Growing peanuts for the first time, some as transplants, the rest by seed sown today, the last day of spring. This variety is called ‘Virginia bunch’ purchased from Green Harvest. The drip irrigation will consistent and carefully monitored as the packet says “avoid moisture stress as this can cause toxic aflatoxins to infect the crop” 😱#growingpeanut #legumes #peanutseedling #dripline #summercrops #burnleyfieldstation #novelcrops #lastdayofspring

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Very lucky today to be part of a group workshopping ideas for the future of the Collingwood Children’s Farm. The Peacocks really make themselves known across the farm, both with their calls and through the in-your-face displays of the males - in this case a display of front and back! #collingwoodchildrensfarm #specialplaces #peacockdisplay #showingoff #toxicmasculinity #narcissism #imsobeautiful #chooseme #beautifulfeathers

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I divided the Mother Corm of my Konjac/Voodoo Lilly and potted up the cormels. Here’s to many more generations of bizarro, foetid flowers and alien leaves, and one day clear noodles too #konjac #voodoolily #corms #plantpropagation #backyardnursery #alienplants #perennialedibles #plantsofchina #edimentals #novelcrops

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We’re getting the kitchen garden at the Northcote Pool revved up for summer! New volunteers @maddylivingston and @patchworkgardeners are getting stuck into the strawberries in between weeding and planting #kitchengarden #urbanagriculture #summerplanting #northcotepool #volunteering #volunteers #strawberries #weeding

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Seedling Desert Sweet Potatoes being potted on for a graduate research project, with tasty ‘tap root’ swellings already visible. These are an ancient and still popular food for indigenous people living on country in arid Australia. A future food for the rest of us? Quite possibly a regenerative agricultural crop in marginal, dry areas in the not so distant future; we’ll keep you posted on @ambrosia_jess trials here at Burnley through summer #ipomoeacostata #regenerativeagriculture #futurefoods #novelcrops #panc #indigenousfoods #nativeplantsofaustralia #desertplants #seedlings #plantexperiment #plantpropagation #perennialvegetables #bushfoods #indigenousagriculture #ipomoea #convolvulaceae

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Inside the purple-flecked interior of ‘Bun Long’ Taro. This is my first time harvesting this variety, originally purchased from Green Harvest in Maleny. It’s a delicious ‘fudgy’ type and keeps its purple colour once cooked...time for mass propagation! #bunlong #colocasiaesculenta #edibletubers #starchycarbs #starchyvegetables #tropicalplantsinmelbourne #novelcrops #panc #urbanagriculture #perennialvegetables

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An Eastern Water Dragon on my ride home along the Yarra River this evening; not strictly native to Melbourne apparently but loving this really warm evening for a look about #urbanwildlife #urbanecology #novelecosystem #easternwaterdragon #riparian #reptiles #warmevening #yarrariver #wishiwasalizard

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