General Interest
15 Feb
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Title image above is a still taken from a video by James Glissan entitled “Australia’s Rivers Are Being Legally Destroyed”
First published 15th February 2026
Please watch this video and spread the word.
I have quoted some comments below that I thought especially worth reading — but please go to th..
31 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 31st December 2025
Happy New Year!
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29 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 29th December 2025
This scam is global. Even if you don’t have Apple devices or an Apple account, please do take the 12 or so minutes to watch this video below, as this subterfuge could apply to ANY account that uses two-facto..
16 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 16th December 2025
This is very important to be on the alert for if you use Microsoft 365 and Outlook.
(By way of context: The vast majority of you won’t even know this, but we (Optimate) run our own server and hosting busines..
10 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 10th December 2025
Did you know that there are carnivorous bromeliads? Not too many, only three or four in the entire Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad) family of roughly 80 genera and 3,700 species. (How I would love them to all be here ..
08 Dec
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Title image above is a still taken from a video by Andy Stapleton entitled “Academia’s 5 Most Disturbing Open Secrets Everyone Just Accepts”
First published 8th December 2025
The following video is presented as a public service announcement. These goings-on are truly a kick in the guts.
And as ..
05 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 2nd February 2021 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 5th December 2025.
Have you ever seen these very smooth round and oval shapes in leaves before, and not known what made them?..
03 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 3rd December 2025
The postie and I were recently chatting venting to each other regarding our respective dealings with Australia Post.
He told me of a scam well worth drawing to your attention, and which couldn’t be more timel..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Back on 28th August 2025 I received a magnificent silk floss tree cutting (Ceiba speciosa) from my wonderful pen pal Helen, and potted it right there and then into a used 4.1 L Air-Pot seed tray. If I didn’t a..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time around winter 2025 (I stupidly didn’t take notes) I uprooted a self-seeded sandpaper fig (there are several species buit this one is most likely to be Ficus coronata), took a bunch of cuttings, and p..
22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time before 2020 (exact date unknown) I potted up some tiger grass (Thysanolaena latifolia) in a 9 L Air-Pot. More for the aesthetic than for root development as I really like the look of Air-Pot containe..
21 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st November 2025
I like to grow saffron in a 38 L Air-Pot. The 20 L Air-Pot works too but you can’t fit as many in :)
Mind you, when I first began with just three corms, I grew each one in its own 3 L Air-Pot as a hedge agains..