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swarming for a new queen
Today I learnt that bees "swarm" when the colony has reached capacity and a new queen bee is born. Half the c…
quail eggs!
A fellow Northey St composter shared her quails' eggs with us! How wonderful to have pet quails.
grevillea cuttings
The kind folks at the Crowther Community Seedlings Hub (Josie and little Andy) let me take a few cuttings from their gr…
the real miracle berry *edit* these are actually pomegranates
Stumbled across a miracle berry tree at Southbank. There's a cute edible garden there that I completely forgot abou…citron confit
I harvested a couple of lemons from this particular neighbourhood tree I've had my eyes on. These lemons are unlike…
a little surprise in the letterbox
A had been giving away jade plant cuttings last week after having cleared the pool strip patch to make way for veggies.…
food waste > compost re-sauce
I came back home with this in the trunk: 2 tubs of overripe veggies (they're not even scraps, they're just rott…
coffee roasting by-products
I got my hands on some hessian bags! I came across a local coffee roaster (called Rai) who was selling the excess bags …
there is now comfrey in the grounds
I finally found some comfrey plants, and surprisingly, it was just on gumtree that I found a lady who lived only 10 min…gifts from a neighbour
I've had my eye on a plot of land in the area which, besides a lot of cars waiting to be sold, hosts an abundant ve…ShareWaste-ed
It's a rainy afternoon and a woman drives up towards the house with a large white bucket. It's filled with food…native plant options from BCC
update (16/6) : It turns out that there's seasonal availabilities on the native plants selection. None of these were…
growing forward - plot 2
I've discovered a group of urban gardeners and activists who are building a series of community gardens in the West…free kitchen compost caddy
The Brisbane City Council is giving out kitchen caddies to encourage people get their food scraps to composting hubs in…
neighbourly foraging
There's a huge lilly pilly tree in the neighbourhood that's bursting with fruit. While the ones at home are a b…