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Green Dodo 🌳Permaculture
🍀Herbalism
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🍄Mushrooms
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25/05/2026

Cherry tomatoes are the chaotic little overachievers of the veggie garden. 🍅 By the end of the season, the weeds had taken over the bed, but there were still a few tomatoes left to harvest!

You can very rarely go wrong with cherry tomatoes so it is a great choice for new gardeners!
I once had better cherry tomatoes growing out of a crack in the pavement than in my carefully prepared, compost-rich garden bed.

Moral of the story?
Sometimes tomatoes don’t want luxury. They want trauma, neglect, and a tiny gap in the concrete.

Also, grow them once, and you’ll probably have surprise tomato babies forever.

🍅 🌟 My top 5 chery tomato recommendations are: Tommy Toe, Black Cherry, Sungold, cherry Roma and now the heirloom Ice tomato!

Saturday morning done right! 🍕With winter just around the corner, there are few things more heart-warming than a communi...
23/05/2026

Saturday morning done right! 🍕

With winter just around the corner, there are few things more heart-warming than a community garden pizza-making morning. 🌞

It’s been such a beautiful couple of months putting the garden back together, watching our lovely community garden family grow(as well as our veggie seedlings), and sharing laughter, ideas, morning teas and now pizza from our recently repaired pizza oven.

I am looking forward to many more wholesome gatherings at in Lalor.

Join us on Saturdays at 10am at 405 Station St, Lalor. Everyone’s welcome! 🌿🍕✨

22/05/2026

Free fruit hits different. 🍑🍎

Loquats, apricots, plums, apples, feijoa, figs, prickly pear, mulberries… all growing quietly around the neighbourhood like nature’s little treasure hunt.

There’s something deeply satisfying about walking past a tree, spotting ripe fruit, and thinking: “Well, I guess the universe packed me a snack today.”

Foraging = free food, fresh air, seasonal joy, and a tiny bit of harmless goblin behaviour. 🌿✨

What do you usually forage for?

Right in the heart of Melbourne CBD, in front of Town Hall, these flower box installations always make me stop for a mom...
21/05/2026

Right in the heart of Melbourne CBD, in front of Town Hall, these flower box installations always make me stop for a moment.

Surrounded by buildings, traffic, and concrete, they bring a little pocket of colour, life, and softness into the city. Look closely, and you might even spot bees foraging for nectar in the middle of the urban rush. 🐝🌸

The displays are refreshed every few months, with pots carefully arranged to create the feeling of a lush mini garden. It is such a simple idea, but it makes a huge difference. More beauty, more biodiversity, more moments to pause, and a much-needed break from the monotony of the concrete jungle.

Urban greening is not just decoration. It is good for our mood, our nervous system, our pollinators, and the way we connect with the spaces we move through every day.

🐝🌼 Today is World Bee Day… and while European honey bees usually get all the attention because they make honey, Australi...
20/05/2026

🐝🌼 Today is World Bee Day… and while European honey bees usually get all the attention because they make honey, Australia’s native bees have been quietly doing essential work for millions of years.

Australia is home to over 1,700 species of native bees, many of them tiny enough to go unnoticed.
This little beauty is from the Lasioglossum bee family. Often only 2–8mm long, this tiny one is absolutely dusted in pollen inside a dandelion flower. ✨🌼

Despite their small size, these bees are incredibly important pollinators for wildflowers, gardens, and food crops. Most native bees are solitary, gentle, and don’t produce honey, so they rarely get the recognition they deserve. But without them, ecosystems would struggle to thrive.

Sometimes, the smallest workers carry the biggest responsibility. 🌼🐝

19/05/2026

Rainbow and Musk Lorikeet are often seen feeding on eucalyptus blossoms, but one of their favourite hidden treats is actually lerps. 🌿

Lerps are tiny sugary coverings made by sap-sucking insects called psyllids. These insects feed on eucalyptus sap and produce a crystallised sugar shelter that protects them while they feed. Lorikeets carefully scrape them from the leaves for a quick burst of carbohydrates and energy: nature’s version of candy. 🍬

For thousands of years, lerps and the sweet honeydew associated with them were also valued as bush tucker by Aboriginal peoples across Australia. In Aboriginal English, they are sometimes referred to as “sugar leaf” or “sweet leaf.” Different traditional language groups also have their own names for them, including:

• Kulurda / Meenah - Noongar language (South West Western Australia)
• Lerep - Wemba-Wemba language (Victoria/NSW)
• Peraltye / Aperaltye - Arrernte language (Central Australia / Northern Territory)

A tiny ecosystem hidden on a eucalyptus leaf, connecting birds, insects, trees, and culture together. ✨

👻 The ghost that will make you look vibrant! Ghost fungus, also known as Tremella, has been treasured in Traditional Ch...
19/05/2026

👻 The ghost that will make you look vibrant! Ghost fungus, also known as Tremella, has been treasured in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries as the “beauty mushroom.” ✨

Head to the woods in late autumn to early winter, especially after heavy rainfall and cold nights, and you might come across these jelly, glowy, ghosty looking mushies. They feel weird to the touch, like they are about to burst open due to their high moisture content, so forage those delicate ones with care.

Over here, i cooked a very gooey stir-fry with fresh veggies from the garden. It has a delicious and unique texture, a must try. It can also be dried and rehydrated when needed. You can actually buy the dry version on Asian stores. They are great in soups 🍲 😋

Rich in polysaccharides that help hydrate the skin from within, Tremella is often compared to hyaluronic acid, supporting glow, elasticity, and deep moisture while also nourishing the body and immune system naturally. It is used to nourish the lungs and stomach. Modern research suggests it also acts as an antioxidant, modulates the immune system, and helps protect nerve cells for better cognitive health. 🧠

Ancient wisdom meets modern skin care… and it grows on wood. 🍄

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