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on the common amaranth

It is everywhere around here, green amaranth, amaranthus viridis.
It is a declared environmental weed in some places and a prized food in others, see what wikipedia has to say:

Amaranthus viridis is eaten traditionally as a vegetable in South India, especially in Kerala, where it is known as “Kuppacheera”.
In Greece it is called vlita and is one [...]

the served meal

the served meal, originally uploaded by the weed one.

The steak came from a friend about to go in holiday, either you took it or it would have been wasted.

The greens were foraged on a bike ride along cooks river, they are Warrigal greens (Tetragonia tetragoniodes) and Fat hen (Chenopodium album)

They made for a fantastic festive meal

See [...]

You will not believe it

This one is so funny!
The City of Sydney Council is “upgrading” a number of green areas around town. See this post.
Your local one is Redfern Park.
As part of the upgrade the contractors re-landscaped the whole area, that means lawn-by-the-roll.
This way of ‘rolling-on’ green spaces is not always effective. It implies a number of factors to be [...]