chatty today arn't I?
I love to garden, flowers, veggies, herbs, fruit, creepers, ground covers.. l even enjoy weeding.
Summer is such a challenge, trying to get enough mulch on a shoe string budget, get it on early enough and thick enough to protect the plants, but no so early that it has composted before the end of summer.
Trying to keep water up, with limited tank water to spare.
Trying to keep the plants shaded from the sun on hot days.
I used to have a lovely cottage style garden, pretty flowers that needed watering every day, thriving herb & veggie gardens. That was town water supply and a house block that used to be a cow paddock.. oh the crumbly black soil!
Now l have to choose plants that are frost/drought hardy, low fire danger, bird/bee attracting and hardy enough to survive free range chooks & kids plus the pup.
I plant something, water it for a couple of days, then hope for the best. Most plants l put in take a couple of years to establish before they get new growth, then they take off. Grevillia, pelargonium, geraniums, daisy, lavender are all good shrubs.
Pig face is my all time favourite ground cover, so many colours to choose from and it so easy to propogate. Creepers, l like passionfruit, happy wanderer, not much else has survived, though l like the idea of grapes.
All my fruit trees have established quite well, by the 3rd year they fruit well. In some cases too well, poor peach tree was so laden last year it needed supports under every branch.
Last summer l planted the last of my surviving veggies in pots and put them in the green house, just to keep them alive. This summer l've mulched a lot earlier and have shade cloth to put up on the hottest days. Next summer.. hopefully a tunnel green house.
I love to garden, flowers, veggies, herbs, fruit, creepers, ground covers.. l even enjoy weeding.
Summer is such a challenge, trying to get enough mulch on a shoe string budget, get it on early enough and thick enough to protect the plants, but no so early that it has composted before the end of summer.
Trying to keep water up, with limited tank water to spare.
Trying to keep the plants shaded from the sun on hot days.
I used to have a lovely cottage style garden, pretty flowers that needed watering every day, thriving herb & veggie gardens. That was town water supply and a house block that used to be a cow paddock.. oh the crumbly black soil!
Now l have to choose plants that are frost/drought hardy, low fire danger, bird/bee attracting and hardy enough to survive free range chooks & kids plus the pup.
I plant something, water it for a couple of days, then hope for the best. Most plants l put in take a couple of years to establish before they get new growth, then they take off. Grevillia, pelargonium, geraniums, daisy, lavender are all good shrubs.
Pig face is my all time favourite ground cover, so many colours to choose from and it so easy to propogate. Creepers, l like passionfruit, happy wanderer, not much else has survived, though l like the idea of grapes.
All my fruit trees have established quite well, by the 3rd year they fruit well. In some cases too well, poor peach tree was so laden last year it needed supports under every branch.
Last summer l planted the last of my surviving veggies in pots and put them in the green house, just to keep them alive. This summer l've mulched a lot earlier and have shade cloth to put up on the hottest days. Next summer.. hopefully a tunnel green house.
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