Saturday, April 6, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
A little March update
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Snakes alive!
According to wiki
The Eastern Brown Snake is the second most venomous land snake in the world.
Sharyn & I were enjoying a pleasant morning tea when one slithered past our feet less than a couple of metres away.
He was hunting for lizards and had the scent of one behind this rock wall.
While peering into a crevice between the rocks it suddenly thrashed it's body and disappeared completely. At the same time a copper backed lizard dashed out from the other side and headed for cover elsewhere.
The Eastern Brown emerged, still hungry, but ready to strike. Shortly afterwards it hide itself behind the same rock, waiting for the lizard to return.
I didn't do any wall building for a couple of days.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Garden in December
The garden has a few new ironstone walls, and some of the flowers are showing signs of recovery after the the 'roos have left. Early morning is the best time to shoot - photos, not 'roos. The thyme and salvias are thriving - the 'roos tend to avoid them. Although, the strawberries behind are a favourite of theirs, we've put mesh over a small area, they can share the rest with the bower birds and currawongs.
This area close to the pizza oven is a favourite of mine, it shows the tiers of rock walls we've built to define areas for planting.
The herb garden - thyme, oregano, rosemary and sage, with a few curry plants, lemon thyme and mint hidden amongst them.
New rock wall lined with hebes and westringea.
Cales and I have been experimenting with concrete garden art. We started with a couple of spheres. They fit in well with the salvias, dianthus and ironstone. The mulched areas will be massed with flowers eventually.
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