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Post by braided-rug on Oct 7, 2007 14:38:01 GMT 10
Hi rosebee. You are right we would never get to -12oC. I think the worst year was -7oC last year, and that something that happens rarely I think.
In the first pic we have a large iris under the window now. We have been cramming things in before the weather gets hotter. Today our house is quite cold we let the fire go out a day or two ago.
I have been enjoying the flat land. Here (we haven't moved to the new garden yet) we are on a hill. It took a little getting used to.
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 13, 2007 19:19:23 GMT 10
Today we took nearly the very last of the plants we are going to take from here.  We have an automatic watering system that works on two runs that helps a lot because of the odd times we are allowed to water. Some needs to be bucket watered. Next to the berry rows we wanted a sunflower row, and struck concrete. We think it was the foundations of a windmill or water tank. So that was lifted and broken up and put aside. So maybe the sunflowers will get moved this week. However, I have found some tiny seedlings of sunflowers that have come up around plants that have been moved there, even unlikely ones.  We found leaves of plants that were doing well in very bad shape. We think it was the heavy frost perhaps on Tuesday or Monday night. I had a beautiful spice bush, I hope it recovers well. |
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 17, 2007 12:09:33 GMT 10
To make things easier I think I'll just put the sunflowers in the space that is automatically watered. I want it to have a Japanese theme but I always say that lol. The sunflowers aren't permanent, and there is not a lot along the back side near the clothes line etc. One fish died, I hope the others are OK. I am afraid to look. We need to remember the pretty jonquils and mystery blue bulbs and our millstone, decided to take it with us. |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 5, 2007 14:02:43 GMT 10
We have had so much rain we didn't have to water this week. Mostly we have been watering the new trees. I saw the garden today and the roses are starting to come out in force. One was a pretty pink edged white one. I'll have to try to spend some time there this week to enjoy them. |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 17, 2007 21:17:14 GMT 10
The mystery bulbs have been moved. They look great near the house, because the flower spike is so tall and delicate. DH bought another watering system from Bunnings to put on the other side. He got the electrician to put a powerpoint in the switchboard so he could run it. DH hasn't been able to go there with ds to water this weekend. It will be great to have the system working. The sunflowers came up by themselves in the soil we brought with us around the shifted plants. Lots of them are coloured, I am so happy about it. There are quite a few, it is unlikely we will have to plant any. The roses are beautiful. I couldn't have picked ones better myself that I would like. They were chosen by the previous owner except the pink one I mentioned that seems so much happier there, it was struggling here. We took the jonquils and in the end 3 fish died, and then they were OK. We thought the gordonia was dying, but it has new leaves, maybe the rain saved it? I watered it with a bucket today. I bought a red rose, an oldfashioned one, a pink lillium, not sure how I'll go with that, and an oldfashioned pink flowering shrub that comes out this time of year. I haven't ever known the name of it, had a tag inside the pot, and the lady took it out and I didn't notice until I got home. I was worried about the cotoneaster out the front, we had to prune it for the electrician. It seems great now, it had curled up leaves at one stage. Now flowers ready for the berries. |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 21, 2007 19:18:01 GMT 10
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 23, 2007 13:51:53 GMT 10
I was very excited today to find a lupin in flower, a purple one. I knew I wanted to grow them but couldn't anticipate how much I love them. Haven't seen them for years.
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Post by violet on Nov 23, 2007 15:49:15 GMT 10
Br, the garden looks lovely. I adore lupins. With all that you've put in, next Spring will be beautiful.
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 24, 2007 10:14:48 GMT 10
Thanks violet. We might put some of our bulbs from here in a bag soon to take if we remember, bluebells, tulips and ixias. It will be nice to see the jonquils flower there etc.
The mullein on the left, if that is what it is, might flower in the next few days. ds has gone to mow today.
If you could image the lupins are in a bed behind that conifer and the birdbath.
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Post by rosebee on Nov 25, 2007 11:48:47 GMT 10
Is that an aloe plant on the left near the house? You have planted a nice diverse range of plants, lots of different colours and textures - it looks great!
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 25, 2007 12:08:57 GMT 10
Thanks rosebee. The smaller spikey plants on the left are Jacobean lily and iris. The grey taller one, mullein or lambs tongue I think.
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Post by braided-rug on Mar 10, 2008 17:50:46 GMT 10
Yesterday a brown snake came in through the fence to the right near the garden (above). Interestingly, we have rectangular fine mesh at the top end and chicken or the larger round mesh after that, and that is where the snake came in, the mesh is under the pickets. So as a result of the snake hiding in the bushes that the previous owners planted, today we removed them. They were plants that were mostly growing near the ground. We may have to remove the daisies as well.  After removing the lattice to the right of the photo, we found that the middle of the tree is now growing, which is nice.  |
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Post by violet on Mar 17, 2008 19:04:20 GMT 10
It looks fabulous, Br. You are a terrific gardener!
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 20, 2008 16:03:09 GMT 10
We took the daisies at the front of the garden away. That is near where we saw a snake slither into our garden. We took them to our old house, where there doesn't seem to be snakes, only blue-tongue skinks or lizards.
This area is great because I bought a couple of tubes of pink salvia, Salvia involucrata 'bethellii that needs shade. I also got:
Buddleja colvillea
Buddleja weyeriana gold - plants - yellow flowers 1
Robinia tubes 3
Salvia raspberry royal - tubes 1
Feverfew tubes herb 2
I am excited about this.
I figured the tree in the foreground is a rhuss tree because it is going a redish color now that it is autumn.
I got a surprise on Saturday, the jonquils are flowering. Usually you can see them July/August I think. So the garden is great for flowers etc.
However, I took the scraps out at our old house today and found many self sown vegetables, they think it is spring too.
We have cut off the Easter daisies and the herbs to neaten them up, like the mint and camomile.
I enjoyed seeing the robinia trees and white birch at the Canberra Zoo, very inspiring. Wish I could find a photo online.
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Post by braided-rug on May 1, 2008 16:48:05 GMT 10
Ebay finds.  |
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