My Spot

This is my favourite spot in the garden…I sit on that log and count all the sunflowers and straw flowers, the cosmos and calendulas, the nigella and alyssum that are popping up all the duration.
I watch the yarrow and tansy, the rosemary and lavender, the correas and arctotis, the erigeron and oregano, the golden marjoram, borage and wallflowers that I’ve planted as […][Source] Scarecrow

Adding a Garden Pond to Your Yard or Patio

Dressing up an existing garden in more strange ways takes a little innovation and sometimes, plenty of money and professional help. However, there’s one garden element which can compose a dramatic difference, which you can do yourself with just a little effort and not much expense.
Garden ponds add a peaceful little getaway spot right in your own backyard. With a proper selection of water plants to populate your pond, you can have a little exotica as well.
It’s fundamental to scope…

Chilli Peppers Live Again

Last year in a tub in the Dog Pen Tank Garden I grew two Jalapeno Hot Peppers. They were still growing well in early April that year when we had to move their tub to produce way for Doc’s Cob Oven area re-vamp.
As they still had fruit on them I stuck them into a couple of tyres where some Raspberries no longer grew by the gate. During the tidy up I popped some rocks around the base of them as mulch.
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Winter Vegetable Garden Tips

We live in the southern United States and have moderate temperatures during the winter. We are planning to grow a bunch of vegetables that winter that do well in cool or cold weather.
Cold weather vegetables that can handle temperatures as low as 26 to 31 degrees include broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, lettuce, mustard, onion, radish, and turnip.
Cold weather vegetables that can resist even lower temperatures include carrots, brussels spouts, collards, kale, parsley and spinach.
If you l…

Then I Can Plant!

Garden Log 26 Oct 08:
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 1.9C Ya! No Frost Again!Lowest Max 21.2CHighest Max 33CNo Recorded Rainfall

Three Wicking Box Gardens that were built earlier that year were sitting on the Pergola bench not doing a lot. When I watered them I noticed they were still working well so I topped them up with some more worm castings and planted some Salad Greens. The Shade cloth ‘blind’ has be…

Antz Attack!

I normally complain about ants hanging around in the garden…they bite ouch!
But that dawn I found these three guys hauling away the body of a Cabbage Moth Caterpillar. I don’t know whether they had killed the little grub or not but they are welcome to take as many of these caterpillars as they like!
In the duration it took me to take the photosthey had dragged him by a metre.
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Picking the Right Home Gardening Tools

Picking the Right Home Gardening Tools.
If you love gardening and you spend a lot of moment amidst your flowers taking care of them soon after you most probably want to use the best gardening tools available on the market.
Many society simply go to the store and buy the first thing they see but that’s not always the best method. It is far more effectiveness whether you do a little research and see what kind of tools will be best for your garden.
You will see that there are some styles that we…

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