Gee, a hose ban, for 4 years here we were not even to wash our cars, were on a limit of 140lts each day per person, thats not much at all, gardens all over the state died big time, we went 9 months with no rain at all. Got to the point the state government almost had to use tankers to ship drinking water to the city and towns, then of course when we did get rain, we had floods, gardeners are hardy souls!
..I think for gardeners in Australia, somewhere like Melbourne or Tasmania might be better... more traditional European style possibilities...so I'm told...
Yes, down south is better and more like the UK thats for sure. Still get summers well into the 40's in Melbourne. Still. there are advantages, seeds get sewn directly into the ground even in winter and things grow overnight and I mean that. We got state government rebates to instal rainwater tanks and with the high cost in water we have a healthy respect for its use!
Everyone says that European gardens are best. Let me raise the temperature a bit by saying the two greatest places for gardens IMHO are 1.Japan 2. Brazil ! I just love the fact you can grow stuff 365 days a year. I am doubling my lifespan! For example, those photos were taken in midwinter. Southern Japan is very similar. Australia, well I've never been, shame on me. But you are frost-free for the most part, right? I don't think you should be looking towards Europe....
PS I love the idea of seeds being sewn into the ground....just how do you do that precisely?
..Japan suffers tsunami's and Brazil has more lightening strikes than anywhere else in the world... not for me.... we have a great maritime climate here and usually proper seasons... I like that... wouldn't want to live, or garden anywhere else...
..as for seed sowing...well, we just dig a little hole and pop them in..
Verdun, One of the main differences between here and Cornwall is wind, we just very rarely get any. However, when we do it can be extremely devastating. Three years ago we got a tropical storm. Fortunately they are very rare in this area, but it completely devastated my garden in Atibaia. I had to cut it all back and literally throw away about half. Big-leaved plants are really only suited for forest situations, even here.
I'm sorry I'm giving up this site because of the unreliability of the photo upload. There is a good site for Tropical Gardens with reliable photo upload on Gardenweb. It is predominantly American, however.
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One of the "weeds". I now save the seeds of some of them and sow them as annuals.
Gee, a hose ban, for 4 years here we were not even to wash our cars, were on a limit of 140lts each day per person, thats not much at all, gardens all over the state died big time, we went 9 months with no rain at all. Got to the point the state government almost had to use tankers to ship drinking water to the city and towns, then of course when we did get rain, we had floods, gardeners are hardy souls!
..I think for gardeners in Australia, somewhere like Melbourne or Tasmania might be better... more traditional European style possibilities...so I'm told...
Yes, down south is better and more like the UK thats for sure. Still get summers well into the 40's in Melbourne. Still. there are advantages, seeds get sewn directly into the ground even in winter and things grow overnight and I mean that. We got state government rebates to instal rainwater tanks and with the high cost in water we have a healthy respect for its use!
Everyone says that European gardens are best. Let me raise the temperature a bit by saying the two greatest places for gardens IMHO are 1.Japan 2. Brazil ! I just love the fact you can grow stuff 365 days a year. I am doubling my lifespan! For example, those photos were taken in midwinter. Southern Japan is very similar. Australia, well I've never been, shame on me. But you are frost-free for the most part, right? I don't think you should be looking towards Europe....
PS I love the idea of seeds being sewn into the ground....just how do you do that precisely?
..Japan suffers tsunami's and Brazil has more lightening strikes than anywhere else in the world... not for me.... we have a great maritime climate here and usually proper seasons... I like that... wouldn't want to live, or garden anywhere else...
..as for seed sowing...well, we just dig a little hole and pop them in..
Verdun, One of the main differences between here and Cornwall is wind, we just very rarely get any. However, when we do it can be extremely devastating. Three years ago we got a tropical storm. Fortunately they are very rare in this area, but it completely devastated my garden in Atibaia. I had to cut it all back and literally throw away about half. Big-leaved plants are really only suited for forest situations, even here.
I'm sorry I'm giving up this site because of the unreliability of the photo upload. There is a good site for Tropical Gardens with reliable photo upload on Gardenweb. It is predominantly American, however.
..I find Gardenweb can also be problematic...however, I think there's more to life than a photo... best wishes...