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It's summer berry season and the boysenberries are fruiting! 🙂 Boysenberries are a blackberry hybrid, most likely crossed with a loganberry and raspberry. The berries are much larger than blackberries, and have a juicy, sweet tart flavour, combing the rich wine flavour of blackberry with the tang of loganberry and the sweetness and floral aroma of raspberry. #berries #boysenberry #brambles #brambleberry #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyCranberries have very unique looking flowers, but they're not often noticed because they're so small! In case you're wondering, they take about two years before they start flowering. 🙂 #flowers #unusualflowers #cranberry #cranberryflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyThese interesting pink-purple flowers are the flowers of the comfrey plant, which is a member of the Boraginaceae (Borage) family. This is a very useful plant, it's leaves can be used as a compost starter, and to make fertiliser. It's often planted along chicken runs as a forage plant, the leaves are very high in protein, and contain vitamins A, C, E and several B vitamins, even B12! Comfrey is also a traditional medicinal herb, and in farming it's used as a nutrient trap on slopes at the edges of properties. The deep tap roots can mine nutrients and reclaim them, bringing them back to the surface in the leaves, preventing nutrient loss from a site. 😲 #comfrey #permacultureplants #herbs #medicinalherbs #medicinalplants #chickenforage #flowers #pinkflowers #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyBlueberries in all their glory, they're as nutritious as they are pretty! 🙂 I've had the best success growing blueberries in pots because it's easier to create the soil conditions they need, acidic, moist and well draining. Most gardeners don't realise how much water blueberries need in summer. In the main garden beds here they get quite straggly with sparse foliage and produce low yields. When growing in garden beds, to save water, plant blueberries together with other thirsty plants which require full sun, and provide extra water to that garden bed only. #blueberries #berries #superfoods #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardeningeadonably #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyA close-up photo of the unusual and rather pretty bell-shaped flower of the Chilean guava, (Ugni molinae or Myrtus ugni) which produces a small deep red berries around 1cm in size, packed with a sweet, fruity and slightly spicy flavour. These plants are attractive shrubs which can be hedged, and are quite easy to grow. 🙂 #flowers #berryflowers #chileanguava #berries #ediblehedge #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyHorehound bug (Agonoscelis rutila) is a member of the family of insects known as shield bugs or stink bugs, which are sap-sucking pest insects. These armoured little marauders display bright warning colours alert potential predators such as birds and lizards to beware! Stink bugs have an interesting chemical defense, they emit a foul odour when disturbed.These bugs also can sequester (bind and store) pungent mustard oil compounds called glucosinolates in their bodies, which they obtain by feeding on plants from the brassica family, making them taste bad to predators, causing a long lasting burning taste in the mouth. 😲 Thankfully they have many natural enemies which eat them still, planting wildflowers and herbs will attract parasitic wasps and flies. Praying mantises will eat the adults. Nature has things under control... 🙂 #insects #bugs #horehoundbug #stinkbug #shieldbug #orangebug #orangeandblackbug #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotographyYou know the warm season has arrived when nature is filled with flowers and bees! 😉🌸🐝 #bee #insects #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotography #savethebeesLooks a bit like a fancy hibiscus flower, but it's really a small lemon-scented pelargonium flower photographed really close up! These plants exude an insect repellent lemon-scented oil from the leaves when brushed against or when the wind blows the branches and the leaves rub against each other. A useful companion plant in the garden. 😉 #flowers #pinkflowers #pelargonium #lemonscentedpelargonium #companionplants #macro #macrophotography #permaculture #foodforest #multisensorygarden #biodiversity #gardendiversity #urbanpermaculture #urbanagriculture #organicgardening #organicfoodgardening #deepgreenpermaculture #naturephotography
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Product Review – Earthing Oz Universal Earthing Mat
Universal Earthing Mat (image credit: Earthing Oz, http://www.EarthingOz.com.au, photo used with permission) In my article “Earthing and Grounding – Restoring Your Natural Balance” I discussed how the modern lifestyle subjects the human body to unnatural conditions which are … Continue reading
Product Review – WOLF-Garten Weeding and Planting Knife
Wolf Garten Ks2K Fixed Hand Tool Weeding And Planting Knife (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this product from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) A Weeding and Planting Knife … Continue reading
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Product Review – WOLF-Garten Utility Tree Hook
WOLF-Garten Utility Tree Hook (You can click the image or link above to view product details or purchase this product from Amazon and support Deep Green Permaculture!) Putting up bird netting using the WOLF-Garten Utility Tree Hook The WOLF-Garten … Continue reading
Product Review – Shoe Sync Earthing Shoes DIY Kit by Earth Runners
In our previous product review we looked at an excellent product, the Earth Runners Minimalist Outdoor Sandals, footwear which combines the barefoot benefits of earthing shoes with the functionality of minimalist running sandals. Much to my delight I received an … Continue reading
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Product Review – Earth Runners Minimalist Outdoor Sandals
Having a love of Nature and an understanding of the well-being benefits of interacting with Nature, I’m always looking to review products that enhance people’s connection to Nature or even just encourage them to interact more with Nature. When … Continue reading
Product Review – Cyclone’s New ‘Sculpt’ Range of Garden Loppers
Credits: Cyclone Tools Pty Ltd The Australian garden tool company Cyclone has launched its new ‘Sculpt’ range of shears and loppers, and I’ve been asked to write a product review! I was delighted at the opportunity to try these … Continue reading
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Tagged bypass vs anvil loppers, Compound Bypass, cyclone, garden tools, Hedge Shears (658006), hedging, Lopper (659126), loppers, product review, Prune your Hedges to Perfection, Ratchet Anvil Lopper (659140), renovation pruning, sculpt, secateurs vs loppers, shears, Telescopic Ratchet Bypass Lopper (659171), Telescopic Wavy Edge Hedge Shears (658112)
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Product Review – Cyclone’s New ‘Sculpt’ Range of Hedge Shears
Credits: Cyclone Tools Pty Ltd The Australian garden tool company Cyclone has launched its new ‘Sculpt’ range of shears and loppers, and I’ve been asked to write a product review! I was delighted at the opportunity to try these products … Continue reading
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Tagged Compound Bypass, cyclone, garden tools, Hedge Shears (658006), hedging, Lopper (659126), loppers, product review, Prune your Hedges to Perfection, Ratchet Anvil Lopper (659140), sculpt, shears, Telescopic Ratchet Bypass Lopper (659171), Telescopic Wavy Edge Hedge Shears (658112)
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