Australian Native Plants, Nature connection, Nature Photography, Saving the Planet with Small Changes, Gardening for biodiversity - Australia
Make your garden a part of your home by creating a biodiverse ecosystem filled with residents to amuse and delight you and your family. Connect with Nature inside and outside! This channel follows three journeys: a subtropical garden in South-east Queensland, a tropical rainforest garden in Far North Queensland and a tropical coastal garden in Far North Queensland.
Jane loves gardening, cooking and the Arts and sharing all three with her family.
Ooh Eastern Brown! That must have been heart pounding! Hopefully those caterpillars will pupate successfully for you! I love watching the Swallowtails - so beautiful. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)
Lovely video Jane!!! Can't believe you have sunbirds!! Did not even know we had them in QLD. Do you have aloes planted? They love them x I have been filming critters in our yard too when I get a new computer I will upload on the other channel x will send you a link when I get it done :)
Thanks so much. Yes the Sunbirds are awesome! I think these are the only Australian ones and only in FNQ. They are currently building right in the middle of the walkway to our front door. They certainly aren't worried about humans! I've even heard stories of them calling for help when snakes go to their nests that are in houses. Amazing! Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I look forward to seeing your new uploads!
Hello :) I've just found your posts whilst searching medicinal use of Sambucus australasica and here you are discussing one of my favourite native plants.. I LOVE Prostanthera incisa! Three decades ago, when we lived in Sydney and had a handful of huge "native plant nurseries" just a reasonable distance from home, I hassled every nursery staff person to help me ID a plant I'd smelt in the bush... No-one had a clue, not a clue, until a couple of years had passed. Suddenly, someone responded "Come with me.. I know exactly who you're talking about!" He did! It was his favourite native plant, too :D And I've had it in my gardens ever since.. We're subtropical here, too, but it loves it here, growing in both moist shade and drier, sunnier spots.. They are short-lived, true, but cuttings take if I do them properly. That bush smell... ahhhh! (In more recent years I've discovered Green Kamala.. a local species up here. I know nothing about its uses, but, wow, people love or loathe it's smell, and I love it! Thank you for your informative posts :)🙏
I only discovered them (and Sambucus australisica) a few years ago. I was do excited to discover. As a child I always thought natives were just eucalyptus, grevilleas and callistemons and rainforest trees. It's been a thrilling journey discovering all these other gems... especially the edible ones! Thanks for sharing your story and your lovely feedback. :)
They forage in my backyard at around 10pm. Jeez they're Loud! But I think they're cool. I'll stick my head out and say Hello and Peep-Peep back at me. 😎😁👍👍
Yes, I think Florida has enough Australian (and other) invaders! I hear some of our trees are causing havoc. Having said that, at least there are snake predators in Florida unlike Guam. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
I am going to start using colored viewing panels to observe hive activity and see which color is the least disturbing for the hive, just wondering if anyone else is doing this, I like your site and commentary.
I have just had a swarm attack my hive on the second day I closed my hive off for two days and the swarm left, there was a lot of dead bees on the ground, but my hive seems to have survived, now at the first sign of another swarm I will close mine down straight away and observe.
They are entertaining creatures for sure! I'm hoping to get some footage of the fights in our backyard but they're very quick. Our dominant male seems very confident and wins every time. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@woodwidewebeducation Ha ha. A Huntsman in the shower. When I was a kid, we lived in a weatherboard house south of Perth. It was common to see Huntsman spiders about the place. One day I got out of the shower in the "spare" bathroom, and was drying myself, when I felt something crunching on my shoulder under the towel. I had a look, and the Huntsman jammed both fangs into me. I shuddered as I tried to brush it off, but it started rotating about one of the fangs. A few more tries got it off
Some calls sound more like screaming than others. Unfortunately the true screams are hard to capture as they are random and usually singular. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@woodwidewebeducation all good. yeah to be fair I’m certain I’ve heard some in the past that could pass for screaming. certainly when I moved to townsville for the first time the call surprised me.
Curlew calls became frequent in the area in 2017. My classmates in 6 grade were making up stories about these calls, saying it was just the wind, or ghosts or demons or aliens coming to eat people. One knew it was the birds but then said she snuck out to look for them and they were flying above dead people? I knew none of that was true, so I slept easy to their sounds at night while my friends were probably shaking in fear over nothing.
Hello, thank you for posting this video - I have a bird/birds making a call that sounds like what's happening earlier on in this video, but they do it at night time. I seem to be able to mimic them and "calm them down"..... since I'm trying to sleep! I was just wondering if I could perhaps email you with the sound that I make (which is a pretty decent imitation of the species) , or upload it on my channel (unlisted or something, and I'll email you the link) in order to get your opinion on what this species of bird I'm hearing could be?
@rafa6222 not really, I would say at least double. I generally add based on the pungency of the smell. Native Ginger is much milder, especially the young shoots, but they are also highly variable. (Due to not being extensively cultivated I would think.) They do however have a gorgeous red colour when processed.
It's fascinating to observe all the relationships in the garden. I had no idea the insects were so important when I was younger 😊 Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@woodwidewebeducation I have the same sentiments - or that their relationships with the plants can be so specific sometimes - it really emphasizes the importance of native plants! #knowbetterdobetter!
Fabulous video :) We need to look after our insects, especially with so much land clearing happening. Do you root the pentas in water or straight in potting mix? Thanks, Fiona
@nolongerdreaming7443 Thank you! The Pentas are super easy. Just cut and root in water. They take a couple of weeks to produce roots and then plant out. They grow really fast once they settle in. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🙂
Thank you, I loved finding this, I discovered a rolling swarm myself this weekend and started researching the internet The escalator explanation makes a lot of sense because they sure do move slowly witthout the speed upgrade. The bunch I found were signalling to one another about when to stop and start. You provided a wonderful explanation. Thanks
Oh what a lovely comment! Thanks so much. They are fascinating little critters aren't they!? Let me know if there's anything else that you'd like me to cover.
yes i was on camp in norther territory kakadu and we were camping in tents and i heard this in the middle of the night and i thought a girl fell into the billabong and got eaten by a crocodile this sound scares me now
Oh how lovely! We have two pairs in our garden but they aren't interested in getting close to us.... I think there's too many bugs in the garden. :) I would love it if they would come closer but all the North Queensland birds seem rather snobby. :D
So glad it was useful! I have never successfully grown them in full shade. Part shade is okay. The most important thing is soil with good drainage. Native Ginger and Dianella grasses grow well in full shade and are also edible.(some Dianella grasses are toxic so you have to get the right species) Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 🙂
You are so welcome! I'm planning some more bird calls soon. I'm just having trouble getting distinct calls because they're all calling at once most of the time. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)
