Poppy Perfection

I thought these plants were never going to flower as I planted them right back at the beginning of winter.

But what do you know, they were just waiting for Rememberence Day - 11th November.

When just unfolded the petals look just like crepe paper!

Neat as a pin

Even on a day with early appointments Rod manages to make the bed - and always so beautifully done! I'll stick to Garden Beds and leave him to it.

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100% Success with Lamley

Tulipa ‘Margarita’

Early flowering double dark pink flushed purple. Very long flowered variety on sturdy 35cm tall stems. Good for picking and for pots as well as a great garden variety.

Last years tulip bulbs were purchase from Garden Express- only 50% flowered. This year I decided to give Lamley Nursery a try as David Glenn sources his bulbs direct from Holland and is confident of the quality.  Every bulb produced a healthy large bloom. 

Waratah Success

After attempting to grow from seed and then purchasing 5 small plants on mail order I had one plant survive, in fact thrive. One flower this year, hopefully many more next year.

Stationery Objects - A Colourful Post

Stationery Objects. 

After our prized Ghost Gum blew down in July '16 we had a collection of broken permapine posts from our Berry trellis. Rod cut the Permapine logs to size and shape and then we undercoated with Solver Maxi PSU (Primer, Sealer, Undercoat).

The logs were then topcoated with Norglass Weatherfast Gloss in a variety of bright colours, some of which were achieved by intermixing standard factory made colours.

A bin with handles cut off and holes cut out the bottom to drain water was then painted with stripes of Silver metal primer to create the perfect size pencil holder.

Getting to the root of the problem

We are finally getting the potager garden beds remade after the unfortunate falling of the large ghost gum near to the boundary fence in July. Our contractor established that a large root on the uphill top corner was still intact and had not been removed along with the other roots and remaining stump when the stump muncher was brought in. Although the root had been visible in the original potager, the standing tree gave it purpose and it made sense to leave it. Now that there is no tree a visible root just seems unfortunate. A great job for Easter Sunday!

On removing surrounding dirt it was revealed that in actual fact it was a tangle of 3 roots. I could see if we could remove this in one section we would have a special sculpture and a great keep sake from our beloved stately tree. Mission accomplished- root rolled down to the campfire area. Over time I will clean it up to give it more dignity.

Worth the effort!

Beam there, done that

29 years ago Rod painted these Family room beams Blue-Grey

29 years and 8 cleaning + 16 painting session later the beams are now Brittish Paints Silver Beige to match the walls.