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Known and recorded origin
The hebe karo: Golden Esk are planted at the base of the bund on both the North (street) and South (lawn) sides. On the South, the aim is to provide some year-round shape and colour underneath the...
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Hydrangea lady
This week at the garden centre, one of the gardeners asked me my name. We exchanged introductions and she exclaimed; great to know your name! We all just call you the hydrangea lady!
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Spring clip
A very short haircut mainly for the benefit of the compost, the first Spring clip.
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Water and wait
We are extending the lawn. I thought the prep might take a week. A month more like it. I love a flat lush lawn. Bowling green, putting green – the lawn dream. Our last lawn was laser levelled, earth...
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Round 2 Tulips
The first round of tulips is done, and other varieties are pushing through. I performed a cut and cull, removing the big pink flower heads (leaving leaf and stalk) to reveal the round 2 tulips.
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Tulip circles
Earlier I wrote about the tulip bulb pits. Here they are up, in pretty tulip circles.
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Dormancy
Winter. Even the evergreens appear gloomy and a little yellow. The late autumn chop of the pittosporum golf and golden balls refuses to die and mulch, sitting on the frozen ground as fresh and snipped...
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Salad greens
I started with punnets and potted them up (instant gratification). Then used the punnets to start some seed. Still waiting for the last frost but looking forward to salad greens.
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