A rare visitor to the garden

The Gang-gang. The gang gang is a bird and the name Gang–gang comes from a New South Wales Aboriginal language, either Ngunnawal or Wiradjuri. It is possible both language groups called it that. We have not seen gang-gangs in our garden previously and were delighted when a flock appeared in the garden. It was only a…

Trouble at mill. . . . .

This is in our driveway. We are not sure what has caused it but we thought it might have something to do with some plumbing repairs we had done last year. We thought it could be that or it was underground drainage.  Strange that it is the first time this has happened in the twelve…

Our roses have produced beautifully since the bushfires.

We haven’t had good roses for the past couple of years but this year we have had beautiful blooms.  I think that the advice I received from my sister-in-law has also helped.  She advised me to use Black Marvel.

A new hedge was planted last year but the hot weather did its thing

At the very back of our property we decided to plant a lillipilli hedge as they are well known to be a fast growing hedging plant.  The plants we bought were of a reasonable size and they were doing really well until last summer’s scorching hot days when the hedge was damaged by the sun…

A bit of cheer from the garden.

What we have done to our hedge.

Our side hedge is quite a long hedge and over the years since we have lived here the height of it seems to get taller and taller.  One year we did get someone in to lower the hedge but it obviously wasn’t low enough and it has grown back over the years again. You can…