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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

Flowers in the Winter

It's mid winter here in Melbourne Australia and, for many people, it means a drab garden, not much colour here or there. Leaves have fallen, trees are bare, and not a lot of growth is happening. BUT, there are a lot of plants out there that do flower this time of year. Over time, my husband and I have worked towards ensuring we have flowers all the … [Read more...] about Flowers in the Winter

Visiting George Tindale Gardens

Our church group had an outing this week to the George Tindale Memorial Gardens. I'm always up for a garden visit anytime and I'd been told by a friend that it was looking particularly good at the current time. It was a gorgeous spring day, not too hot, not windy and perfect for wandering along the pathways exploring all the plants, flowers and … [Read more...] about Visiting George Tindale Gardens

Wisteria in bloom

Our wisteria is almost in full bloom now. It sits over the pergola in our half acre park area of our property and looks amazing and smells amazing too. This is a great place to be during spring and summer in our garden. And we love to hold garden parties out here - although probably not this year as we have much work to do in the garden. Lots … [Read more...] about Wisteria in bloom