Be gentle La Niña #cloudsbrewing #lañiña #bigraincoming #summerstormclouds #pandoreapandorana #excitedbutnervous #melbourneweather

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La Niña - welcome back!!! My Taro says hi and don't stop all summer!!

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Hanging, harvested garlic #alliumsativum #hanginggarlic #tunicate #vampirefreezone #flufreezone

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Living high on clouds of carrot flowers #ladybirds #insectsonflowers #carrotflowers #apiaceae #daucuscarota #invertebratesrule #burnleyfieldstation #goingtoseed

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In clover #trifoliumrepens #bedofclovers #fabaceae #legume #nitrogenfixer #dontmowthelawn #beeforage

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The Swamp Hibiscus doth emerge behind the rising plates of Lotus leaves #gothicplant #lotusleaves #swamphibiscus #hibiscuscoccineus #nelumbonucifera #plantsofvirginia

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The Swamp Hibiscus doth emerge behind the rising plates of Lotus leaves #gothicplant #lotusleaves #swamphibiscus #hibiscuscoccineus #nelumbonucifera #plantsofvirginia

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Home to summery Melbourne and the Urban Horticulture 1st year undergrads finishing their exams - after Brazil I have a lot of marking to do! #examsareover #burnleycampus #burnleygardens #lastoftheirkind #markingisfun #helpimdrowning #veryjetlagged #goodbyebrazil

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Having a ball at Copacabana #copacabanabeach #ballinthewater #wavebreaking #atlanticbeach #brasil #riodejaneiro

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It’s hard to capture these beautiful, narrow tree-lined streets in Rio, their intimacy and light, this will have to do #treesofrio #streetsofrio #streettrees #urbantrees #urbangreening #arboriculture #urbanforest

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It’s hard to capture these beautiful, narrow tree-lined streets in Rio, their intimacy and light, this will have to do #treesofrio #streetsofrio #streettrees #urbantrees #urbangreening #arboriculture #urbanforest

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A home-cooked meal last night with my Novel Crops Project super volunteer Heloisa (now back in Rio) and her Mum, Regina. Thanks so much for the traditional food, most of it organically grown! #braziliancooking #panc #dinnerinriodejaneiro #agrotoxiconao #brazilorganic

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After a week and a half of hardcore hotel breakfasts I’m hitting the homemade gym at the end of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro #homemadegym #missmybike #rioisbeautiful #ipanemabeach #needexercisenow

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Plant-people themed art at the University of São Paulo #artofbrazil #studentartwork #campusart #modernism #universityofsaopaulo

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Today I received a fantastic gift from my colleague here in São Paulo, Thais Mauad - Brazil’s bible on ‘unconventional food plants’...I’ve barely recovered from discovering...I can hardly write this...that the dreaded Moth Vine or False Choko is edible and ‘deliciosos’! #gobsmacked #mindblown #honestlycantbelieveit #panc #edibleweeds #canigothere #translationneeded #novelcrops #araujiasericifera #agroecology

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Today I received a fantastic gift from my colleague here in São Paulo, Thais Mauad - Brazil’s bible on ‘unconventional food plants’...I’ve barely recovered from discovering...I can hardly write this...that the dreaded Moth Vine or False Choko is ‘deliciosos’! #gobsmacked #mindblown #honestlycantbelieveit #panc #edibleweeds #canigothere #translationneeded #novelcrops #araujiasericifera

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Today I was so privileged to have lunch with and made by legendary nutritionist, cook and gardener Neide Rigo (on the left) at her beautiful home in Citi Lapa, São Paulo - the ‘novel crop’ movement is powering along in Brazil! #novelcrops #panc #plantasalimentíciasnãoconvencionais #neiderigo #fermentedfoods

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In Parque Villa Lobos, São Paulo, in the new area - the revegetation to the left going well, the instant turf not so well #urbanparks #revegetation #instantturf #sodgrass #cityscapes #parquevillalobos

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Planting Air Potato Yams as Day One jet lag cure in small, community garden in west São Paulo #urbanagriculture #saopaulo #communitygarden #urbanpermaculture #fightingoffjetlag

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