Gardenamateur

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MY BLOGS

  • The Die is Cast http://diecastthings.blogspot.com/

    I collect diecast model cars, and I'm interested in both the history of the cars, plus photographing them in dioramas which I create in Photoshop.

  • Garden Amateur http://gardenamateur.blogspot.com/

    I've been gardening here in my small backyard in inner-city Sydney for over 20 years, growing a potager style mix of vegies, herbs and flowers. I also like to blog about cooking and the wildlife that drops in for a visit.

LATEST ARTICLES ( 569 )

  • The Black Lagoon

    Black Lagoon

    It's great how words get hijacked and reinvented down through the years. I was thinking about the case of the word 'trug' while I was enjoying a late afternoon... Read more

    Posted on 10 December 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Powdery Mildew Controls

    Powdery Mildew Controls

    (Every now and then a garden blogger has to narrow down his or her focus and talk to the locals, and so this posting is probably aimed at gardeners on the east... Read more

    Posted on 06 December 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Humorous Weather

    Humorous Weather

    Our resident rain god, Huey, has a great sense of humour. December 1, the first day of summer. Hee hee hee. Cold and rainy, the classic Aussie summer, eh Huey?... Read more

    Posted on 30 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Credit Where It's Due

    Credit Where It's

    As regular blog readers here might know, to earn a living I work on a gardening magazine. I mostly edit the text written by everyone else, including our real... Read more

    Posted on 29 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Innocent Bystander

    Innocent Bystander

    "I wasn't doing nuthin' officer. I was just growing here, minding my own business, when these pelargoniums muscled their way in. If there's anyone trying to tak... Read more

    Posted on 24 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Sweet Scents

    Sweet Scents

    It will be a major innovation when they finally figure out how to do it, but wouldn't it be nice if someone invented a 'scratch and sniff' widget which you coul... Read more

    Posted on 21 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Razzle & Tatty Dazzle

    Razzle Tatty Dazzle

    One of my most fabulously lurid flowers is at it again. Blooming, I mean. It's my 'Bengal Tiger' canna lily. In polite gardening circles the colour orange is... Read more

    Posted on 21 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Crunchy Munchies

    Crunchy Munchies

    My girl Pam likes her healthy snacks: carrot sticks, celery sticks and cucumber sticks. (I think all this health food puts the cosmic balance of our house out o... Read more

    Posted on 16 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME

  • Country Style

    Country Style

    Change of place, change of pace, I paid a visit to rural New South Wales for a very short break, and took a little pocket camera with me as I suspected the... Read more

    Posted on 13 November 2010 GARDENING, HOME