My garden

7 Jun '09 4:26 pm

Thanks for the info. about the Chinese Pistachio, Macflax! The Brindabellas sure are lovely!

Cheers!

gordonf

30 Jun '09 3:58 pm

Summer season is coming to end this year and i see my plants grown from the rich sunlight.A few more weeks or a month either rainy season will come and it's time for them to be rich in water.

2 Jul '09 12:22 am

hello MacFlax. I am not able to view the pictures you have posted. It seems that they have been deleted. Beth www.iflorist.co.uk .

8 Jul '09 1:05 am

I hope the garden looks nice as I can't view the pics at this moment. It seems to have been removed. Beth www.iflorist.co.uk

23 Oct '09 1:45 am

[quote="MacFlax"]Our garden about a month ago, looking towards our neighbours. In the foreground is the old veggie patch, full of prunings and a few temporarily transplanted little plants.

And a pic of the Chinese pistachio.

Ok, I really, really love this view, beautiful, just beautiful.... and that chinese pistachio! never heard of it before but what a lovely tree for a landcape.

31 Dec '09 10:07 am

Sorry! I couldn't see your pictures, or the entirety of your post! So, cannot say you sounded grumpy.... Didn't know new posts were removed?? Hmm, no wonder I feel some of mine go off into the electron hinterland!

b.

13 Mar '10 9:30 pm

A busy somewhat stressful summer, not very garden oriented unless you count the major pruning job to allow replacement of a fence. I hope I'll be around more now that autumn is here.

The countryside has benefitted from the recent rains.

After days of waiting for the weather to improve we were finally able to see the hot air balloons taking off in the annual balloon festival.

14 Mar '10 9:45 am

MacFlax - things are definately greener in your neck of the woods than over here. I love the hot air balloons - that pure azure sky is stunning, and hints at the hot day that lies ahead.

Hope to see more of you now that things have settled a bit. Very Happy

15 Mar '10 1:35 am

I don't know about settled. The house seems to have reached that certain age. The bathroom exhaust fan needed replacing and that resulted in a leaking roof. The kitchen rangehood was failing and there were no adequate replacements of a suitable size for the cabinetry so that lead to ten weeks of kitchen renovations, which of course weren't completed by Christmas after all. And then just before New Year the automatic garage door broke down, we managed for a while by lifting it manually but then it got stuck and we had one car trapped inside and one outside. Then we noticed rust in the hot water so just this week we had a new hot water system installed. And the spare room which I made some progress on last year has filled up again and keeps me awake at night trying to work out the Rubik's cube dilemma of where to put everything.

Lots of work to do in the garden too but parts of it are looking lovely, such as my Salvia Sierra Pinks.

15 Mar '10 7:42 am

MacFlax, You might notice that all these things which are sticking, being annoying, and breaking down could be considered peripheral. Perhaps it's a sign - the minimalistic cave-woman (or artist?) inside you is craving to be heard? Perhaps you are meant to simplify your life and move into a shed at the bottom of the garden, living with books and buckets only... Hee hee

I can make a small contribution - my dishwasher, which is fixed one night and flooded by the next morning. Oh well - my bathroom towels are getting a lot of laundering. An uncharitable person would think there must be 25 people living here who have toast - according to the number of crumby jammy knives which are dishwashed daily. Hmm... I have (temporarily) rediscovered the joys of drying the dishes with a tea-towel.

Have fun in your garden - no plumbers or carpenters required. Hopefully. Cheers, M

My garden

MaxFlax!

cave-woman or artist?