Episodes

  • Episode 18 Spring
    Nov 14 2024

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    Its Spring
    I'm so excited, I wet my plants! Okay, Okay, I have probably exhausted this saying, but it is funny! We're talking Spring and weeds, weed mats, potatoes, and seeds!

    https://www.allgreen.com.au/garden-advice/australian-weed-identification-chart

    https://blog.fantasticgardenersmelbourne.com.au/common-lawn-weeds-australia/

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    17 mins
  • Episode 17 Mental Health and Gardening
    Oct 19 2024

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    "Disclaimer: Please be advised, there will be discussion on suicide, it will be brief but please take care when listening.

    QUOTE: "I believe in gardening the soil as well as the soul." ~ Costa Georgiadis

    Mental health is important for everyone. This episode, we will be talking about sensory gardens and what can help with mental health.

    Websites to help with this:
    https://www.ruok.org.au/
    https://www.headspace.org.au/
    https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
    https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/
    https://www.health.gov.au/topics/alcohol/about-alcohol/how-can-you-reduce-or-quit-alcohol

    Website for the Anxious tradeswoman:
    Louisesxxopardi.com

    Websites for sensory gardens:
    https://roogenic.com.au/blogs/blog/5-plants-to-boost-your-mood?srsltid=AfmBOopW8eRo8DDldowRkuWXh04HSUtYOn4xrBZ4IBxhE-485itkBq1F

    https://www.gardenexpress.com.au/woolly-bush-growing-guide/

    https://www.gardenia.net/plant/stachys-byzantina-lambs-ears

    https://www.botanicgardens.org.au/discover-and-learn/curious-kids/design-your-own-sensory-garden#:~:text=You%20could%20use%20numerous%20plants,tomatoes%2C%20strawberries%20and%20lilly%20pillies.

    https://www.diggers.com.au/blogs/learn/how-to-create-a-sensory-garden

    https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/news/2023/09/22/01/45/awaken-your-senses - sensory gardens around Victoria…

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    18 mins
  • Mini 8 Caroline"Louisa" Atkinson 1834-1872
    Sep 19 2024

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    Apologies for the hiatus that gripped me through Winter. Will be touching more on this in the next full episode.

    Apologies also for the horrendous pronunciation of certain words, for example, notoriety and Latin names of plants. (A blooper reel will be coming out with me stumbling over such words)

    This lady was known in the plant world, literary world, and Art world. She also dabbled in geology and was remembered as a woman who didn't conform to the women of that era. Opting for trousers instead of the frilly dresses, hats, and gloves of that era.

    References:
    https://www.kurrajonghistory.org.au/millstones/wm_2015_01.pdf - article on Fernhurst

    https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mueller-sir-ferdinand-jakob-heinrich-von-4266

    https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/atkinson-caroline-louisa-2910

    https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000072b.htm

    Allen, J. (2005). Louisa Atkinson as naturalist. MARGIN: Monash Australiana Research Group Informal Notes, (67), 15–21. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.200605219

    https://bmnature.info/conservation-people-louisa-atkinson.shtml

    https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/atkinson-louisa.html

    https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/atkinson-caroline-louisa-2910

    Carolin, Roger C, and Tindale, Mary, 1994, Flora of the Sydney Region, 4th Edition,
    Reed, Sydney, ISBN 0 7301 0400 1.

    Clarke, Patricia, 1990, Pioneer Writer, The life of Louisa Atkinson: novelist, journalist, naturalist,
    Allen and Unwin Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney, ISBN 0 04 442267 9

    Fairley, Alan, and Moore, Philip, 2000, Native Plants of the Sydney District, an Identification Guide, 2nd Edition,
    Kangaroo Press, Sydney, ISBN 0 7318 1031 7.

    Lawson, Elizabeth, 1995, The Natural Art of Louisa Atkinson,
    State Library of New South Wales, ISBN 0 7305 8934 X (pbk).


    https://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/louisa.pdf

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    13 mins
  • Episode 16 Aphids
    Jun 25 2024

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    This is a rehash of the bites I did a year ago. Its a prevalent topic at the moment and there is more information.

    https://www.yates.com.au/garden-hub/aphids/#:~:text=Aphids%20are%20major%20pests%20of,Aphid%20numbers%20to%20build%20rapidly.

    https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/control-methods/aphids-mealybugs-and-scales

    https://www.horticulture.com.au/globalassets/hort-innovation/resource-assets/ny15002-aphids-rapidly-reproducing-problem.pdf

    https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/plants/insects/field-crop/aphids



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    13 mins
  • Mini 7 Irene Lowe
    Jun 25 2024

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    Hello my dear leaflets. I hope you're excited for this mini. A little background of my I chode this lady. Before I went to Burnley College, to study Horticulture, I went to Dookie College. This was because I had wanted to do agriculture but wasn't really knowing in what aspect. I had completed an advanced Certificate in Farming the year before. Anyway, what has this to do with horticulture? It doesn't really. But as I am doing these minis on inspirational women, I thought I'd do this one on the first woman -"Long live the lady student" who studied and graduated from Dookie college.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/invisible-farmer/2019-09-10/god-save-the-lady-student-irene-lowe-bagsc-1918/11448216?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

    ]https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/archives/resources/research-guides/women-in-the-archives/women-at-the-university-of-melbourne#:~:text=In%20December%201883%2C%20Julia%20Margaret,including%20in%20campaigns%20for%20suffrage.

    https://science.unimelb.edu.au/about/our-locations/dookie/history

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    10 mins
  • Seeds, episode 15, part 1
    May 21 2024

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    Hello my dear leaflets!

    This is finally happening. The crossover - YouTube and podcast episode on seeds. How long have I been speaking about this? Have I any listeners left? This has been in the pipework for ages and I tend to avoid things I get overwhelmed with, but here it is! Please, before you comment harshly, remember, this is my first dip into cross-platforms. Anyway, this will be the first of many over the lifecycle of a humble seed.

    As I said this is my first step into video and audio, so I did edit both, and described as much as I could, However, there are a few I will add here, if you have no idea what I am talking about,

    When I am at my art station, I talk about using a thing to extract the seeds out of a tomato. The thing I am using is a craft knife. Around this time, I also say"We cut like this." This means I cut the tomato in half.

    When I am labeling, I use a Sharpie on a paper bag.

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    17 mins
  • Episode 14 - Why its important to engage kids in the garden.
    Mar 19 2024

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    Howdy my dear leaflets,

    This is the last episode of this season. How exciting! You'll have to listen to find out what next!

    https://www.gowriensw.com.au/blog/the-benefits-of-gardening-for-children#:~:text=Through%20gardening%2C%20children%20are%20engaging,a%20pencil%20or%20using%20scissors.

    https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/goodliving/posts/2017/07/gardening-with-kids#:~:text=It%20encourages%20them%20to%20love,start%20on%20learning%20about%20science.

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    14 mins
  • Poisonous plants
    Mar 17 2024

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    Hello my dear leaflets!

    We're going to talk about what plants not to put any where near your vege patch, whether it be due to increasing pests or diseases, or you accidently poison yourself.

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    https://www.interflora.com.au/blog/deadly-plants

    https://www.bobinoz.com/blog/14687/australias-most-poisonous-plants-a-roundup/

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    15 mins