Dahlias again

I posted about my purchase of three dahlia tubers a while back so I can now let you know how they have progressed. We had a very wet Spring which I think gave the plants a good start.  I had also planted the tubers in the vegetable patch where they get watered every day. The…

Growing ginger

I have tried a few times to grow ginger but have not been successful but I think this year I might have managed to do it. If you check out ginger growing on the internet it seems as though it is an easy thing to do but I have obviously been doing something wrong or…

A cleaning job

This water feature was desperately in  need of a clean after winter.  Our son constructed this water feature for us when we first moved here. The bowl walls were coated in slime and it didn’t look good. I started by emptying out the bowl and then scrubbing the walls and the bricks that hold the…

Do you grow dahlias?

My elder daughter bought dahlia tubers last year and grew some beautiful dahlias and she inspired me to buy some tubers and try for myself. I was able to find a local grower who sold tubers so I was good to go. I bought three tubers to begin this year and see how I get…

A new flower for us.

We had a new flower in our garden recently.  We have many different succulents which had been planted by the previous owners.  In the back garden there were several that just look like a cross between a yucca and agave. There has been no flower in the years that we have been here but to…

Kangaroo paws

Since November last year we have had more rain than we usually have during summer.  As a result of this extra rain our garden has grown at an incredible pace.  We have had a profusion of blooms on plants that normally struggle to produce any blooms or only produce a few blooms.  One of those…