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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Weed profile – Common groundsel, Senecio vulgaris
I first noticed this weed at the beginning of secondspring last year when I was out photographing plants to use in weed profile posts. At first I was pleased – it looked a lot like one of the edible chrysanthemums. … Continue reading
Friday photo – Winter leaves
Posted in Friday photos
Tagged acer, aesthetics, carbon, chlorophyll, cold, compost, deciduous trees, large trees, leaves, locking up carbon, natural resource management, neighbours, nitrogen, resource recovery, soil carbon, streetscape, temperatures, waste recycling, winter, zero waste
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Autumn, the season that’s not quite what you think
I love Autumn. Not that weird thing people talk about where all the leaves fall off trees. They always say that season starts and ends in the wrong place, and anyway, even where we do have colourful deciduous trees such … Continue reading
Posted in Explainer
Tagged autumn, djeran, indigenous knowledge, local seasons, seasonal changes, seasonal cycle, seasonal tasks
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Plant profile – Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel is one of those weeds that turns up all over the place around this city. It’s also a useful herb. As both weed and herb it has a potential role in my low-water zones. It’s in the Apiaceae (formerly … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking and eating, Plant profiles
Tagged anethole, drylands, fennel, foeniculum vulgare, food forest, herbs, medieval plants, mediterranean agriculture, spices, weeds, zone 3, zone 4
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Friday photo – The stepping tyres, June 2014
Posted in Friday photos
Tagged boundaries, experimentation, organic weed control, oxalis, oxalis pes-caprae, paths, soil condition, soil types, stepping stones, tyres, weed control, weed management, weeds
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Plant profile: Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum, is an old plant. There are records of it being written about, cooked with, used as fodder in Ancient Roman times and before. It’s named for Alexander the Great, or perhaps Alexandria the city that AtG named … Continue reading
Posted in Plant profiles
Tagged alexanders, Apiaceae, edible, edible weeds, historic plants, medieval plants, Smyrnium olusatrum, zone 4
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