Author: ligayagardener
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Port Parham Bush foods talk
Yesterday (Sunday February 23rd), yours truly visited the Port Parham Sports & Social Club to give a little talk on bushfoods. I’d been to Port Parham a few times before and passed the social club building each time but never stayed. I’d always been on the search for coastal bushfoods. My usual trick when I’m…
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My new favourite plant
This beauty is Globe Amaranth (Gomphrena globosa). It’s a pretty showy edible with medicinal properties. Globe Amaranth is a relative of those other showy edibles, the common weed, Green Amaranth (Amaranthus viridus) and the garden favourite ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ (Amaranthus caudatus). It’s a plant that could have some use in alleviating some of the symptoms…
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Northwest tidy up
The rains have given us enough of a break from the heat to do a bit of gardening. The Cherry tree in the north west corner of the garden died and the corn in the wicking beds have finished, so it was time to replace them. While I was tidying up another little job, I…
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Water restrictions? Not us!
We’re pretty close to the per person amount of water recommended during water restrictions…and we’re still growing!