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Talk about tough!

These fungi are fruiting from sand that was buried under the pavers under the aquaponics for 3 years! Two days uncovered and they’re fruiting already!

Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare)

Family: Solanaceae Habitat: Forest margins, woodland edges Description and uses: Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare) is one of the amazing Solanum family which gives us so much of our food and lots of our medicines. It’s a bushy plant that grows to around 3 metres tall down this way but may be bigger elsewhere. Kangaroo Apple has deeply lobed…

Elderberries in the making

This year has been our first harvesting Elder (Sambucus nigra). We loved the flowers so much that it was hard to leave enough flowers to give us some berries.

Joe’s Connected Gardens extravaganza!

It’s that time of the year again Our friends at Joe’s Connected Gardens are having their Open Gardens event this coming weekend. It’s always a fun, educational experience where everybody can learn something about plants and permaculture. This event has been getting bigger and better every year with ever larger crowds learning ever more. It’s awesome and we’re really…