I plant callistemon and grevillias ostensibly as a permaculture strategy to encourage insectivorous birds and insects, but like most “sensible” garden strategies, it has some lovely side benefits.
A wallaby got into the garden last night, and demolished my newly planted sweet potato patch. I spent my whole mowing session this morning devising recipes for wallaby – Turkish wallaby stew, marinated baked wallaby, wallaby kebabs….