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TRY THIS … returning from holidays
Being away for a while, my garden is not looking well. Some heavy frosts have taken their toll and the continuing dry hasn’t helped....
A stonefruit bounty…
I have been enjoying the proliferation of wonderful stone fruit available lately. I have made plum jam, apricot jam and mixed berry jam...
TRY THIS … shaping succulents
Shaping succulents can be a tough but rewarding process.
Another interesting way to grow these amazing plants is in a ball or as a tower....
Apricots in abundance…
Further to stone fruit from two weeks ago I thought it was time to find out a little more about apricots in the area...
Blooms all year round
With all the wonderful rain we’ve had, a moderate flood in the river and Leslie dam at almost 30% full, just maybe we can...
Nature’s way of protecting trees in hard times
In a previous column I described a tree I admire, the lignotuberous Carbeen, more commonly known as the Morton Bay Ash, and had found...
The ultimate in bush tucker
Last Sunday 29 July was National Tree Planting Day, so I thought some more about trees I have heard about or known, was appropriate.
One...
Tulips on my mind
Following on from daffodils in the week before last’s column, tulips are on my mind.
I saw a beautiful arrangement and it reminded me of...
Golden wattles are a sight to behold
When the bus started down the eastern side of Cunningham’s Gap early on Saturday morning as we were on our way to the Queensland...
A true hero of the garden
One of my all-time favourite things to grow in a garden, because it such a useful fill-in plant, is sweet alyssum or as I...
A myriad of uses for native plants
I’ve recently been given a beautiful book of native plant illustrations that was compiled by a group of very talented artists in the ACT....
Garden ‘left to own devices’
As readers of this column will know I was away for a good many weeks and my garden was left to its own devices....
A blaze like no other: Killarney Bonfire Night lights up
A fiery tradition will blaze to life again this Saturday as Killarney gears up for its annual Bonfire Night.
Held at the Killarney Showgrounds, the...
