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Getting More Joy From Your Garden: Using Your Camera

Now you've read my introductory stories about how I got to where I am now, I want to share with you some basics about garden photography.  Now, why would you want to do this? It has a twofold benefit: You will get to know your camera better if using it regularly and learn to take better photos, and You will get to know your garden much … [Read more...] about Getting More Joy From Your Garden: Using Your Camera

Getting More Joy from Your Garden: Photography for Others

In the last part of my intro for this series, I have taken photos of other people's gardens. I've enjoyed this very much. It is both a privilege to get invited to do so, and a joy as well. Seeing what other people do in their gardens is both inspiring and educational. It's why I enjoy doing garden visits as well, when there are open gardens … [Read more...] about Getting More Joy from Your Garden: Photography for Others

Getting More Joy from Your Garden: Blue Banded Bee

It was the Blue Banded Bee that got me on my current journey. My husband and I had only been in our new house in 2009 for a month or two when I noticed a solitary bee hanging around the Salvia outside our back door. It had an unusual hum and try as I might, I couldn't get a closer look to see what it was. I spent 3 weeks trying to get photos of it … [Read more...] about Getting More Joy from Your Garden: Blue Banded Bee

Getting more Joy from your Garden through Photography

This lady is my Grandmother and I would say she's the one responsible for my love of gardens, flowers, art, poetry, writing stories, music and so on. I loved spending school holidays with her, building things with Lego, learning pieces of music on her piano, or watching her and listening to her play her piano, mandolin, banjo and mouth organ. She … [Read more...] about Getting more Joy from your Garden through Photography

Our Bulb Walk Wakes Up

I despaired of all the weeds in the bulb walk but there are always so many things here to do and it's hard to keep up with it all. We haven't, as yet, determined what else to plant in our bulb walk, or what to do with it, to keep it relatively weed free, however, at the moment the flowering bulbs are making themselves known, through their … [Read more...] about Our Bulb Walk Wakes Up

Planting Strelitzia

Our neighbour, Mark, very kindly gave us some Strelitzia Reginae that he'd dug up.  I wasn't sure exactly where I'd put them but was very grateful for the offer, and he put them over the fence for me yesterday. After reading up on them, we decided beside our Billabong would be the perfect location.  And, as we have forthcoming rain later today it … [Read more...] about Planting Strelitzia