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  • Episode 23 The bush mate!
    May 17 2025

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    My dear leaflets,

    I am going to talk today about the Bush. As you know, my background is native plants and where do you find most of these plants? Out bush. I am not going to pretend I know everything about the bush, but a million years ago, I did a diploma in Natural Resource management which gave me a pretty broad idea about the bush.

    1. https://www.timeout.com/australia/attractions/best-rainforests-in-australia
    2. Figure 1. Study sites locations in Eucalyptus open forests of south-eastern (SE) Australia, where: × is Pyrenees, ● is Rushworth, and ■ is Toombullup.
    3. https://www.anbg.gov.au/aust-veg/veg-map.html
    4. https://www.acs.gov.au/pages/hazards-understanding
    5. https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/natural-hazards-and-climate-change/
    6. https://soe.dcceew.gov.au/overview/pressures/climate-change-and-extreme-events
    7. https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/black-saturday-bushfires
    8. https://www.tern.org.au/ecosystem-data/
    9. https://austhrutime.com/woodlands_australia.htm


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    17 mins
  • Mini 10 Dr Isabel "Cookie" Cookson
    Apr 28 2025

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    https://museumsvictoria.com.au/article/isabel-cookson-one-tough-cookie/

    https://images.app.goo.gl/JUFJa7AZbihs7RsH9

    https://images.app.goo.gl/w5e7kjB9jjtubPQ98

    https://images.app.goo.gl/WUsdsZFZGV6Zw8NT9

    https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cookson-isabel-clifton-9818

    https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/state-fossil-emblem/baragwanathia/

    https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton if you're wondering what phytoplankton is

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    10 mins
  • Bites episode 2 - Acacia Cognata April
    Apr 26 2025

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    1. Acacia Cognata

    www.britannica.com

    Subfamilies of Fabaceae:

    https://images.app.goo.gl/J6NcTYWdmMPrtcPZ6

    https://pma.com.au/limelight

    https://gardeningwithangus.com.au/acacia-cognata-bower-beauty-river-wattle

    https://instagram.com/danikingart




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    7 mins
  • Season 2 "Special" Plant species in Caves
    Apr 17 2025

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    Hello my dear Leaflets,

    Blame my curiosity after my son went caving, and I pondered on plant species in caves. Be aware, there will be more of these curiosity gems in the mix.

    https://theconversation.com/study-finds-famous-australian-caves-are-up-to-500-000-years-older-than-we-thought-and-it-could-help-explain-a-megafauna-mystery-190688?utm_medium=article_clipboard_share&utm_source=theconversation.com

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2F2023%2Faug%2F16%2Fplantwatch-how-a-liverwort-captures-its-prey&psig=AOvVaw3Nx3kXMH1vAwxzobEmWMR9&ust=1744514525734000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCNCR0-nG0YwDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGeranium_robertianum&psig=AOvVaw1z2tPLleZUSRreR0AyiDoe&ust=1744784511711000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCKj4iu2z2YwDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

    https://littleprinceplants.com/our-plants/perennials/saxifraga-arendsii-purple-robe-mossy-saxifrage/

    https://fifteenacres.com/2014/07/06/wood-sorrel-exotic-or-native/

    https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/

    https://www.livescience.com/54979-what-are-algae.html

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    16 mins
  • Episode 21 An introduction plus a bite or 3
    Mar 31 2025

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    This may say season 2, but the truth of it is, it’s the next 20 main episodes of the podcast, precluding the minis and bites,

    So today, I am introducing you to this next season plus a taste of a new thing I wanted to try - bites! And no, they are not like last time and insects…I think I may be the only one who’s interested in bugs. But we're talking plants. Favourites of mine, in no particular order, and because our next real episode is on bushland gardens, I thought I would start with some from the rutaceae family. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/824570-Leionema-phylicifoliumhttps://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/a136491f-1203-4ab2-9b68-c3337f72282e

    https://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp3/crowea-exalata.html

    Costermans L. Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia, 1994, Toppon Printing, Sydney Australia.

    https://gardeningwithangus.com.au/philotheca-myoporoides-profusion-wax-flower/

    http://daniskingartcreations.com/2025/03/31/stems-leaves-roots-a-podcast-and-art-combine/


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    16 mins
  • Mini 9 Dr Jean White-Haney
    Feb 22 2025

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    This amazing pioneer for women in horticulture was the second woman in Australia to earn a doctorate in Science. She was the first appointed woman to be appointed by the Australian Government. And she was an integral part of the destruction of the prickly pear epidemic.

    https://thedailygardener.org/otb20210311/

    https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/whitehaney-rose-ethel-janet-jean-12015

    https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000892b.htm

    https://www.anzacsquare.qld.gov.au/stories/prickly-problem-dr-jean-white-haney-and-prickly-pear

    www.acgr.edu.au - information on Georgina Sweet.

    https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/prickly-problem-dr-jean-white-haney-and-prickly-pear

    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/53428612

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    7 mins
  • Episode 20 - My Garden and Summer!
    Jan 20 2025

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    Hello my dear leaflets,

    I had wanted to get out this episode of summer happiness before we get into the nitty gritty of podcasting. We're still in that honeymoon stage of the holidays, aren't we? Even if most of us are now back at work. This episode as I said from the other one, is me waffling about my garden and what’s in it and what I have in the way of plans for it over this year!

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    13 mins
  • Episode 19 Happy New Year and Synopsis of 2025!
    Jan 5 2025

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    Hello, my dear leaflets,
    Happy New Year! I do hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
    This is a synopsis of what I'll be covering this year. Or hope to!
    Starting the year off strong!

    Support the show

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    Thank you to Maddy Thorpe for the artwork. Thank you to Phyllis King for her research.

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    8 mins