29 April 2021 | Biodiversity, News |
Kulin nation plant use: a free downloadable resource for our area I’m reading Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe, a book I’ve been meaning to read for ages. It’s a fascinating read in which Pascoe says that Indigenous Australians were not only hunter-gatherers. He talks about...
11 April 2021 | Biodiversity |
How to deal with rats while protecting owls and other birds of prey Like lots of others, I’ve got more rats in my backyard than I’ve ever seen. And I really hate them, and as ridiculous as it sounds I’m actually scared of them. The growing conditions have created a...
13 March 2021 | Biodiversity
Plant local and they will come Autumn is all about harvesting the end of summer vegetable crops and getting your vegie beds ready for winter crops. But, it’s also the perfect time to be planting local native plants. Native plants come from anywhere in Australia....
11 February 2021 | Biodiversity
Water for wildlife This summer has been a pretty wet one thanks to the end of the drought and the onset of La Niña. That said, we’ve had a couple of extremely hot days, which put our local birds, reptiles and marsupials living in the suburbs under extra pressure....
12 January 2021 | Biodiversity
How dirty is the water you’re swimming in? Did you know there were several days earlier this month when the quality of the water in all of Melbourne’s popular swimming spots in the Yarra and Port Phillip Bay was deemed not safe to swim in? Water quality in our...
13 December 2020 | Biodiversity
Your surprising best friend in dealing with snails Blue-tongue lizards are one of the most iconic reptiles in Australia. They are not very timid, have gorgeous markings and that distinctive blue tongue. Actually there are six types of blue-tongues in Australia –...
