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• Oh What a Lovely Little Holiday

  

  Well, this has been a very quiet little gardening blog of late. Nothing since May 6, nothing at all in June, and here we are in July already. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Bonsai Update — Risky Repotting

  

  First the good news: all the baby curry leaf trees are growing from seed. In fact all the seeds, even the slow starters in the punnet, are coming up. The bad... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Coriander the Easy, Seedy Way

  

  I really ought to have a bit more faith in myself. There I was a few weeks back, filled with doubt that my coriander seed-saving skills were up to scratch, and... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• FJ Holden at the Half-Way House

  

  Like most people, Australians like to believe in their legends about themselves, and part of that legend is the Australian-made Holden car. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2017 MOTO

• A Lot of Local Colour in Italy

  

  It's been quite a long while since I have created one of my dioramas in Photoshop, but lately I've been inspired to break all the traditional diorama-making... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2017 MOTO

• Hello, Instagram

  

  Well, I've joined Instagram, and you can find me atjamiemcilwraithand I'll be concentrating on posting my dioramas ... ... including the ones I create in... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 MOTO

• (Not) Doing the Rounds

  

  Well, I was going to write this blog posting two days ago, while the rain was still falling. And I was going to start it with something like "it's been 900... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• 1930s Art Deco Street Scene Diorama

  

  It's been a while (six months!) since my last post here at "The Die is Cast", so it's time for an update on what I've been up to. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 MOTO

• Bonsai Update – We Have Lift-off

  

  One of life's little mistakes that most of us make repeatedly is to assume stuff. Assume X will be OK. Assume Y will happen. Assume Z will get in touch about W... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• A Pinky-green Morning

  

  Our garden faces the morning sun, and this being a day when rain is around, the sunlight surged through the clouds in an ever-changing glow of pink. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Making a Bee-line for Salvias

  

  Bees can "photobomb" my flower photos any time they like. There I was quietly trying to capture what it is I like about my lovely blue salvia flowers, when the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Senior Moments

  

  Pammy and I have a little standing joke that we always share with her lovely Mum, Val, every time we go out together. At some stage in the evening one of us,... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Citrus Feeding Time Again, Folks

  

  It's a wet weekend at the end of February, and so that means it's ideal citrus feeding weather at the ideal time of year. I just did my lemon, lime and potted... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Small Beginnings for a Little Bonsai

  

  I'm not an especially spiritual person, but I do believe in the power of coincidences to affect your life. Here's a simple gardening example ... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• The Mossy Wall

  

  I'm not sure about you, but coming up with a plan can take me ages, and then at the last moment, just before I'm about to implement the agreed PLAN A, I come... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Frangipani Dreaming

  

  Well, it only took two months to get our latest frangipani planted. I thought it would take longer, being a pessimist about my workrate during summer, but the... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• What to Do with Too Many Chillies

  

  Everyone loves a bargain, and the closer you get to paying almost nothing, the better the buzz. Bargains are different from freebies, of course. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Summer Panoramas

  

  Lots of Sydney gardeners will tell you that we don't really have four distinct seasons here. We kind of spend most of the year in a lovely, mild warm season,... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• Dill Pickle Taste Test

  

  In a word, "YUM"!*What on Earth is he on about this time?*See the previous post — here. I made my first-ever batch of dill pickles. I've had to wait a few... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2017 GARDENING, HOME

• In a Pickle with a Glut of Cucumbers

  

  It seems like it was only weeks ago that I posted a blog about my newly planted little "Cutecumber" cucumber plants. And that's because it was only four weeks... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 GARDENING, HOME