“All that is solid melts into air”. Today was cold and drizzly and the air smoky after heatwaves and horrific fires. The sky is grey and grieving for what we’ve done to ourselves wilfully. I seriously hope this changes everything as Naomi Klein put it. Meanwhile, thank god for this Magpie just doing its thing #notagoodday #toomuch #reallynotgood #grief #climateemergency #moreofthistocome #unfortunately #neoliberalismsucks #australianmagpie #intelligentbirds

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Happy Summer Solstice from the big Babaco crop at the Northcote Pool! #babaco #summerfruit #plantsofecuador #plantsoftheandes #summersolstice2019 #southernhemisphere #northcotepool #northcoteaquaticandrecreationcentre

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Annual growing ritual and final quality assurance inspection of Sweet Potato plants and slips off to FareShare’s Farm in Clayton - “yes, yes, good to go” These will be ready for harvest in late April and May 2020 under careful management of Burnley urban horticulture graduate Sharni Jansen and her team of volunteers #faresharefarm #fareshare #sweetpotatoes #ipomoeabatatas #burnleynursery #novelcrops #foodcharity #urbanagriculture #regenerativeagriculture #urbanfoodgrowing #partnership #volunteers

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Flower of Kulyu, a type of native Sweet Potato, ancient bush food of indigenous people. We’re growing them here at Burnley to see if they might become a useful climate change adaptation and regenerative agriculture crop #ipomoeacalobra #firstnationsfood #convolvulaceae #aridzoneplants #climatechangeadaptation #regenerativeagriculture #bushfoods #bushfoodsofaustralia #novelcrops #panc #australianplants #australiannativeplants

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Four years ago I planted two White Sapotes at Burnley. Both are doing well but one is fruiting really well this year. The custardy fruit is delicious (pics across the top). Then there’s the named cultivar of Loquat, Bessell Brown (bottom pics), really big fruit for a Loquat and also delicious #whitesapote #casimiroaedulis #plantsofmexico #loquat #eriobotryajaponica #fruitonahotday #burnleyfieldstation

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This purple version of White Yam has exploded with roots and shoots after sitting on bottom heat in a shallow tray of potting mix for the last month. I’ll pull them gently off the tuber, pot them up separately and then see if the mother tuber has enough grunt left to produce some more shoots #dioscoreaalata #purpleyam #growingyams #beautifulleaves #beautifulfoliage #purpleleaves #nurseryproduction #roottuber #monocot #dioscoreaceae #novelcrops #panc #tropicalplantsofmelbourne

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Perth and Fremantle have the most magnificent Moreton Bay Figs. This is a true winter rainfall climate with hot dry summers and this species grows naturally in climates with summer rainfall or at least even rainfall across the year. So once again a member of the Ficus genus proves itself extremely plastic, bendy and fantastic metaphorically, literally and physiologically #ficusmacrophylla #moretonbayfig #urbanforestry #climatereadytrees #urbantrees #gianttrees #farawaytree #twistingroots #rootslikesnakes #growmoreplease

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Fremantle is quiet and beautiful first thing in the morning with more birds around than people including Galahs #fremantle #galahs #galahcockatoo #birdsofaustralia #urbanbirds #urbanwildlife #novelecosystem #birdsonchimneys #westernaustralia

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Unpack the pine cone to reveal the pine nuts and then crack them for the kernels. No wonder the cockatoos go crazy for these. ‘Pound’ the kernels to make ‘pesto’ (which is what pesto means in Italian) #pinenuts #pinecone #pinuspinea #cockatoofood #gymnosperm #plantmore #foraging #treecrops

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I am yet to reveal my Final Form. Time to clear the fog and achieve bionic vision #cataractsurgery #bionicvision #cyborg #sixmilliondollarman #piratelook #cheapsunnies #respectyourelders #iwantnightvision

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Wisteria hysteria season is upon us. We need more arbors, walkways and pergolas festooned in flowers and vines #wisteria #wisteriahysteria #wisteriasinensis #arbors #purpleflowers #mauveflowers #peaflowers #fabaceae #lianavine #growmoreplease #wecanhavenicethings #burnleygardens

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It’s important work doing monitoring and evaluation of one’s former students’ careers in horticulture. Here I observe @maddylivingston doing excellent work on dormant canes of species unknown with a pair of Felco 2s on Hamilton Island. There was also time for a special ops mission to find a turtle and check out coral gardens before they all fry and die 😩. I intend to go on holiday by mistake more often #marineturtle #hamiltonisland #tropicalhorticulture #gardeninginthetropics #specialops #missionimpossible #whitsundays #spectacularview #professionalhorticulturist #gardenerinaction #notataxdeduction #savethereef #withnailandi

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