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• Cheap Thrills

  

  Call it 'cheap thrills' but I love growing plants from seed. Now I know that a couple of postings ago I was complaining about my capacity for impatience, but I'... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Spring Cleaning

  

  There's a major cultural event happening this weekend in Australia, known as 'The Festival of the Boot', and so this is the perfect chance for me to spring-clea... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Surprise, Y'all

  

  Well, I didn't expect to see this sight when I wandered out the back door this morning. Louisiana iris in bloom! So early – they were just furled blue flags onl... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Creche Expectations

  

  Venturing out into the garden every morning during spring with my little camera in my pocket feels like I am gathering the news, except that I'm mostly a... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• A Little Deficiency of Mine

  

  One of my favorite blog titles (and blogs), is 'Patient Gardener', the ongoing story of how Helen is going in her garden in Malvern Wells, in England. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Taking to the Skies

  

  Here's a change of pace for this little diecast collector, and in both cases these planes came into my collection as a result of reading a great book. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2012 MOTO

• Charles Darwin's Strawberry

  

  Call it an unexpected bonus or, better still, something for nothing, but we've got a strawberry crop on our hands here – without planting strawberries. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• I Think They Like It Here!

  

  I really do think they like it here. Who? My succulents, of course. You can read all about the succulent garden makeover here, if you like, but a couple of week... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Retail Therapy

  

  We were discussing online shopping the other day, and I must admit that I am a devotee of this modern trend. Not completely, but quite a bit. For me it goes lik... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Got It Covered

  

  Oh what a difference mulch makes! We've all been indoctrinated in recent decades to value mulch for its ability to disappoint weeds and to keep the soil moistur... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Aw Shucks

  

  Hi everyone, Gulliver here. Since my memorable trip across America last year with Pam and Jamie I've been taking it easy here in my little green patch, but I... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Photographing the Whole Collection

  

  Over the last month or so I have been slowly chipping away at a little project of photographing all my model cars in a nicer way. Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 MOTO

• The Sound of Trumpets

  

  There's an old saying about 'what goes around, comes around' and in the case of clivias, they're back in my garden once more. I planted clivias here 20 years... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Sunday and All the Rest

  

  The traditional, indeed biblical idea of Sunday being a day of rest has quite an appealing sound to it. Day of rest... as in, 'doing nothing'. Must try it... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Yes, Spring Definitely Has Sprung

  

  Wow, Huey's laying on a pearler of a first week of spring. Sunshine plus warmth in the 20s every day, and for the next few days it seems. Love your work this... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Check out the Slideshow

  

  I've just spent the last half-hour figuring out how to set up a slideshow of all the dioramas I have done in Photoshop (96 so far, says Photobucket), starting... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 MOTO

• Finally, Some Real Progress

  

  Should I ever get my hands on the Weather God, Huey's, temperature control knob which sets the day's conditions for Sydney, for a lot of hard yakka in the garde... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Making the Bed

  

  So much work and so little to show for it, but that's making the bed for you. Garden beds, I mean. It's a classic piece of 'behind the scenes' work, much the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• Heavy Lifting

  

  It's a glorious, sunny Saturday afternoon and here I am inside blogging on my computer, when I should be outside weeding, digging, planting and, well you know..... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME

• We Have a Plan!

  

  Well, it's not an especially cunning plan (and it certainly doesn't involve turnips either), but Pammy and I have finally come up with a plan for remodelling ou... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 GARDENING, HOME