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    Photo – mystery - by frog



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    August 2, 2010 4:07 pm - 23 Comments
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    Photo – Monkey musk - by frog



    Monkey musk grows free and easy in our waterways, looking nothing like a monkey and having no scent at all. When the plant was first cultivated, it was as much for it’s heady and delightful scent, as it’s snapdragon-like flower but breeders got carried away with their refining and accidentally bred the out the musk. [...] read more
    July 20, 2010 1:22 pm - 2 Comments
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    Photo – octopus - by frog



    There’s been alot of attention focussed on the activities of a certain octopus lately – even the plant world has been affected! read more
    July 13, 2010 12:36 pm - 5 Comments
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    Photo – snowdrop - by frog



    Won’t be long ’til these little beauties show their faces. read more
    July 6, 2010 12:54 pm - 7 Comments
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    Photo – frosty - by frog



    Around the country, we are being greeted by frosts in the morning. While we are warm and cosy in our houses, plants have to face the chill. This lawn daisy has hairs which may serve as protection against freezing by frost. Certainly the hairy leaves were unharmed following their icing-up. read more
    June 29, 2010 10:09 am - 4 Comments
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    Photo – flower - by frog



    That’s what I call ‘putting it out there’! Stamens akimbo, this native flower has gone all out to broadcast and collect pollen and seems to be holding nothing back in it’s quest to reproduce. Good luck to the little puawai! read more
    June 21, 2010 4:45 pm - 3 Comments
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    Photo – Monarch butterfly - by frog



    On a gloriously hot summer’s day, this Monarch butterfly visited an Elecampane flower just as I was photographing it. Ordinarily, the tall herb is covered with ladybirds, feeding on the sticky juices that exude from all of it’s parts but on this day it was the turn of a much bigger insect. read more
    June 14, 2010 5:43 am - 6 Comments
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    Photo – Burdock - by frog



    If you’ve ever had a bidibidi (piripiri) cling to your sock or a cleaver cleave to your trouser leg, you’ll understand why I avoid brushing against these babies! The ‘burr’ of the burdock is a wicked clinger and hooks on for the long term, requiring a session in the washing machine to rid your clothing [...] read more
    June 8, 2010 12:27 pm - 7 Comments
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    Photo – what’s this? - by frog



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    June 1, 2010 4:20 am - 8 Comments
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    Photo – what’s this? - by frog



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    May 24, 2010 9:20 pm - 14 Comments
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    Photo – love apple - by frog



    When these ‘love apples’ were first introduced to the West from South America, no one would eat them, believing them poisonous! They were grown as ornamental plants, curiosities to be looked at but not sliced, sprinkled with salt and pepper, placed between two slices of buttered bread and eaten. read more
    May 17, 2010 10:53 am - 6 Comments
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    Photo – Tetragonia tetragonioides - by frog



    Tetragonia tetragonioides is our native spinach and loves the beach, growing in sandy soils and enjoying salty winds. Tastes excellent lightly steamed. New Zealand spinach has odd-looking seeds, shaped something like a cross between a spikey pillow and a manta ray. Find some and sow them in the springtime. read more
    May 11, 2010 10:05 am - 26 Comments
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    Photo – Poroporo - by frog



    Flower of poroporo Solanum aviculare following a shower of rain. Refreshing! read more
    May 3, 2010 2:12 pm - 2 Comments
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    Photo – fern - by frog



    While it’s easy to fall into the trap of anthropomorphising non-human life-forms like this unfolding fern frond, it’s easy to see in it the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland, don’t you think? read more
    April 28, 2010 8:49 pm - 1 Comment
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    Photo – guessing game! - by frog



    What’s this growing at the edge of my pond? read more
    April 19, 2010 1:41 pm - 10 Comments
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    Photo – water - by frog



    Of all the elements, water is the most highly regarded by frogs. We’re first to notice when it’s polluted or scarce  - it’s our sensitive skins – we need clean water – it’s Natural Glow for amphibians! Plants too, look their best when adorned with water, as this dewy pea flower shows. read more
    April 14, 2010 11:09 am - 6 Comments
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    Food – photo - by frog



    Food – it should look great on the plate (tripe excepted) but it can also look a treat before it gets to the kitchen. This cob of corn positively glows with GE-free goodness, showing that beauty is found, not just in the wilds or in the flower garden, but in the vegetable patch as well. read more
    April 6, 2010 8:16 am - 4 Comments