Scotch Thistle

Panel 4, Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia, the Thistles were just over the star pickets fence, you can see the real thing up in Wollombi, NSW, Australia up to December 7. And here below is the panel you can see on the wodden reader as a PDF, 285KB Scotch Thistle

Poplar

Third Panel of the Wollombi’s Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia. And Here is the PDF version of the panel: Lombardy Poplar

A little Poetry

Found this one by searching blogs around, thought was lovely… Democracy by Ann Zelenka I’ve spaded up a garden But I haven’t planted seeds, This one’s going to be kept Exclusively for weeds – There won’t be distinctions Or uptilted noses, And Queen Anne’s lace is lovelier Than lilies or roses.

Bach Flower Remedies

In the Weedyconnection Database a number of plants have in their Other Uses section a Bach entry. Here I explain what the Bach Flower Remedies are. Almost all of the 38 species used in Bach Remedies are listed in some sort of warning weed list, some are even enlisted in the Weeds of National Significance […]

Kylie Kwong and the pickled bamboo shoots

My partner Emma loves cooking programs and the other day we had a look at a DVD of Kylie Kwong famous program “Heart and Soul”. One of the episodes featured pickled Bamboo Shoots. Oh, I said, do ABC know they are promoting culinary usages of a NOXIOUS WEED? I still haven’t done the Bamboo page […]