Our garden has had some clearing in the backyard – it was getting overgrown. Graham and I like it like that – natural looking but we’re planning on putting this house up for sale and moving to the country so others might not quite like it like that.
The front yard is getting a new injection of colour with Cyclamen, Pansies and other plants and I’ve taken a bit from here and put it there (ribbon plants, swedish ivy, and other ground covers) to fill a few bare patches.
My posts here have been lacking. Last year was not an easy year for us and with the drought and recent high temperatures and bushfires in our state, my garden isn’t much to write about at the moment. I do work hard to keep green as a featured colour 
and we continue to recycle water in buckets from showers to ensure my garden can be watered more than the Sat & Tues between 6-8am ruling. I hope to come back and post more often soon.
I don’t understand why in Victoria we were told we could only water in the mornings from 6am to 8am? I have 2 days a week alloted to me – one week day and one weekend. To me it would make sense to water in the evenings – particularly in the summer. That way the gardens would stay damp for the majority of the night, whereas during the day and under the hot summer sun, the garden dries out really quickly. Where is the sense in this?
Perhaps someone might be able to tell me the reasoning for this but it seems to me that the majority of people would be getting ready for work in the mornings, or want to lie in bed a little longer on the weekends whereas in the evening, the majority would be home organising their evening meal or doing something else and they could water their gardens then.
What do you think?
A couple of weeks on and my plants are growing well in the giant tea cup. The strawberry plant has thrown out a feeler in search of more land. I wonder what would happen if I put another planter nearby?
I was at Bunnings last weekend to get some more plants for our front garden to fill up the empty spots and passed by this gorgeous giant tea cup. I looked at it and thought ‘no, I’ll get it another time’ and went off with my shopping list. But I passed it again on the way to the cashier and thought if I didn’t get it now, there might not be anymore the next time I come. There were only a few there. I couldn’t resist it – we have a large glass outdoor table on the back patio that was looking very bare. But this giant tea cup which now has Mint, Parsley and Strawberries growing in it, looks right at home. What do you think?
