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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A Saturday excursion with my Regenerative Agriculture class at William Angliss to the inspiring Yan Yan Gurt Agroforestry Farm - 30 years of hard work by Andrew and Jill Stewart and family. Apart from sheep and timber trees there was a planting of Australian and South African proteaceous species for cut flowers and a Cob House straight out of Hobbiton but fit for humans with a green roof as a bonus. Thanks so much Jill, Andrew, Kristy and Hannah! #agroforestry #landcare #regenerativeagriculture #yanyangurtwestfarm #otways #deansmarsh #weekendexcursion #farfromthemaddingcrowd #proteaceae #banksia #leucospermum #cutflowerproduction #cobhouse #gaudiesque #organicarchitecture

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My Konjac is flowering and it absolutely stinks! I thought there was a dead possum in my garden and literally followed my nose to this fly-attracting monstrosity of rotting flesh and mouldy cheese! Nature is wonderful! (You can make noodles out of the giant corm) #konjac #amorphophalluskonjac #giantflower #smellsbad #stinky #fliesloveit #natureisweird #novelcrops #panc

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I confess I’ve made fun of Iris collections and plant breeding obsessions in lectures over the years but after seeing these specimens in the Burnley Field Station today I seek forgiveness, for I now believe!!!#converted #iveseenthelight #roadtodamascus #gardenesque #amateurhorticulture #flowerporn #burnleyfieldstation #likeacoralreef #plantbreeding

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Sometimes you really have to cut the grass, slash the weeds, and trim the bushes - and mean it! The last prac today for the Famous Final Five was power tools and now it’s all over bar two exams and a park management plan assignment. Goodbye and good luck FFF and thanks for indulging my tangents in lectures, I certainly enjoyed yours... #powertools #brushcutters #hedgetrimmers #lawnmowers #burnleyfieldstation #sunsmart #wearinghats #studentswithstyle #goodbyeandgoodluck

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Today my students and I played host to gardeners from Cultivating Community, the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre and the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre in our campus nursery where we propagated ginger, turmeric, sweet potatoes, yams and more ready for the Melbourne summer growing season. Pictured with me is Tessie from Papua New Guinea who told us all how desperate she was to grow and garden again in real soil after moving to Melbourne, coming from a culture with deep and ancient gardening traditions. Tessie has inspired us all to try growing peanuts in Melbourne. Thanks to everyone for coming today and to my students for being such great horticultural facilitators! #communitygardeners #growingplants #crossculturalexchange #culturallyappropriatefood #facilitation #propagatingplants #burnleynursery #cultivatingcommunity #asrc @c.nlc @cultivatingcommunity @asrc1

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