Another cool Spring morning enticed me out early this Saturday, the sun just above the horizon and peeping into the garden, enveloping all in its warming glow and highlighting zesty colour combinations. All the plants but one in this Saturday’s Six are new to the garden this year and it has been both satisfying and…
Category: Six on Saturday
Garden Views: SoS November 3rd
We have had a week of warm temperatures, with most maximums being 30 degrees or over. Disappointingly, there have been strong hot westerly winds as well which have caused damage to some of the perennials, those that have softer stalks. No matter, they will soon recover. Yesterday, after an unpleasant day of wind and heat,…
A Tale of Six Roses: SoS October 27
This morning I stepped out over the dew dampened grass luxuriating in the early sun and relishing the peace of the neighbourhood before the lawn-mowing leaf-blowing brigade began their Saturday labours, before the dogs began to bark and the next door pool began its irritating whine. A garden is enchanting at that early hour of…
Saturday Splendours, SoS Oct 13.
Spring is galloping ahead here in Mudgee. We’ve had some rain and the garden is flowering in quite an unrestrained fashion. Many trees have finished their Spring blossoming and are now decked out in leaves of soft tender green. I’ve been away for almost a week and have returned to find that new blooms are…
Bounteous: SoS September 29
It was like snow in my garden this morning! White Pyrus petals were drifting, tossed here and there by the breeze, flurried across the garden and coming to rest, eventually, on the lawn. Almost overnight, it seems, Spring has really arrived, and I am in an unusual quandary: that of having many plants to choose for this…
Noble Narcissi: SoS, September 16
For weeks I wondered where all the snails disappeared to. During Winter, with the small amounts of rain we had, I sometimes went out into the garden to find snails, and to my surprise, they mostly eluded me despite searches under and around their favourite hiding places. However, one night last week, with warmer temperatures…
SoS: September 1: Still frosty.
Today is considered to be the first day of Spring in Australia, although technically speaking, real Spring doesn’t begin until the equinox on 23rd September. It seems, however, that Winter hasn’t quite finished with us yet here, in the Central Tablelands of NSW. We’ve had some rain, a good amount for us, and a cold…
Something Stirred. SoS August 4
Winter is not over yet. Although the days are becoming noticeably longer, it’s still very chilly overnight, and I know from experience that it’s quite possible for us to be faced with frost well into September before we can say for sure that the cold weather has finished for this year. A large percentage of…
Disaster and Delight: SoS July, 28
After two weeks away, I was anxious to get back to the garden to see how everything had coped with the cold weather that has been occurring in Mudgee. I knew that there had been many frosty mornings, and in fact, two of those mornings had been around -7.5C, which is decidedly chilly. As far…
SoS, July 7: Small Bright Spots.
Although some bulbs are making an appearance, much of the garden is having its Winter rest, so this week’s post is more about small spots of colour rather than any overall abundance of the kind that Spring will hopefully produce. Most plants need to rest at some time of the year, so I’m grateful to…