On How To Make Dandelion Infused Oil

This is a great introduction to making infused oils from your fresh herbs. Dandelion oil smells like summertime and is great for aching muscles and joints.

From about.com

Difficulty: Easy

Time Required: 30 minutes, then 2 weeks

Here’s How:

Pick one glass container full of dandelion blossoms.
Pour olive oil over blossoms until they are fully covered.
Using a wooden handle of a kitchen utensil, or a chopstick,
carefully poke the mixture to remove air bubbles.
Cover glass container with a breathable lid, such as a
coffee filter or woven cloth, held on with a rubber band.
Place in sun to steep for a minimum of 2 weeks.

Strain and keep in a cool, dark place.

What You Need
Glass container
Breathable lid, such as a coffee filter or woven cloth

shaving the fennel?

On how to make a bark Canoe

Historians Jim Walliss and instigator Diego Bonetto collaborate with artists Steve Russell and Noel Lonesborough from Boolarng Nangamai Aboriginal Corporation to tackle the challenge of making a traditional (Aboriginal) Jervis Bay canoe from the bark of a stringybark tree sourced on the Bundanon property.

The canoe was constructed in eight hours – following clear directions provided by Maritime Architect Davis Payne from the National Maritime Museum, and contemporary marine artist James Dodd who had constructed two canoes in 2010. The Siteworks bark canoe was made from traditional materials (with a little help from a Bunnings vice), including string from the stringybark tree and beeswax and resin from the grass tree. It was then launched as part of Siteworks 2011 on the Shoalhaven River.

 

 

Baloonvine fishing rod

Baloonvine fishing rod a video by the weed one on Flickr.

Here’s Dillan that for Wild Stories is showing us how to make a fishing rod with balloon vine ( Cardiospermum grandiflorum) and use jelly snakes as bait!
HIlarious!

on four leaves clovers

I’M LOOKING OVER A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER
(Mort Dixon / Harry Woods)

I’m looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain
Third is the roses that grow in the lane

No need explaining, the one remaining
Is somebody I adore
I’m looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before

weed dysplay

weed dysplay, a photo by the weed one on Flickr.

Liverpool Council

pampas grass
asthma weed
blue morning glory
lantana
broad-leaf privet
asparagus fern
cat claw creeper
green cestrum
african olives
camphoe laurel
japanese honey suckle
bridal creeper
coastal morning glory
small-leaf privet
bitou bush
salvinia
baloon vine
madeira vine
moth vine
alligator weed
water hyacinth
cape ivy