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• Deliciously Soggy

  

  Every gardener in Sydney will be pleased to see the rain falling these last few days. It's been a long time between drinks for our parched gardens. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Red Gluts

  

  Many of our mornings look like this. Red gluts, of almost too many strawberries. We visit Pam's mum, other friends, and each time we take a punnet of... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Happy Little Pumpkins

  

  I posted this photo (below) of my latest (ie, second-ever) effort at pumpkin-carving on Facebook last night, and my wonderful niece Lisa, who's been raising... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spanish Flower Shows

  

  The first time I spotted a Spanish moss flower it was on a computer screen. I had taken some pix of my Spanish moss plant and noted tiny green flecks on the... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nigella's Secret Admirer

  

  I've been patiently waiting for months for this day to arrive, when our love-in-a-mist (Nigella) plants, sown from seed last autumn, finally burst into spring... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Hope & Faith

  

  Before the fruit come the flowers, and so this image bears hope of delicious crops to come on our passionfruit vine. Of course bees need to do their thing, but... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Patient Progress

  

  One of my favourite gardening blog titles is 'Patient Gardener', as that is what I would like to be: a patient gardener. Shame about that, can't have... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Gone Potty Over Herbs

  

  After my previous blog posting on the new 'Herbs Spices' book by Don Burke, as well as my own potted herb garden, one of my regular and most thoughtful... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spicing up the Herb Garden

  

  I've been waiting for a chance to do an update on my herb garden, as it has changed a lot in the last year. The big change is that almost everything is growing... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Water Babies

  

  Wednesday morning they looked like they would flower sometime next week, and they were in full bloom two days later, on Friday morning. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Nesting Instincts

  

  I love bird's nests, they're one of the construction miracles of nature, but recently I found a vacated "modernist" nest which shows how some birds are... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Is My Soil Healthy?

  

  There was such an interesting letter in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning that I thought all vegetable growers who missed it might want to know what was... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Mossy Imaginings

  

  Pammy and I had such an exciting time last Friday night, as it was the opening night of the art exhibition called "31 Days" at Gallery Red in Glebe, in which Pa... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Picnic in Mississippi

  

  Half the fun of going on a picnic is driving there in nice car on a pleasant day, and so that's what this diorama is all about. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 MOTO

• Spring's Other Colours

  

  I know I did a post only recently about one succulent's lovely colours at this time of year (Senecio jacobensii), but I think the topic is worth another quick... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Started Weeks Ago!

  

  One of the fortunate things about my new life as an erratically employed freelancer is that I get more time off to do gardening, whether I want the time off or... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Blink and You'll Miss It

  

  I hope the hymn-writers union doesn't mind me borrowing their line about "all creatures great and small" when discussing "all things bright and beautiful"... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Our Torches Are Glowing

  

  "Crikey, what are those things?" asked the tradie working around the back of our house. He was pointing towards the quartet of dazzling orange scadoxus in... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• Cool Colour

  

  One of the things I love about so many plants is the way they change colours throughout the seasons. Many succulents throw on their glad rags during winter,... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME

• An eBook to Savour

  

  I've had numerous friends say to me over the years that I ought to turn my little gardening blog into a little gardening book, and a friend of mine who has... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 GARDENING, HOME