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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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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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Joe’s Connected Garden Open Day
A great weekend is ahead of us! Joe’s Connected Garden’s Open Days.
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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…
Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
