With a forecast of a beautiful pre-Spring day of 18C and blue skies, Graham and I decided to spend most of the day in the garden. But before we got started we went to visit a local reserve where wild orchids and other beautiful but miniature plants grow. He'd not seen it before and it was the perfect way to start the day. Came back home for a cuppa … [Read more...] about Beautiful Saturday
Paddock Project
Danger in the garden!
But not so much for us. We're building a Garden for Wildlife Habitat and already have a variety of wild birds, possums, foxes, lizards, skinks and frogs that live here. Some birds are seasonal. We get the occasional wombat passing through - not that we've seen it, just the evidence that it has been here. Also wallabies and kangaroos visit and while … [Read more...] about Danger in the garden!
Planting and protection
Went and bought up a few more plants for the native bush area of our paddock project today. It's going to be very wet and windy over the weekend but today was lovely and sunny, with just a bit of a breeze. So I took three hours off from work to purchase new plants and then get them in the ground. Graham came out to help me for a short while and … [Read more...] about Planting and protection
Winter work on a Sunday
Late winter here in the hills of Melbourne, Australia. We've had some pretty windy weather this winter. Usually that's in spring. Hoping that means it won't be so windy in the months to come. Over the past couple of days we've had 20mm of rain. Just over 40mm so far this month. Really at less than half of what's normal for the year to date. Our … [Read more...] about Winter work on a Sunday
Hellebore in flower
At long last, our Hellebore are now in flower. And making quite a scene! These particular ones still under our fig tree at the front of our property but we have more in the back paddock, in the silver birch copse. They're newer plants so smaller, but over time, as the silver birches grow, the hellebore will spread in size and number. They should … [Read more...] about Hellebore in flower