I've been on a mission to get rid of the banksia rose from hell.
It's looking very picturesque here and is a beauty to behold when it's in flower, but in reality it sends out 10 foot canes that take over the path and need continual trimming and I'm sick of listening to DH complaining about the flowers and leaves dropping in the pool, poor dear doesn't complain about much - and I'm just getting to the stage of life where I want to sit and enjoy my garden, not slog it out with plants, so I've decided to get rid of the things that need high upkeep (DH has been warned he could be next)
Before:
After:
(looking really bare) - I put all of this through the mulcher, gawd blimey I ache!!
Living the gardening life on a suburban block in Sydney, Australia. As I head toward my dotage I prefer to let the garden have it's head, that way it continually surprises me. Plants pop up where least expected and I sit in the sun with a cup of coffee and watch it all happen. When there is not enough gardening to write about I've added our Sunday drives under Travels Around Sydney
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
easy peasy...
there's a reason I avoid temperamental plants,
the petulant, the moody, the highly strung, the sensitive, the touchy,
the ones who like their compost just right, not too much sun, not too much shade, not too wet, not too dry..
it's because there ain't no room in this garden for both of us
that's why I get on so well with nasturtiums, daisies and calendulas - they don't try to compete with me
so imagine my surprise when I found a camellia thriving enough to actually flower
not a big flamoyant flower, it doesn't pay to be an exhibitionist
... just a sweet little flower to start with this year, then maybe next year.....if it behaves and keeps a low profile....
Thursday, September 22, 2005
days like these.....
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
short term memory
One of the features of ageing is that you start to forget things....
this can truly be an enriching experience as you discover things you put away and forgot about.....
like this,
I vaguely remember finding a little struggling bulb in the garden and sticking it in an empty pot and telling it to try harder next year....
and it did!!
have no idea what it is.
this can truly be an enriching experience as you discover things you put away and forgot about.....
like this,
I vaguely remember finding a little struggling bulb in the garden and sticking it in an empty pot and telling it to try harder next year....
and it did!!
have no idea what it is.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
my avocado fixation
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
bare trees
I've been thinking of some fibre artwork based around trees - leaves, vines, jungley looking, but at the moment all my trees are bare and it's a time of year that I love, I like the cold and bare trees always give me a proper sense of the season.
As Australia doesn't really have native deciduous trees, we have to make do with imported exotics, this is one of my crepe myrtles that is in the far corner of my secret garden
also a japanese maple that I had bought to turn into a bonsai 35 years ago, it sort of got away from me,
and I just love the texture of the bark on the maple with the contrasting bromeliad colour
As Australia doesn't really have native deciduous trees, we have to make do with imported exotics, this is one of my crepe myrtles that is in the far corner of my secret garden
also a japanese maple that I had bought to turn into a bonsai 35 years ago, it sort of got away from me,
and I just love the texture of the bark on the maple with the contrasting bromeliad colour
crab apple
first try
I have bits of gardening journals on different sites going back over the past few years, so I hope to eventually move it all here and do my best to keep it updated.
At the moment I'm playing around with the html to alter the template - not sure if I like this background, it's interesting though, to work on the template, and try to figure out which bits go where.
At the moment I'm playing around with the html to alter the template - not sure if I like this background, it's interesting though, to work on the template, and try to figure out which bits go where.
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