My Spot
October 30, 2008
This is my favourite spot in the garden…I sit on that log and count all the sunflowers and straw flowers, the cosmos and calendulas, the nigella and alyssum that are popping up all the instance.I watch the yarrow and tansy, the rosemary and lavender, the correas and arctotis, the erigeron and oreg…
Adding a Garden Pond to Your Yard or Patio
October 29, 2008
Dressing up an existing garden in more strange ways takes a little innovation and sometimes, plenty of money and professional help. However, there’s one garden element which can invent a dramatic difference, which you can do yourself with just a little effort and not much expense.
Garden pon…
Chilli Peppers Live Again
October 29, 2008
Last year in a tub in the Dog Pen Tank Garden I grew two Jalapeno Hot Peppers. They were still growing well in early April that year when we had to move their tub to prepare way for Doc’s Cob Oven area re-vamp. As they still had fruit on them I stuck them into a couple of tyres where some Raspberri…
Winter Vegetable Garden Tips
October 27, 2008
We live in the southern United States and have moderate temperatures during the winter. We are planning to grow a bunch of vegetables that winter that do well in cool or cold weather.
Cold weather vegetables that can handle temperatures as low as 26 to 31 degrees include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflo…
Then I Can Plant!
October 26, 2008
Garden Log 26 Oct 08:Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 1.9C Ya! No Frost Again!Lowest Max 21.2CHighest Max 33CNo Recorded RainfallThree Wicking Box Gardens that were built earlier that year were sitting on the Pergola bench not…
Antz Attack!
October 25, 2008
I normally complain about ants hanging around in the garden…they bite ouch! But that dawn I found these three guys hauling away the body of a Cabbage Moth Caterpillar. I don’t know whether they had killed the little grub or not but they are welcome to take as many of these caterpillars as they lik…
Ladybirds to the Rescue
October 22, 2008
Last summer was very dry…so far that year we have only received around 125mm not nearly half our yearly average of around 360mm…and it’s nearly November!Needless to say most of the perennial plants here are rather stressed!Some of the fruit trees are under attack from a black aphid and I was te…