Pigeon Pea - a perennial permaculture pioneer plant with Morag Gamble

Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) is a super useful permaculture plant. This legume has so many valuable uses in the garden, on the farm and in the...

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Nature kids discover huge fish lying dead on river bank

This afternoon our kids thought they found a huge lungfish on their river walk - well actually 4yo Monty found it. There were amazed, excite...

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Passionfruit leaves are edible too!

Passionfruit leaves are edible too - raw and cooked! How revolutionary!  The beautiful, vigorous vines of the passionfruit ( Passiflora ed...

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Sweet potato greens: more nutritious than the tuber. Do you eat them?

Sweet potato leaves - I love them - a tender green with subtle flavour and far less oxalic acid than spinach or chard. They grow so prolific...

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How to make fresh Rosella tea - full of flavour and goodies.

One of my favourite teas is Rosella - straight from the garden, fresh and flavoursome.   Rosella tea is popular around the world and it'...

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How to Grow, Harvest and Use Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa)

I love Rosella season. This simple robust plant is one of my favourites in the garden. I look forward to collecting the red 'fruits'...

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Super Quick, Super Delicious, Super Healthy Meal - Fast Food From the Garden

It was just me home for dinner the other night - a rare occasion. I headed out to the garden to harvest a flurry of greens for one of my fav...

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Golden Milk Recipe & How to Avoid Toxic Additives in Your Turmeric

Turmeric is great for our general well-being and is an excellent healer, but I just found out that there are some fillers and nasty colourin...

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