Pittosporums are great plants for hiding fences, and even neighbours’ backyards. This weekend, we put in a Pittosporum tennuifolium, ‘Irene Patterson’, which will hopefully survive attacks by the chickens. You can see one in the background to the picture, waiting for its chance to take a bite. The hens tried to help dig the hole [...]

Recently we had a strange new plant in the front garden – it grew pretty quickly and looked quite good, so we left it there. This weekend, we finally identified it. Unfortunately, it was one of the most noxious weeds we have in Australia, Paterson’s Curse. You can find out more about this plant at [...]

Holidays are great! What isn’t so great is getting back to see the grass has grown like crazy, the chickens have dug up as much as they could manage while you’ve been away, and the aphids have taken over the new shoots on the apricot tree. I won’t even talk about the weeds….. There’s certainly [...]

September was the first month of Spring, and for the first time in years, the spring rains happened! At least for the first month. We’re hoping for a lot more in the next two months, before summer arrives. The weather bureau isn’t being very hopeful, however. Our total for the month was 95.25 mls, a [...]