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• Festive Snooze

  

  Gosh, absolutely no postings so far in December ... I must be in holiday mode! If only, but things have been a bit quiet here in the garden. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Four Weeks in One Day

  

  We Sydneysiders can be quite oddly proud of our rain at times. We get quite a lot of rain, especially for such a sunny city, so how do you combine lots of... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Popping up All by Themselves

  

  If you want to bring out the inner child in a gardener, let them discover a pretty flower in their garden which they know they haven't planted themselves.... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Kiwi Rescue

  

  "I think its days are over" ... "eeeeew, not a happy chappy" .... "needs a bigger pot" .... These were just some of the perfectly accurate comments my... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• The Blue and White Louisiana Iris Show

  

  I guess it's fitting that we have both blue and white Louisiana iris growing here in Marrickville. Blue and white are the traditional colours of Greece, and as... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Visit the Witches Garden in Early November

  

  It's not often that I start a blog posting with a photo downloaded off the internet, but this time it's all in a good cause: this is the Witches Garden... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Pam and Jamie's Holiday Snaps

  

  Everyone comfy on their bean bags? Good. Settle back and relax as we bring you the latest holiday snaps from Garden Amateur's two little garden/art/nature lover... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Blink and You Might Miss It

  

  As we travelled the last few miles at the end of our recent 3500km driving holiday in southern Australia, Pammy said "I wonder what has changed in the two... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Easy Orchids

  

  Orchids are difficult to grow ... right? Wrong! Some orchids are so easy to grow they barely need any help from me to do their thing. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Doing Our Bit to Help the Bees

  

  While pottering around our inner-city garden, there's always some kind of background noise, whether it's merely traffic, neighbours talking, or local birds... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Lots of Flowers? Must Be Spring!

  

  "Hey, come and have a look at this," said Pammy, ever the eagle-eyed spotter of all things newsworthy in our garden. We had to get down on our hands and knees,... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Gifts from Friends

  

  At long last, and I mean after waiting 18 months, a bulb given to Pam and me by our friends John and Liz has finally flowered. That's it pictured below. "What i... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Cooking Bibles & Coriander

  

  It was only recently, on June 29 in fact, that I was writing something about growing coriander. At the time I was berating myself for not having much faith in m... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Position, Position, Position

  

  If there's one thing I have learned in a few decades of gardening, it's this: put a plant in a spot that it prefers and half your worries are over. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Good Mornings

  

  All the gardening gurus in the Southern Hemisphere will tell you what a lovely thing it is to have a "north-facing" garden. And they're right. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Looking for Something to Read?

  

  I know that some people like their blog-reading world organised into tidy categories, and so when you visit this blog you get lots of gardening content (althoug... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• While I Was Harvesting the Broccoli

  

  Broccoli is one of those vegetables that I have to admit I cannot ever get all that excited about. I don't mind eating it; in fact we eat broccoli at least... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• If Raindrops Were Diamonds ...

  

  I'd be a millionaire. Well, until the sun gets higher in the sky, that is, and then my diamonds would disappear.One of the most wonderful of gardening's simple... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Oh Me of Little Faith

  

  After all these years pottering around our garden, you'd think I could trust myself to grow some coriander without it turning into a drawn-out saga. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME

• Back to Normal (whatever That Is)

  

  If you've been afraid to open your web browser or email for fear that there would be another of my "Rewind" pieces sitting there like an overly persistent pet... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 GARDENING, HOME