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Had a chat with Fremantle local - Angela nikulinsky.
Since purchasing her property 3 years ago, Angela has transformed her mostly paved front and backyards from hardscaped eyesores to  vibrant and diverse greenspaces, which are bursting with colorful, endemic plant species.
Don't forget to check her out on Instagram - her handle is Anything.but.lawn.

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Had a great chat with Botanist and science educator; Dr. Laura Skates.

Laura has been passionate about the West-Australian Bush for decades, working for a number of years with Kings Park Science, the Friends of Kings Park, and Perth NRM. She has completed a PhD on the ecology of carnivorous plants.

Links to Laura:
Citizen science project: https://www.perthnrm.com/project/gardening-for-wildlife/

ReWild Perth: https://rewildperth.com.au/

Hope you enjoy meeting her as much as Sammy did!
Less Lawns, more ecological/habitat gardens, y'all

Find Laura on X:
Dr Laura Skates 🌻 (@floraskates) / X (twitter.com)

Laura's website"
floraskates (lauraskates.com)

See Laura on Gardening Australia:
My Garden Path - Laura Skates - Gardening Australia (abc.net.au)

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This podcast episode, Sammy will be featuring Australian Entrepeneur; Cedar Anderson, the co-inventor of the FlowHive.

Flowhive is an innovative new bee-hive system that has revolutionised home-bee keeping.
From the outside, Flow Hives look like a regular commercial beehive, that is, the traditional "wooden box" containing multiple frames which support the bees as they create their honeycomb.
In these traditional beehives, when the honey is ready for harvest. the frames are taken out and spun in a centrifuge system to extract honey.

Now, enter FLOW Hives.
Flow hives feature an ingenious system of pre-inserted, pre-molded frames made up of hundreds of individual hexagonal cells which mimic a natural honeycomb structure.
Once the bees are introduced, they then discover these cells, fill them with honey.

When all the cells are filled, the owner of the FlowHive can then turn a special key to fracture each of the cells to releasing all the honey at once.
The honey then slowly flows out of a tap and into glass collection jars. After collection the special key it turned again, re-setting the molds to their original position, to be filled with honey once again.

This Ingenious and elegant re-imagining of a beehive eliminates the otherwise messy, time-consuming and sometimes dangerous process of honey extraction.

With a FlowHive, there is next to no need to disturb, then pacify your bees and no need to use a centrifuge before you can enjoy the fruits of your bees' labour.

As you'll hear, FlowHive is one of the most significant business success stories to come out of the Northern Rivers region in recent years.

So, thanks friends and enjoy this podcast with Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay.

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Round to with Brendon, AKA the ecosystem_gardener on Instagram.

Brendon Carrick is a certified Aquascaping contractor. He runs a small business setting up ponds and miniature wetland systems around Adelaide. He has been doing such an epic job that he was recently featured on Gardening Australia with Sophie Thompson.

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Heya garn, garden nerds!
Bituva experiment with this weeks' pod. 
My fiancé Julia and I riff about our gardening adventures of late, talking about the experience of gardening in Perth from March-May; think bulbs, everlastings, growing asian vegetables and composting deciduous leaves!
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Had the pleasure of getting to know yet another Gardening luminary and passionate Permie - Dr Lydia Pethick, AKA the gardening veterinarian.

Check out this recent article in Vet Practice Mag About Dr. Lydia.
Earth mover: Dr Lydia Pethick - Vet Practice Magazine

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Had the chance to chat to Eric of Water Ups. 
Water ups products will halve the water requirements of your pots, containers and grow beds. Wicking systems are oh so appropriate for Perth!
Check out all the amazing water-ups product range at waterups.com.au

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Another festival in the bag.
Thanks once again to Andrew and Mandy Osenton for putting on another awesome event. Guests on this one include Faye Arcaro, Lisa Passmore and Anthony Quinlan, just to name a few.

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See you in the next pod.
Sammy and Jules.

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Had the opportunity to chat with the awesome Tony and Linh of Beyond.ourgate on Instagram.

Tony and Linh have been working towards their dream of obtaining and developing a semi-off-grid bush block/homestead property for several years.

Find them on the gram, where Linh has done a great job, chronicling their journey from inner-city dwellers to passionate urban-homesteaders on Perth's outskirts.

A few of the many amazing facets of their block include many raised veggie beds, beehive area and a 100% natural, chlorine-free plunge pool, designed and installed by a Tony of Think green landscapes.

Hope you enjoy and don't forget to subscribe to herb on Apple pods and leave a review.

Stay Herby.

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Had Julian in for a fascinating convo about raised vegetable gardens and wicking beds. Wicking beds are an amazingly water-efficient way to grow food in small spaces here in Perth. Listen in to learn more!

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