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A burst of intense colour! The Osteospermum or African daisy is a member of the Calenduleae tribe (along with calendulas), which is part of the Asteraceae (Daisy) family. Plants with daisy-like flowers act as nectary plants (nectar sources) which attract beneficial insects such as bees, and predatory insects which eat garden pests! #flowers #purple #daisy #Africandaisy #osteospermum #organicgardeing #permaculture #macro #macrophotographySloe plum or blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is a small wild plum with tart flesh and bitter skin, famously used in flavouring sloe gin, but also made into jams, jellies, pies and syrup. The tree can be hedged, and was traditionally grown to form an impenetrable thorny thicket. It can grow in a really big pot, that's how I grow mine! #fruit #plum #sloe #blackthorn #permaculture #foodforest #urbanagriculture #urbanpermaculture #organicgardeningAconite, also known as Monkshood, because the flower looks like a monk's hood! Aconite refers to its amcient use on arrows as a poison, this pretty cottage plant grows in the shade and obviously nothing eats it. #flowers #purple #cottageplants #aconite #monkshood #macro #macrophotographyHuntsman spider in ceiling corner. Eight legs, eight eyes and the camera red-eye reduction worked on seven of those eyes! This was a tricky hand held macro photo in low light, with me balanced on a small chair! Growing to 15cm (6") across these wandering insect-hunting spiders are not aggressive or dangerous and are really beneficial in the garden, mobile pest control. I put this critter outside in the garden to do its good work. #spider #bigspi ders #huntsman #beneficial #macro #macrophotographyAppleberry (Billardiera scandens) is an Australian native bush food plant, the berries when ripe turn a golden brown colour and taste liked stewed apple with a hint of spice. #permaculture #foodforest #urbanagriculture #urbanfoodforest #ediblegarden #organicgardening #berries #appleberry #billardierascandens #bushfoods #AustraliannativeHoneybee feeding on oregano flower macro photo. Bees are beautiful creatures, they look amazing close up. You can see this bee with its face in the flower, and it has a furry little head! #macrophotography #macro #bees #savebees #savethebees #insects #beeonflower #oreganoA harlequin bug, otherwise known as a shield bug or 'stink bug' because they produce an offensive odour when disturbed. These sap-sucking pests taste foul so birds don't eat them. Mine gather on a horehound plant, a medicinal herb which acts as a trap crop and directs them away from other plants. All in one place, they can be knocked off into a bucket of soapy water, or sprayed with horticultural soap... #insects #bugs #harlequinbug #shieldbug #stinkbug #permaculture #macro #macrophotographyEuphorbia milii 'Crown of Thorns' flowers close-up macro photography. This unusual plant native to Madagascar has long thorny stems which bleed a milky white caustic sap. The stems of the flowers are sticky, an adaptation to prevent ants reaching the flower nectar! A well-defended plant with very pretty flowers, drought-tolerant and easy to grow in hot sunny locations. #flowers #redflowers #crownofthorns #euphorbia #macro #macrophotography
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In a previous article, we looked at 15 herbs you can grow indoors, and shortly afterwards I was contacted by an Australian company who have released an innovative new product for growing herbs and other edibles indoors, which I will … Continue reading
