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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Online resource – the Institute of Advanced Studies 2050 Food Lecture Series (audio recording)
The Institute of Advanced Studies at UWA held three lectures on future food and food security issues in the last few months, titled the 2050 Food Lecture Series. Each of the three lectures was recorded and can be listened to … Continue reading
Wildflower walk around Lake Leschenaultia – photo post
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Tagged bush foods, laterite soil, october, scarp flora, western australia, wildflowers
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Urban farming tech – Sub-irrigation
Sub-irrigation is a phrase I only recently came across. I was familiar with self-watering pots, which a home gardener might have a couple of, and I knew of wicking beds, a type of garden bed which also works on the … Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Technology
Tagged balcony, balcony garden, city farms, recycled materials, rooftop gardens, self-watering, small space gardening, sub-irrigation, summer gardens, urban agriculture, urban design, urban farming, water conservation, water management, water restrictions
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Weed profile – Broomrape (Orobanche)
This weed amuses me immensely. It’s a curious thing. Note the colour – it looks dried out even though it isn’t, there’s not a speck of green. That’s because it has no chlorophyll – none of that green stuff that … Continue reading
Posted in Plant profiles
Tagged noxious weeds, orobanche, parasite, parasitic, weeds, weedscaping
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Making “capers” with nasturtium seeds and a hint of mermaid
Last year at the end of nasturtium season I tried making my own “capers”. I’d read about substituting nasturtium seed pods for capers online, I had the book “Wild Fermentation” by Sandor Katz which gave a reliable method, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and eating
Tagged capers, child farmers, childhood memories, farming systems, fermenting, homegrown, homemade, local food, nasturtiums, preserving food, urban farming, wild food
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Friday photo – Granite kunzea
Posted in Friday photos
Tagged colour contrast, kunzea, local natives, wildflowers, zone 1
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Wild dog action plan submissions closing, and other ferals
The National Wild Dog Action Plan is almost at the end of its submissions stage. If wild dogs and how we manage them impacts you or concerns you, you have until this Friday to go download the draft plan and … Continue reading
Posted in Online resources
Tagged feral animals, invasive animals, pest control, pest management, wild dogs
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