The Container Garden at the beginning of Spring getting ready for an overhaulThere are two main 'events' occuring this year in the garden.The Main Event is an ambitious planting of seeds that I have collected over the years in order to get fresh new seeds for storing and putting into the seed bank for the … Continue reading Ambition
Grazing guinea pigs in the orchard/chook yard out of town.Last Friday afternoon we packed up our three remaining boar guinea pigs and took them for a drive in the countryside to a lovely property where the folks there keep guinea pigs and chickens in a netted orchard. I had read of keeping guinea pigs and … Continue reading Chickens VS Guinea Pigs
I have had a busy winter so have not posted very much at all and the garden was left largely to its own during that time. This can only go on for so long and last Friday I managed to get out into it once again and start planning for Spring.Space is becoming a real … Continue reading End of August Update
I've recently tried propagating date pits and have managed to easily get them to sprout a root. I had them in damp newspaper for about a fortnight and have since transferred the viable ones to a pot of moss to let them grow further. Kept in a dark place still.
0615 Massive hail storm hitting Albany town centre. Heavier and heavier. Heavy rain and lots of thunder and lightening throughout the early morning. Still extremely dark outside so no idea of the damage if any yet.
Petit Paradis 