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Tag Archives: gardening
1st January 2020
Some thoughts . . . It has been said that in the before time, our nation was not covered so much by eucalypts. As in, they were not the dominant tree species that we have today in Australia. But … Continue reading
Posted in Self-Regulation & Feedback
Tagged Albany WA 6330, australia, environment, gardening, Great Southern Region, nature, permaculture, Petit Paradis, resources, Tillellan, weather
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Boxing Day
Merry Christmas to you if you should be reading this. I hope it was a pleasant one. Our local bike shop was recently inundated with boxes given that they were taking delivery of extra bikes to be given as gifts … Continue reading
The Big Dry
I have not spent much time in the garden, aside from the morning and afternoon check and water. The days have been warm. Almost a heat-wave you could say for the last week or so. It has me pondering over … Continue reading
Little Kingdoms
This is the garden a few months ago when the beds were upgraded and planted out with tomatoes, spinach other seedlings removed from the pathways. Several months later it is a jungle of tomatos, herbs, flowers, spinach, pepino . . … Continue reading
Posted in Obtain a Yield, Plants
Tagged Albany WA 6330, animals, frogs, gardening, Great Southern Region, nature, observations, permaculture, Petit Paradis, Tillellan
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Macrozamia riedlei
Google Maps won’t show you a birds eye view of the bushland that was once Joondalup. What is today a northern suburbs metropolis of Perth, was once coastal woodland quite typical of the Swan Coastal Plain. This is how I … Continue reading
The Very Large Hole in our Backyard is Closing Up
There is a large hole in our backyard. It’s not in the ground, but above our heads. Here in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia I’ve felt the sun like I have not felt the sun anywhere else in … Continue reading
Posted in Observe & Interact
Tagged Albany WA 6330, australia, environment, gardening, Great Southern Region, nature, observations, Ozone Hole, Petit Paradis, weather
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Summer Delights
The dahlias are flowering. Steadily over the last two years I have managed to cultivate our burgundy dahlias well enough to increase them in number. I have seen them described on-line with such fanciful names as velvet wine, black satin … Continue reading
