18 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Birdlife Australia
Have you ever heard or seen tawny frogmouths, boobooks, or barking owls at night (we do!)? This post is for them, with much thanks to NP for sending me this following the Update: An Effective, Homemade Rodenticide post.
SGAR rat poisons are Second..
04 Mar
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Title image above of the warfarin molecule is attributed to Calvero, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
(This article is loosely based on one originally published 15th March 2019 here on an animal breeding blog I wrote from 2017-2019. Every single image in that blog, including the maths ones, was..
01 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st March 2026
Common Fig Ficus carica ‘White Adriatic’ With or Without 3 L Air-Pot
Family: Moraceae (includes mulberry, breadfruit, jackfruit; Moraceae is also known as the mulberry or fig family)
Genus: Ficus (includes fig tr..
27 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 20th November 2021
Updated on 27th February 2026 and again on 18th March 2026
When you have fruiting trees, or grow other food, or have chickens, or feed wild birds, you are inevitably going to attract rats and mice.
Like home..
25 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 25th February 2026
Hello everyone, and welcome to a very belated first newsletter of the year!
Again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
Two to start the year with! The first is this..
25 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 25th February 2026
People always do a double-take whenever I mention that I have carnivorous passionfruit! Though apparently it is more accurately a protocarnivorous passionfruit. Here is the flower of the protocarnivorous passi..
21 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st February 2026
Strong winds once again brought down some especially tall and very mature canes of Cultivar 2 the other day, so what else could it be but chewing time!
And oh my, these were sweet juicy deliciousness! We’re ta..
21 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st February 2026
Smile! This is a Suimen jujube leaf, 100% a legit photo taken by me and not AI. (That I need to say that at all is so depressing….)
This ability of us to perceive objects that aren’t there is called pareidolia..
21 Feb
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Title image above is a still taken from a video by Catharina Doria entitled “[H]ere are 6 ways to spot AI-generated images (how to spot AI)”
First published 21st February 2026
This is a great video, short, snappy, and to the point. I agree with the commenters though, in that Catharina could have m..
19 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 19th February 2026
The Wollongong Botanic Garden is home to a Haworthia collection of over 1,000 Haworthia spp. from Leo Cady’s donated private collection.
A regularly-rotated selection from this collection amassed over more tha..
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..
01 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st February 2026
Common Fig Ficus carica ‘White Genoa’ With or Without 3 L Air-Pot
Family: Moraceae (includes mulberry, breadfruit, jackfruit; Moraceae is also known as the mulberry or fig family)
Genus: Ficus (includes fig tr..