - these fellows fight back! The adults are impossible to remove at the root level. They just won't budge. The young ones are sneaky ... they have really tiny thorns over the shoots, so when cutting them back, I am bound to get heaps of those in my skin. Itchy and uncomfortable for a day or 2!!
BUT I love bamboo. I cut small pieces for the aquarium. They give the fish lots of place to play hide-and-seek. And I am sure their pores would be a nice home for the beneficial bacteria. In the garden I have used them as a fence, support, drain, etc. Very light and very hard.
Indian Almond leaves - Just run a search on this and you will be amazed by the stories of how it has helped fish. I add them to all my tanks. I love to layer a few and anchor one end with a stone. If they dont look good whole, I cut them up into smaller shapes and let them just blend in wherever they wish to settle to.
We don't have the tree in our house coz it's huge, but I know where they are. You would be doing the guys who sweep the roads a favour by picking up a few leaves off the ground and using them in your tanks & ponds.
Peace Lily - It's supposed to be some kind of indoor air filter
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