Sometimes a garden can be quite inspirational
A short description of what happens if you take a walk around a garden and a Muse takes your hand. We are well into the month of December and as it has been a very dry year it doesn't look as though we are going to be planting many plants. That ... [... more]
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Day Lilies in a Garden in the Hills in May 2002.
A short note on the day lily - 'hemerocallis - and how it will grow in a garden in the hills around Perth, Western Australia. Day Lilies, or hemerocallis have many different varieties and the numbers are increasing all the time. The plant ... [... more]
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Gardening and the birds and all that
A piece about the latest additions to a garden and feeding the birds that are attracted to friendly gardeners. Most mornings our families of 'tame' magpies and butcherbirds hop around the verandah waiting for scraps of mince we have got into the ... [... more]
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Yes! Spring has arrived at last.
A short piece about spring work done in the garden in the hills around Perth, Western Australia After many cold nights, and days the last few days of September have been warmish. Time now to get into the garden and prepare it for the coming ... [... more]
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July is nearly over already.
A brief description of a redesign of a shady part of the garden. Jul 25, 2001 rhododendrons, azaleas, acers don't care rejuvenation of azaleas and rhododendrons choosing a rhododendron planting under trees - part 12 dichondra. broad leafed ... [... more]
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Roses at this time of the year are great to see
The Western Australian Rose society's spring show was held last weekend. Whenever I attend this sort of event the number of varieties of roses on show never cease to astonish me, and then there are the catalogues issued by the nurseries ... [... more]
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The last piece for 2002
A brief article concerning watering regimes in soutwestern Australia during the dry summer months. Thanks to all of you who have taken the trouble to read this column during 2002. I wish all of you a Happy and successful New Year and good ... [... more]
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June in the year 2001 - in the hills of Western Australia
A short piece about some of the gardening jobs in June in Western Australia. Many may remember the song: June is Busting Out All Over from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. It is a fact that nobody could accuse June of busting out all ... [... more]
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A Garden in the Hills Around Perth, in Western Australia
A short piece about April in the garden in Western Australia. March this year has not been very kind to gardeners around this area. There have been a few small and very short showers, but that is all. Many gardening books say that March heralds a ... [... more]
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Chrysanthemums and Tomatoes
Many years ago - and no, it's not a fairy story - my father loved growing chrysanthemums and tomatoes. We lived in the North of England and believe me the season for growing anything was very short. I have still no idea why father loved to grow ... [... more]
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Here is July - Upon Us Already
A short piece about some of the problems I experienced recently and some of the ideas I am working on in July, 2002. I suppose we all known that there are many subtle changes taking place in the garden as we are now at the 'beginning of the New ... [... more]
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The January news from Western Australia
A short piece on the vagaries of gardening in the intense heat of a Western Australian summer Well, at last, we did get a little rain, hardly worth worrying about really, 1.4 mm (0.05). This piece is a little late as today is February 2 2003, and ... [... more]
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