Category: Gardening
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A Lizard in the garden
I was pretty stoked for this to be the first thing I noticed when I came home today. For those non-Aussies reading this, it’s a juvenile Bluetongue lizard. And yes, their oversized tongues really are blue. They poke them out to scare off attackers. Bluetongues can get to almost the size of a Volkswagon Beetle…
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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!
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Adapting to bushfire season
I was worried about the permanent shade cloth catching embers so I’m replacing a lot of it with market-style umbrellas.
