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• Splashing out on Herbs

  

  It's amazing what a difference a pot can make to a plant's personality. In the case of my traditional 'Mediterranean' herbs such as rosemary, thyme, oregano... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Beautiful Gum Bark

  

  "Bursting with pride" is how I feel right now, because my girl Pammy has just won a 'highly commended' award on the opening night of the GreenWay Art Prize,... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Tiny Tots

  

  All sorts of spring flowers in our garden are coming out right on schedule, and the tiny ones Pammy and I have been looking closely to spot have finally made... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Other Lambos

  

  Say the word 'Lambo' and most motoring enthusiasts think 'Lamborghini', but there's a scooter-loving sub-culture out there to whom a Lambo is a Lambretta. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2014 MOTO

• Getting Misty Again

  

  Well, it's hardly a spectacular success this time round, but I am still claiming one cup-of-tea's worth of self-bestowed job satisfaction for this... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• At Home in the Flowers

  

  It's that time of year when all the insect pests like to have a munch on our citrus trees, and the brightly coloured bronze orange bugs were my target this... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Sharp Little Record-setter

  

  It might be a fairly cheap little 1/43 scale model by Universal Hobbies, but there's just something about the shape, and the story, of this La Petite Rosalie... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 MOTO

• Copper Spooning

  

  The whole magical business of propagating succulents is one little by-way of gardening that never ceases to beguile me. Right now a pot full of leaves from our... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Temporary Housing

  

  A little addendum to my previous posting on Louisiana iris. This morning I noticed a pretty little decoration, a little jewel of a spider had decided to set up... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Purple Waves

  

  Memories are unreliable things at times. Here I was about to write a blog about "earlybirds" because I was convinced my Louisiana iris were coming up a bit... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Just the Right Amount of Oregano

  

  If you like growing herbs, as I most definitely do, I'm sure you will have encountered the minor problem of having too much of a good thing on your hands. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Sage Advice

  

  Good old gardening hunches. There I was several months ago with a gap to fill in the garden, standing in a garden centre looking at a bunch of herbs and other... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• And Now for Something Completely Different...

  

  Ships. Boats. Water craft. Call them what you will, I like the idea of a few model ships to give my study some visual variety. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 MOTO

• Mulching by Instalments

  

  Our extremely soggy August provided some of the best conditions for weeds to grow in living memory, and trust my luck that at the same time I have been on what... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• South African Belles

  

  Hey, the Scadoxus are in bloom again, so it must be September. In fact it's the sixth September these South African beauties have blazed away with their hot... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Small but Perfectly Formed

  

  There was an interesting chat on the radio yesterday morning about the number of seasons there are in Sydney's gardening year, and the consensus was that... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Mardi Gras in the Rain

  

  In Sydney it has always been true that it doesn't rain, it pours. Yet we also seem to have another pattern going lately — drought or flood. July was dry and... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• The Colony's First Gardener

  

  While the rain continues to tumble down outside and my garden drinks up the goodness sent down by Huey, I am happily sitting inside reading a book. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Rocket/arugula Growing & Harvesting Tips

  

  So you don't like rocket (or arugula)? Too peppery, eh? You're not alone if you just can't see what others see in rocket, but please believe me when I say... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME

• Pop!

  

  Pammy likes poppies. I like poppies. And poppies are so easy to grow. They flower in the middle of winter, they sway on long slender stalks, the unopened... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 GARDENING, HOME