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Post by braided-rug on Oct 16, 2006 14:25:07 GMT 10
Here is a photo from a little while ago of our pansies. I am sure there are nicer pots of pansies, but I am proud of them.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Oct 30, 2006 11:53:48 GMT 10
Yesterday dh mulched the garden with free chipped up eucalyptus mulch from the tip/dump. He did a bit of weeding and planted my texas bluebells.
The sunflowers have come up in the places they grew last year.
It has been difficult with late frosts. The lawn has dried out in places, but we have tried to keep up with the watering.
We have a new carpet rose in the wheelbarrow.
We have also self-sown vegetables out the back.
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 5, 2006 16:09:33 GMT 10
We have gone onto stage one water restrictions, so dh makes a point of watering each morning. We planted some (hopefully) small sunflowers along the front fence, ds and I did that. DH planted a mixture of smallish sunflowers amongst the flowers out the back, straight out from our back door. I gave away some winter squash seeds and pink coreopsis today as they are not common here, and our visitor was making a special vegetable garden. We also planted some pinks a few days ago and other flower seeds. DH was really pleased with the straw that came out of the guineapigs cage for the garden. Roses are the main feature of our garden atm. The tiger lillies are growing so fast. dh pruned the winter buddliea, we like to keep it up high like a canopy for the other plants. It is starting to feel alot like summer. It feels like Christmas as the neighbours red bottlebrushes are out, lovely.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 13, 2006 13:54:32 GMT 10
The sunflowers are up. On the same day it rained, and dh saw so many snails out there in the dark. Luckily we did something before they are any sunflowers. Here are my orchids, or some of them, mentioned in my first journal. I have forgotten how to look after them. Hopefully they will look nicer as time goes on.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Nov 27, 2006 10:56:35 GMT 10
Dh brought back a second ornamental wheelbarrow from the tip. That will be exciting to work on.
Our red penstemon is just lovely. It reminds me of Christmas. It has just come out.
One stripey sunflower is nearly ready to come out. They look lovely and green and give off a nice garden feel.
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Post by cupcake on Nov 27, 2006 16:07:48 GMT 10
I enjoy looking at all your garden pics. I hope you will post more |
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Post by braided-rug on Dec 7, 2006 13:38:44 GMT 10
We may be able to start taking some next week when things are a bit quieter.
I bought some lawn camomile today and some dill, which I use occasionally for soup. It is a Greek lentil soup.
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Post by braided-rug on Dec 11, 2006 21:04:23 GMT 10
DH is not confident they will grow, it is so hot.  We have been using buckets of water from the children's pool after they have a swim.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Dec 23, 2006 15:54:41 GMT 10
Here is a tallish branching sunflower, that may have crossed as it seems to have a ring around the centre now in some places.  We are on stage 2 water restrictions now. It did rain a little today. The soapwort has started flowering. |
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Post by violet on Dec 30, 2006 12:54:06 GMT 10
Your pics are lovely, Br. We are losing plants by the day, but I can't bear to water any but the most essential as our water usage is so high already. There will be much activity in the garden here in March, once it cools down.
We go to stage 3 water restrictions on the 1st January. I do wish we had a water tank.
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Post by braided-rug on Dec 30, 2006 13:43:14 GMT 10
That's no good Violet.
In the mornings I hear buckets being filled from a tap near our window. It is a big effort isn't it?
My Mum is putting the most effort into her new trees. Her garden looks really lush, but that is because of the vegies planted amongst the flowers I thought. I must like that look.
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Post by braided-rug on Jan 2, 2007 16:40:48 GMT 10
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Post by braided-rug on Jan 2, 2007 16:44:57 GMT 10
That is my favourite rose. It is called "Friendship". It is having a good year this year, like 2 years ago.
I have also been wondering what the name of the lavender like flower is in the background. This is the second time I have had that plant. The first time it died out, I think before I saw the flower.
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Post by braided-rug on Jan 6, 2007 21:29:49 GMT 10
The tiny camomile is growing well.
DH dug up some couch from our lawn one winter, and dug it very deep. It was a large area and took alot of work. That new lawn that also had other grasses sow themselves into it is growing well despite not being watered. The original grass on the other half of the yard is yellow and basically dead. One is green and the other yellow. I think we put gypsum in the soil in the dug up section but can't remember.
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Post by braided-rug on Jan 13, 2007 22:41:56 GMT 10
I am really enjoying the spider lillies and the tiger lillies at the moment and the sunflowers.
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