Musings on a butterfly with frayed wings that passed by while I read in the garden. Oh you are a pretty thingAll bronzed but wings frayedYou danced above my reading nookIn the breeze your visage swayed Oh you are a pretty thingThough I do not know your nameJust another butterfly wanderingSo different but the same Your… Continue reading You Danced Above My Reading Nook

Litoria infrafrenata Photo a Day Challenge A Menu for Ralph Photo a Day Challenge: Week 44 — October 7th to October 13th After many nights wandering around my garden in my pyjamas with a torch next to my eyes looking for eyeshine I finally found a frog in my garden! Meet Ralph. He’s a White-lipped Green Tree Frog and… Continue reading Photo Story: A Menu for Ralph the White-lipped Tree Frog

From Garden to Kitchen: Two ingredients, Dairy-free, Gluten-free, No added sugar, all-natural sorbet in minutes! This week, my daughter pointed out that there was a Dragon Fruit on our shed roof. We thought that the cactus out the back might be Dragon Fruit but I didn’t expect it to be confirmed with two decent fruits within weeks… Continue reading Dragon Fruit and Raspberry Sorbet

I’ve been experimenting with native pepperberries and oh boy, it has been a pleasure!!! Last weekend as I made a quick, light lunch for myself and my partner, I paused as I reached for the black pepper to go on our cheese and crackers with fresh cherry tomatoes. I checked my movement and reached for… Continue reading A simple way to enjoy Australia’s Native Pepperberries.

Photo a Day Challenge Photo a Day Challenge: Week 40— September 9th to September 15th This week was dominated by bees, specifically stingless bees. I have recently joined the Australian Native Bee Association and purchased a hive for my very own stingless bees. On Saturday I went to my first meeting which was held at… Continue reading Stingless Bee Recognition Enabled: A Photo Story

How conversations with my daughter help me learn about nature My children are the greatest conduit to Mother Nature that I have ever known. They constantly ask questions that I don’t know the answer to. My response? I don’t know. Let’s see if we can find out… Today’s question happened after my daughter announced that she… Continue reading The Moth Who Flapped her Wings

Why it’s okay to feed birds in your Australian garden and how to make it a guiltfree practice. It’s a thing that seems uniquely Australian. An extremely negative reaction to feeding the birds. Overseas it’s accepted practice. It’s even encouraged during long, cold winters. Not so in our sunburnt country. The reasoning? They’ll become reliant… Continue reading Why I can’t stop feeding the birds…

The Doctrine of Signatures is a fascinating concept. It is a theory with ancient roots which proposes that plants show their medicinal properties through their structure, mimicking the body part that consumption treats. The carrot is an excellent example. Carrots are good for eye health and look like the iris and pupil when cut as… Continue reading How to use a plant – look for the signature!

A Sonnet For The Violent Storms Of Our Australian Home Mother Nature roars and shakes supple treesLightning flares bright and lights the dull, grey skyHeavy drops fall with hail doth the flash freezeIt pounds the soil and breaks the leaves on high Thunder rings its heavy gong and warns allThe birds do fly and find… Continue reading Here Comes Storm Season

Heroes of Mother Nature — A Series of Interviews An interview with one of the Heroes of Mother Nature exploring the fascinating world of Australian native bees Disclaimer: I receive no financial or other material benefit from writing about this business. The views expressed are my own and contain no conflict of interest. Clicking on the links in… Continue reading Discovering Little Bee’s Secret Garden