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| peony poppies |
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| edible chrysanthemum (tung hou/茼蒿) flowers - which don't make bad tea! They're much "grassier" in flavour than dried chrysanthemum flowers/tea brought from stores or served at dim sum restaurants (guk pou/菊普 or guk faa caa/菊花茶). |
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| "Comin in for landing!" |
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| "Hmmm, what's in here then?" |
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| "Om nom nom nom nom...." |
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| "What's down here? Oh more polleny goodness!" |
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| "I like sage with my pollen. Forget that French lavender stuff behind." |
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| 8 Nov: Green blueberries waiting for more sunshine before being devoured! |
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| Chillin like villains |
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| 21 Nov: what a difference 2 weeks makes! Blueberries ready for pickin |
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| Safe under the net. I pedalled my little heart out to Bunnings to buy bird netting the morning I saw these being gorged on by birds. Indian mynas, blackbirds and even huge yellow-eye currawongs have craned their heads through the gaps in this net to get at ripe blueberries. They get purple heart bravery points for trying (and not getting strangled)! |
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| Basil, grain amaranth (tall plants) and comfrey (bottom left). The corrugated tank is from WT Grant in Brighton and is excellent as a ready-to-go vegie garden. They can supply the tank with soil/compost, delivered. |
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| As the amaranth grows taller during summer, the basil gets more shade so it doesn't burn. It's a bit of a balancing act - we have to keep eating the amaranth leaves or else the basil won't get enough light. It's not easy keeping pace with productive amaranth which puts out new growth overnight. |
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| kangaroo paws - choice of wattle birds who swing onto them like wannabe filmstars in the upcoming Australian kung-fu epic "Crouching Wattle Bird, Hidden Noisy Myna" |
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| 21 Nov: first pick of the season! Until Jan 2013, I have picked about 10x this amount. Two thumbs up for Nelly Kellie blueberries (an impressive Bunnings purchase!) |
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| In case you need another angle |
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| How bout a close up? |
