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I've finally come to my senses & realised that I need to go to EGA this year. Due to time restrictions I'll need to fly in & out. I'm putting out some early feelers to see if: - anyone has room in their tent for a giant yeti man (long shot I know) - anyone can help out with a lift to & from the airport - anyone can transport my camping gear to the site as I can't fly with it. Big asks I know & anyone offering help with be duly compensated. Thanks

Good one Johnny. There are a few keen gardeners in the Hunter/ Central Coast area on the forums. Ayahuasca Vine (Bannisteriopsis cappi), Chacruna particularly the Psychortria 'Nexus' hybrid, Acacia obtusifolia &San Pedro etc (Trichocereus spp.) are all well suited to your climate & should be a stample in any ethno garden, in my opinion.

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L - R : T. bridgesii 'Funkoid' x T. bridgesii 'Psycho0' (MUB) - 2. Misplant's Mystery Mix unlabelled Trichocereus hybrid - 1. T. pachanoi 'Oscar' x T. bridgesii 'Helen' (Misplant) - 2. $50 per pack or $90 for two packs, including postage through out Australia. Enquiry for international postage rates. Four packs available.

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I've been meaning to start a thread detailing what we've been up to at the nursery and to put up some cool photos. Finally got around to it Cacti Over the last couple of days I have re-listed over 200 cacti with more to come shortly. Get 'em while you can. Photos will be added for all listed cacti too. Strains already listed include: E. lageniformis - 'Hans', 'Jess', 'Con', 'Tim', ' ', 'Bruce', 'Kai', 'Eileen'. E. peruviana - 'San Pedro de Pasco', ssp. puquiensis KK1689, KK2152, 'Los Gentiles', 'Len', 'Icaro', KK1688, KK338. E. pachanoi - 'Mike', '2', 'Rob', 'Omar', KK2150, 'Alf', ' '. E. sp. 'Lance', E. uyumpompensis , E. cephalomacrostibalis KK1421, E. macrogona KK2151, E. tarmensis KK2148, E. glauca KK336, E. l ongispinus KK1670, E. glauca, E. sp. ' Juul's Giant' x E. pachanoi ' '. E. lageniformis & E. pachanoi 30cm - 1m for pick up only have also been added. Let me know if you're looking for something that is not currently listed & I'll see what I can do Note that cacti are now sold as either standard size (75mm pot) or large (140mm pot). It was becoming troublesome to track the size of them on the webstore as they grew from one size category to the next. Standard cacti are usually at least 10cm, although a couple of strains may be slightly shorter, while large cacti are generally at least 15cm. The photos below show some of the bigger cacti available for pick up, including a funky pup on a E. lageniformis JAC007 Wax Melt and a selection of recent E. pachanoi 'Super Pedro' propagation cuts Other Listings I have just re-listed 'Gold' and 'Black' Banisteriopsis caapi strains. See photos below of B. caapi 'Gold' including a cutting with a cool mutant leaf. We have a bunch of cool plants that will be listed shortly, including Pausinystalia yohimbe, Theobroma cacao, Moringa oleifera, Centella asiatica and Gynostemma pentaphyllum, and I will shortly be propagating Alicia sp. (Black Ayahuasca Vine). cheers, Toast

Congratulations Zedo. Big step! I've got some Trichocereus seedlings and/or seeds I'm happy to donate

Edit the opening post ffs. A bit a discretion goes a long way

Interesting thread, some amazing stories. Here's some of my highest & lowest points in chronological order. Low point - my grandma having a stroke, being left partially paralysed & unable to speak. Going from being totally independent, driving herself around, to being stripped of all her dignity. High point - watching my son being born & grown into an awesome young kid. High point - finally biting the bullet & ending a 15 year toxic relationship. Low point - adjusting to co-parenting my son and depression that resulted from it. High point - starting a new relationship with a way stronger connection than the previous. Low point- finding out my dad has untreatable terminal cancer. The last four events occurred in the last 12 months or so. It's been a fucking roller coaster of a year but a bunch of the awesome people I've met here have helped me get through it.

