Ribwort Plantago
Second installment of the Self-Guided Tour Panels: Ribwort Plantago And here is the PDF version of the panel: ribwort plantago
Sorrel Tortilla
Found this recipe on ‘Australian Weeds’ by Gay Stern. Sorrel Tortilla 2 large potatoes, sliced into 10mm rounds 2 tablespoons oil 1 onion, finely sliced 2 shallots or spring onions, finely chopped 250g Sorrel leaves, finely chopped 6 eggs sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 2 tablespoon freshly-grated Parmesan cheese Parboil the […]
Viva Davide! we’re multilingual
Thanks to Davide Pozza’s Open Source plugin Global Translator we can now see all of the posts in 8 languages: Italian,French German, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The flags on top of the posts will dynamically translate the page in the chosen language by using the Google Translation Engine. At times the Translations are […]
Presenting weedy connections
On Tuesday 24 I presented the WeedyConnection project to a small crowd as part of the Environment Week lecture series at the University of Sydney. Here is the Power Point Presentation I prepared for the talk, just immagine an handsome speaker with a non- anglo-celtic accent presenting the slides one by one! You will need […]
Blakberry Panel
Here is the panel i made for the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia now on at Wollombi. Over the next weeks i will slowly upload all of the 10 panels. The info-points are in PDF format, just download from this link. blackberry info-panel
Natural Sequence Farming
Peter Andrews, is a third generation farmer who has been involved in farming and horse breeding for 60 years. He grew up on a property near Broken Hill area and spent much time with his stockman father and members of the Aboriginal community learning to read the country. He believes that heavy grazing of streambed […]
Enviro Week talk
Hi all, I will be giving a talk about the Weedyconnection project as part of the Enviro Week, a week-long set of activities, workshops, parties, discussions and films:23-28 october, Sydney University, various venues. Please check website for the program. My presentation will be on tuesday 24 oct 3.30>4pm at Manning House, University of Sydney, Camperdown. […]
Tactical Sound Garden, cultivating sounds in public gardens
This guys from New York have yet another take on the relationship human/landscape. Please read on. Tactical Sound Garden [ TSG ] Toolkit Given the ubiquity of mobile devices and wireless networks, and their proliferation throughout increasingly diverse and sometimes unexpected urban sites, what opportunities – and dilemmas – emerge for the design of public […]
Planetary creator of the Gardens
Landscape designer, essay writer, novelist, creator very inspired of the exposure of the “Planetary Gardenâ€, Gilles Clément is one of the rare artists and French thinkers to have a holistic vision of the unit “ecology + culture.†Gilles Clement An article of Wikipédia, the free encyclopaedia. Gilles Clément, born in Argenton (Indre) in 1943 is […]
Esculenta – The art of Spagna+Caretto
I’ve met Spagna and Caretto on my last trip to Italy, their work is not dissimilar to mine, but we differ in aims. At the time the lovely couple were rescuing vegetables from the supermarket shelves to then replant and give them a new life! Below is my attempt at transalting their project rationale. Their […]
