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Posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:25:15
Timbo in Oz
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 g'warn!


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Actually, to be perfectly honest... I *hated* them..., posted on November 6, 2009 at 19:57:58
ElbowGeek
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 Ok, just kidding ;-) Seriously, thanks for showing us a bit of your life in upside-down land, I really appreciated it.

I really enjoy your walk pictures as well, so do post those when you get a chance as the scenery is stunning.

Cheers

I liked it lots, and although much work went into..., posted on November 6, 2009 at 19:30:17
mpathus
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 ...your garden, it doesn't seem too fussy in the unnatural way some sculptured ones do.

Preserving the old growth trees gives strength; I bet the wildlife approve!

Is there a water feature?

We in the states were big about birdbaths, which are now becoming ponds. The drawback with ponds are that they attract tree frogs in the spring - sound like ratchets and drive ya nuts at night. It amazes me how something so tiny can sound like it puts out 5 watts of acoustic energy for hours on end.

It's partly because it Topsy'd, and also because I find a lot of gardeners a bit overkeen on tidiness and, posted on November 7, 2009 at 17:58:32
Timbo in Oz
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 sharp edges, IYTMMeaning!?

The natural Australian bushland - around here dry-schlerophyl forest or treed grassland - is VERY scruffy, too, and I like that.

Just by the way, not one of the three remaining large gum-trees are 'old-growth' trees. In any case this relatively flat area was cleared for grazing in the 19th Century. Noting that the SW forested side of Mt Taylor was too steep for sheep, and so was not cleared. It remains pretty much the way our aborigines would have left it.

Nine years back I had to remove two gums out the front, between the path and the western neighbour's block, out of the three established gums when we moved in. The one we kept is a red flowering iron bark aka Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, much beloved by whole flocks of Noisy Friar-birds in late Winter / Spring. (look them both up?)

Why, because one was leaning over the neighbour's house - seen in the photos - and t'other because it was infested with sooty-mould on its trunk, which stays on after the originating scale infestation. And, both were also holding back the lawn we had then, and the birch tree, and any hope of shrubs or ground cover.

The monster tree - that the Territory government now accepts responsibility for* as a street tree - was saved# by me through 1980/81/82#, from a tiny struggling sapling. In the middle of the previous great drought! I believe it to be a narrow-leaved peppermint gum. A native 'sport' I'm guessing.

* They finally came and trimmed it just this week, after I wrote to them about it earlier this year. I mentioned its proximity to the road, and its gum-tree habit of dropping branches, some of which can weigh several hundredweight!
The third tree was one planted and nurtured by me, in the late 1980's, the River-Peppermint which holds the nest - eucalyptus elata. Very common in SF in CA, too!

It's a pity, but I missed taking photos of the red flowers, and the masses of cream flowers on the elata, this year.

The back garden? Soon?!



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Where is the garden???, posted on November 6, 2009 at 18:10:57
pretzel_logic
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 I love gardening and am and will be trying to eliminate more lawn next year.
it's this thread, posted on November 6, 2009 at 18:15:32
Timbo in Oz
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Timothy Bailey
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger

And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

'Still not saluting.'

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Nice garden ...., posted on November 6, 2009 at 17:07:36
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 ... I’m a heathen and old school, I still like lawns :o)











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"I still like lawns" ! So do I!, posted on November 6, 2009 at 18:13:46
Timbo in Oz
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 lovely to look at and walk on, but water is no longer cheap down here, nor is it plentiful.

I'll admit I'm a bit ahead of the pack with the mulching, but I'm not entirely on my own. It is an approach promoted by the ACT government.

Curved beds and swaled tops for the back garden, isn't new either! But it is hardly common around here.

I'll soon be mulching the W and SW sides of the house with about 80mm of crushed concrete over thick layers of newspaper, effective in reducing evaporation, and it won't burn either.

Note that we've found that wood-chip mulched gardens aren't as fire-prone as was once thought. And, being at ground level they don't tend to blow around. And, you can damp them down - given enough warning.

It's the big piles of undistributed mulch that are an issue. Once alight you have a local source of embers, just add wind.









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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

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Hey, I was looking for the snake. No snake. nt, posted on November 6, 2009 at 15:16:17
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I didn't post 'cause it scared me., posted on November 6, 2009 at 14:39:07
Muzikmike
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 It looked too much like a garden that would be here in the U.S. Aren't flowers supposed to grow upside down over there?

Those flowers were just too U.S. pretty. I expect Australian flowers to look Australian, dammit!


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There is just too little room for them!
I did, dadgum it!, posted on November 6, 2009 at 11:55:44
Bruce Kendall
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 Or did I do that in my dreams? I do stuff like that all of the time, you know.



Yes, you did ....... but no-one else did., posted on November 6, 2009 at 12:12:08
Timbo in Oz
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 Sobbbb ......


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'Still not saluting.'

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Well, you have to consider that, posted on November 6, 2009 at 18:36:26
Bruce Kendall
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 you posted photos of a lovely setting at springtime......and we aren't going to know what spring looks like for a long, long, time. `Kinda hurts, you know?

Not only that, but this is supposed to be an El Nino year. That means we'll see so much rain everyone will need to mount pontoons on their cars. [Sigh] On the upside, we're desperate for the rain.



El Nino, well yes thy are predicting a veru dry Summer for here, too!, posted on November 7, 2009 at 00:19:01
Timbo in Oz
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 Which fits, you'll have a wet winter.


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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!

'Still not saluting.'

http://www.theanalogdept.com/tim_bailey.htm

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