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A tip for the cubing of postage parcels. Make your box an irregular shape & they don't cube it, just charge by weight. A postal employee told me this. It needs to be obviously irregular though, it was suggested to the you take a regular box, stick a row of used toilet rolls along the top then enclose them in cardboard, creating a 'tented' type of irregular shape. I've never gone to that extreme but if you're making your own packaging from recycled boxes it easy to make it irregular. Strange policy than saves a lot of money.

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No Sally, that would be hand poked. This was done with a machine, one dot at a time, as opposed to being outlined then shaded. Also, freehand usually refers to when the design is drawn straight on to the skin when a marker, without using a stencil that has the design traced or printed on to it.

Dot work Lophophora williamsii 'Texacana'. I bit distorted in the photo, it's perfectly round. By Sarah at Very Sharpe Tattoo, Beresfield.

So good. Gonna be awesome in a few years.

I have a bunch of bush food plants and seeds available. More information is available at www.goodkarmafarmer.com.au & www.facebook.com/thegoodkarmafarmer Tubestock Pick up and mail order Herbs, Sedges and Similar Species $5 each unless marked otherwise Blue Flax-lily (Dianella caerulea) edible fruit, fibre used for weaving. Dune Fan Flower (Scaevola calendulacea) edible fruit. Grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea media) edible leave base, and a multitude of other uses. Gymea Lily (Doryanthes excelsa) edible roots and flower stem. Knobby Club-rush (Ficinia nodosa) edible seeds. Magenta Storksbill (Pelargonium rodneyanum) edible roots. Native Ginger (Alpinia caerulea) edible rhizome, fruit and young shoots. Native Violet (Viola hederacea) edible flowers. Northern Cranesbill (Geranium homeanum) edible roots. Pigface (Carpobrotus glaucescens) edible leaves and fruit. River Mint (Mentha australis) highly fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. Scurvy Weed (Commelina cyanea) edible leaves and young shoots. 3 plants for $10. Spiny-head Mat-rush (Lomandra longifolia) edible flowers and leaf bases; leaves also used for weaving. 3 plants for $10. Walking Stick Palm (Linospadix monostachyos) edible fruit. SOLD OUT Warrigal Greens aka New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) edible leaves.3 plants for $10. Vines and Scramblers $5 each Cockspur Thorn (Maclura cochinchinensis) thorny climbers or sprawling shrubs with edible fruit and young leaves. SOLD OUT False Sarsaparilla (Hardenbergia violacea) leaves used as a tea. Headache Vine aka Old Mans Beard (Clematis aristata) edible roots & medicinal leaves. Native Asparagus (Geitonoplesium cymosum) edible shoots. Native Raspberry (Rubus molucanna, R. moorei, R. parvifolius & R. rosifolius) edible fruit and medicinal leaves. Three-leaf Water Vine aka Native Grape (Tetrastigma nitens) edible fruit. Water Vine (Cissus antarctica) edible berries. SOLD OUT Wombat Berry (Eustrephus latifolius) edible fruit and roots. Small Shrubs $8 each unless marked otherwise Australian Indigo (Indigofera australis) traditionally used as a fishing poison and a dye. $6 each. Boobialla (Myoporum boninense) tasty purple berries. SOLD OUT. Kangaroo Apple (Solanum aviculare) edible fruit. SOLD OUT Midgen Berry (Austromyrtus dulcis) edible fruit. Mintbushes: Cut-leaf Mintbush (Prostanthera incisa) & Roundleaf Mint (P. rotundifolia) highly fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. Myrtle Wattle (Acacia myrtifolia) edible seeds. Orange Thorn (Pittosporum multiflorum) edible fruit. $6 each. Tall Shrubs/ Small Trees $8 each unless marked otherwise Australian Round Lime (Citrus australis) edible fruit. $10 each. Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) edible fruit. Cottonwood Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus) edible shoots, and medicinal bark and roots. Timber and bark used in construction of tribal implements. Popular in bonsai. Davidsons Plum (Davidsonia pruriens) edible fruit. Emu Bush aka Weeooka (Eremophila oppositifolia) used in tanning. Finger Lime (Citrus australasica) edible fruit. $7.50 each or 3 for $20. Lemon-scented Teatree (Leptospermum petersonii) highly fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. Lillypillies: Blue Lillypilly (Syzygium oleosum), Brush Cherry (Syzygium australe), Lillypilly (Acmena smithii), Magenta Lillypilly (Syzygium paniculatum) edible fruit. $6 each. Native Elderberry (Sambucus australasica) edible fruit. Native Guava aka Bolwarra (Eupomatia laurina) edible fruit. Native Rosella (Hibiscus heterophyllus) edible flowers, leaves, seeds and roots. Native Quince (Alectryon subcinereus) edible fruit. Red Ash (Alphitonia excelsa) medicinal leaves that were also used to lather the skin.SOLD OUT Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata) edible fruit, and leaves used as sandpaper. Tall Trees $10 each Black Apple (Planchonella australis) edible fruit. Burdekin Plum (Pleiogynium timorense) edible fruit. SOLD OUT Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) nectar used to make sweet drinks. Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) intensively fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. $12 each. Native Tamarind Small-leaved Tamarind (Diploglottis campbellii) & Native Tamarind (Diploglottis australis) edible fruit. Plum Pine (Podocarpus elatus) edible fruit. Port Jackson Fig (Ficus rubiginosa) edible fruit. SOLD OUT 5 Inch Pots Pick up only $15 each unless marked otherwise Herbs & Small Shrubs Mintbushes Cut-leaf Mintbush (Prostanthera incisa), Roundleaf Mint (P. rotundifolia), Rough Mintbush (P. denticulata), Tranquility Mintbush (Prostanthera askania) highly fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. Narrow-leaved Palm Lily (Cordyline stricta) edible fruit, and a multitude of other uses. $10 each. Orange Thorn (Pittosporum multiflorum) edible fruit. $10 each. Swamp Lily (Crinum pedunculatum) medicinal. Tall Shrubs/ Small Trees Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) edible fruit. Davidsons Plum (Davidsonia pruriens) edible fruit. Lillypilly (Acmena smithii) edible fruit. Macadamia Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla) edible nuts. Native Caper aka Native Pomegranate (Capparis arborea) edible fruit. Native Rosella (Hibiscus heterophyllus) edible flowers, leaves, seeds and roots.Native Quince (Alectryon subcinereus) edible fruit. Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata) edible fruit, and leaves used as sandpaper. Tall Trees Black Bean (Castanospermum australe) edible seeds after treatment. Blue Quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis) edible fruit. Coast Banksia (Banksia integrifolia) nectar used to make sweet drinks. Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) intensively fragrant leaves with culinary and medicinal uses. $20 each. Plum Pine (Podocarpus elatus) edible fruit. Bush Tucker Seed Packs 20 seeds per pack $3.50 each incl. postage within Oz. Australian Indigo (Indigofera australis) small shrub traditionally used as a fishing poison and a dye. Boobialla (Myoporum boninense) small shrub with tasty purple berries Lawyer Vine (Smilax australis) vine with edible berries, related to commercial grapes. Native Grape (Cayratia clematidea) vine with edible berries, related to commercial grapes. Water Vine (Cissus antarctica) woody vine with edible berries, related to commercial grapes.

Bardo these plants are no longer available.

After a dozen or more pereskiopsis cuttings, preferably rooted but unrooted is also good. Happy to buy or trade. Thanks

Got 'em. Thanks a bunch

Thank you DB

I'm keen thanks

It was a great day, awesome turn out. It was a shame I had to leave so early. Appreciated everyone's generosity around the picnic area. Next time I'll try to be less munted & more talkative, no guarantees though. Thanks to Horus for suggesting the location, great spot.

Shaping up to be a great meet.