Tropical Gardening

Tropical Gardening is our passion. We love growing fruit and vegetables here in the tropics. This page is a resource for the novice backyard gardener, living in the hottest part of the planet.

Grow to Conditions

The basics of gardening are the same wherever you live. You need soil, water, fertiliser and to care for your garden (e.g. weeding etc). Unfortunately, often people from other climates move to the tropics and battle against the conditions. They do this, just to grow food they are familiar with. However, it is much better to grow fruit and vegetables that thrive naturally in a tropical garden. You can choose from a variety of tropical fruit trees and tropical vines.

Tropical Fruit

You can grow many fruits in the tropics. These tropical fruits include paw paw, custard apple, passion fruit, dragon fruit, guava, black sapote, kumquat, rambutan watermelon and Jaboticaba. You will come to love the many fruit trees that thrive in our warm and humid conditions.

Tropical Vegetables

It is easy to grow tropical vegetables, including sweet potatoes and cucumber. Tropical gardening allows for Asian Greens like pak choi and tatsoi. Pumpkin and watermelons are also easily grown. However, many vegetables can only be grown in the tropical winter. This is due to the intense nature of summer in the tropics.

Sustainability and Saving Money

In this age of Climate Change it is more important than ever to be ecologically sustainable. This is a great reason to grow your own food. Another benefit of gardening is that you can save money. Consequently, this blog is aimed to help you towards both these goals. The destructive nature of capitalism makes it more important than ever to share eco-socialist alternatives. Especially if we are to survive these troubled times.