New Projects

Spring is here and all of a sudden there seems to be a dozen jobs calling for attention every day: seeds to be planted or watered or set out; perennials to be tamed and propagated;  lawn to be forever cut and raked and composted; fertilizer to be applied; mulch put out; lawn chairs put out and sat in for long coffee breaks.
The back yard is looking nice this year.

 A new gravel path around the front and side of the house has finally finished the surrounds and given me a clean walkway. New cuttings are in and now I just need it all to grow.

Some puppies will climb into anything with wheels, just to have a ride!

Play, play, play, collapse

New canopy over back door, works a treat.

Reflect on that!

Spring: Mini movie

After countless hours of editing formats, updating programs, reading 'help' files and annoying little pop-ups telling me I can't do things, I have finally arrived at my first very mediocre  movie. If this wasn't the third day of rain I would be wracked with guilt over wasting so much time. The next movie will be much better and take vastly less time. Hope you like it!

Spring at Last

 Kate Llewellyn is one of my favourite Australian authors who writes beautifully about her gardening experiences and thoughts. I remember her saying in one of her books how she would wake on a spring morning and feel like a horse champing at the bit wanting to be out in the garden. How that resonates for all gardeners, I'm sure. Spring has come to Nanne's Garden and every day brings new delights as something else shakes off its winter sleep. 

Cuttings in the garden shed that have just sat there all winter are suddenly leaping out of their pots, including my hydrangea cuttings that I am dying to plant NOW, but patience is needed just a little longer till the back of the house gets some more warmth. The sun has just started hitting there in the late afternoon.

 The orchid has been dragged out from behind the garden shed to just outside the kitchen window where I can admire it throughout the day.

The solar clothes dryer: cheapest on the market at $5 for the rope 

and a cup of coffee for the workman

 My lovely Wisteria: only 5 fronds last year. nearly 70 this year. 

 I know these plants can pull down sheds if left to run away, but I'll face that when I come to it.

 Done all my 'pruning wisteria' reading!!!

Nanne's gardening companion, Molly 

And finally, the rhododendron comes to life, brilliantly, as usual.