11am Sunday. We woke up to see snow falling this morning, so not going out to the greenhouse - the plants will just have to do their best on their own. The house isn't all that warm either, so I've got my hand-knitted lap rug over my knees (made from my home spun mohair from our angora goats) and sitting in front of the TV. I've been watching the kangaroos through the windows and they just seem to hunch up a bit, but keep on eating. Even the joeys don't seem all that bothered. I'd expected to see them try to find a shrub or tree to get under, but no!
We had a lovely day yesterday. Both our daughter and son plus grandson came down for a family lunch for hubby's birthday. No gardening done then either. I'm not very worried though, nothing is growing and even the seedlings in the greenhouse just sit there and look back at me as if to say, "we're not going to put any more leaves on until you produce better weather, so there! "
I hope your sticky pruning job is finished, Marion. Don't your neighbours offer to help?
I love your photos Flumpy. Your parents' garden looks very green and restful. Love Marion's photos of her flowers as well. I've not got much in flower at the moment, but hubby and his friend went bush recently to search out a motor cycle track and came back with some photos for me. I'll try to attach a couple for you. The pink flowers are Epacris and the fern is , as you would of course identify is our Australian Tree Fern - Dicksonia antarctica.
Well, after our snowy start to the day, by 2pm it had turned to wet goo and the only snow visible was on surrounding hills.
Photo 1 is of Ipheion uniflorum on front verandah, photo 2 is a long distance view of some of the hills. photo 3 is north bed and photo 4 is South bed, both showing typical winter ugliness except for struggling jonquils and my Thymus border.
i grow ipheion uniflorum in the garden and the clumps are getting bigger each year. I must look up that epacris flower which looks very pretty. Your big skies remind me of Canada but not the colour of your terrain. Eucalyptus is a much bluer green than fir trees and kangaroos much lighter in colour than moose! Neither have the freshness of the English countryside but then neither do they have the density of population so do not suffer as much pollution. It is low today so will be comfortable for me to get on with more pruning. My neighbour's gardener has just trimmed their side of the long lonicera hedge which borders my drive on their side of the small wall, for the first time in many years so I am grateful for that though he did use a noisy electric trimmer and I will do my side by hand. He scalps the grass much too short for the wild flowers too which makes me grateful I cannot afford a gardener even if I was willing to delegate some of the joy I get from gardening to someone else. A splendid big peacock butterfly came into the conservatory last evening and has spent the night there.
Morning Pat, lovley photos and I'm loving the baby pants , I never knew it snowed in Australia, I always thought it only snowed in Newzealand You llearn something every day, hope the kangeroos don't eat your garden plants Pat?
The kangaroos are mostly interested in grass which makes hubby happy - less mowing to worry about. I have much more problems with the Crimson Rosellas - they pick and eat the juicy buds but the worst birds are choughs which dig up all the bulbs.
I'm glad you liked the photos. What did you think about the road with the broken bridge? I must say I was shocked when hubby showed me what they had discovered.
It looks like a very big forest, and the road looks good, did they have to clear it out by them selves? And will they have to fix the bridge too. Your raised bed looks nice too
Morning Marion hope you get your sticky job finished today, it's rained in the night but grey and dry now . There was a really big butterfly in my parents garden it was black and terracotta, it kept swooping over the pond It shouldnt get to close to the fish tho, they will have it for dinner
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Forecast is for rain tonight and tomorrow morning for Bristol but brighter in the afternoon so should get some gardening done.
I had my first tree cherry today
sadly it was the only one on the tree but I still grew one!
11am Sunday. We woke up to see snow falling this morning, so not going out to the greenhouse - the plants will just have to do their best on their own. The house isn't all that warm either, so I've got my hand-knitted lap rug over my knees (made from my home spun mohair from our angora goats) and sitting in front of the TV. I've been watching the kangaroos through the windows and they just seem to hunch up a bit, but keep on eating. Even the joeys don't seem all that bothered. I'd expected to see them try to find a shrub or tree to get under, but no!
We had a lovely day yesterday. Both our daughter and son plus grandson came down for a family lunch for hubby's birthday. No gardening done then either. I'm not very worried though, nothing is growing and even the seedlings in the greenhouse just sit there and look back at me as if to say, "we're not going to put any more leaves on until you produce better weather, so there! "
I hope your sticky pruning job is finished, Marion. Don't your neighbours offer to help?
I love your photos Flumpy. Your parents' garden looks very green and restful. Love Marion's photos of her flowers as well. I've not got much in flower at the moment, but hubby and his friend went bush recently to search out a motor cycle track and came back with some photos for me. I'll try to attach a couple for you. The pink flowers are Epacris and the fern is , as you would of course identify is our Australian Tree Fern - Dicksonia antarctica.
The bike ride won't be using this track, bridge out; pants I knitted for my friend's first grandchild.
Well, after our snowy start to the day, by 2pm it had turned to wet goo and the only snow visible was on surrounding hills.
Photo 1 is of Ipheion uniflorum on front verandah, photo 2 is a long distance view of some of the hills. photo 3 is north bed and photo 4 is South bed, both showing typical winter ugliness except for struggling jonquils and my Thymus border.
i grow ipheion uniflorum in the garden and the clumps are getting bigger each year. I must look up that epacris flower which looks very pretty. Your big skies remind me of Canada but not the colour of your terrain. Eucalyptus is a much bluer green than fir trees and kangaroos much lighter in colour than moose! Neither have the freshness of the English countryside but then neither do they have the density of population so do not suffer as much pollution. It is low today so will be comfortable for me to get on with more pruning. My neighbour's gardener has just trimmed their side of the long lonicera hedge which borders my drive on their side of the small wall, for the first time in many years so I am grateful for that though he did use a noisy electric trimmer and I will do my side by hand. He scalps the grass much too short for the wild flowers too which makes me grateful I cannot afford a gardener even if I was willing to delegate some of the joy I get from gardening to someone else. A splendid big peacock butterfly came into the conservatory last evening and has spent the night there.
Ha, Epacris longiflora is also known as fuchsia heath and the cigarette flower and has been in cultivation since 1803!
Morning Pat, lovley photos and I'm loving the baby pants
, I never knew it snowed in Australia, I always thought it only snowed in Newzealand 
You llearn something every day, hope the kangeroos don't eat your garden plants Pat?
Hi Flumpy and Marion
The kangaroos are mostly interested in grass which makes hubby happy - less mowing to worry about. I have much more problems with the Crimson Rosellas - they pick and eat the juicy buds but the worst birds are choughs which dig up all the bulbs.
I'm glad you liked the photos. What did you think about the road with the broken bridge? I must say I was shocked when hubby showed me what they had discovered.
It looks like a very big forest, and the road looks good, did they have to clear it out by them selves? And will they have to fix the bridge too. Your raised bed looks nice too
Morning Marion hope you get your sticky job finished today, it's rained in the night but grey and dry now
. There was a really big butterfly in my parents garden it was black and terracotta, it kept swooping over the pond 
It shouldnt get to close to the fish tho, they will have it for dinner 