March 12/10With spring around the corner, but the ground too wet to work in, I spent some time spring cleaning the kitchen. In the drawer under the stove, I keep bakeware, turned upside down so the mice don’t ruin them. Cleaning it out, however, I found a toy tart tin that I was upright. But – I also had a surprise A mouse had brought cat food into this perfect storage area and filled the tart tin. There were no cat food pellets in the bottom of the stove—nowhere e...
I seem to have accidently deleted my first entry in my relanscaping blog and replaced it with one about our rainfall. I have just discovered what I did wrong so hopefully it won’t happen again. I did read all the comments and do very much appreciate all the feedback, which is what makes this site so good. Unfortunately most of the plants that were removed from the garden were unsalvageable due to heat stress. Most that are left are natives and love the climate. We are still going to tr...
Well I have a few milk jugs going for the Winter Sowing Project and that has kept me from being to stir crazy to get out and Garden. The other week I was out checking on them and they already have green bits poking out of the soil! Add to that the Crocuses are all up and cheerful and another Purple flower that I am not sure of the name of.. With all these flowers and beans coming up already I am again Itching to get out in the Garden. I know it is way to early to start but with such a crazily...
Well its been a while, just been busy with what else gardening :D So I used some just plain uncooked vinegar on a patch of weeds and let it cook itself in the hot sun, wow it really smelled like a salad outside but within a few hours the weeds were brown and dead, I am impressed. I just got back in from replanting back in the Earth the Dianthus and Red Ice Plant I put in pots last year to make more, the Earth is cold still. Its supposed to be warm this weekend. I am going to get more ...
March 11/10 I heard and saw a redwing blackbird today!And we saw a flock of swans go overhead. Spring is approaching :)
I do have 3 rainwater tanks wich collect about 6000 litres of water, one of which supplies water for a fish pond( which i am going to rebuild as has a leak a future project that will appear here) another that waters my rose garden ( again I will post here ) and the third which supplies water to my water gardens( water Hibiscus ).The rain fall in Adelaide ( dryest city in Australia ) average of 585 millilitres (100 millilitres is about 4 inches). Highest recorded is 882.4 milliltres lowest 257...
March 11/10 Yesterday was my birthday (I am now a full-grown woman, according to Native beliefs) and my daughter gave me a gardening book. :) ”The Organic Garden” by Allan Shepherd It is a great book, filled with lots of gardening wisdom. It focuses on the UK but gardening strategies are gardening strategies. It is written with a sense of humour and a bit of poetic flare. This would be a perfect book for someone thinking about starting a garden, walking you through the sp...
I just had to take pics of my little green ones. I have been sending pics to my mom in florida and now she may have the bug of growing something from seeds. I think she is trying a tangerine tree. She’ll have to wait a while before she can see a harvest. I had 4 containers growing. I hope I will see more sprouts over the weekend. I hope the other newbies are seeing results as well.
Just wanted to change to a new series. Now I think I’ve got it (laptop blocked the popup thingy to type new series name….). I also realize now that ‘knome’ is really spelled ‘gnome’. I’ll try and go back and edit that. cheerio. I’ll leave you with this: Do not be surprised that the return of the light lifts your spirits. Do not be surprised that warmth on your back calms you and makes you glad. Feel your spirits lift as the sun rises hi...
It has been awhile since I’ve peeked in on GT and how wonderful to see and hear about all the ‘springspiration’ going on all over the place! Thanks for that. I just completed day two of working at a local Greenhouse. It will be gung-ho over the next couple of months as they do wholesale orders and then they will be open to the public. I think things keep picking up speed until the May long weekend and after that it slows down quite dramatically. I planted plugs of Ge...
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