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 […]

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 […]

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 […]