Friday, February 6, 2009

My Garden: Summer 2009 Backyard

Poor Buddha is even beginning to sag. I've made a few changes in the garden over the last week, my lillypilly is now in the ground surrounded with Japanese buxus.

I don't have digging space so I'm trying to fill the space along the fence with pots. Will try some Bird of Paradise, gardenias and a climber of some kind to cover the fence.

This mini rose is a gift from a friend, such a great feeling to see it doing well despite the heat.



Herbs such as sage and parsely are doing well. They love hot and dry.

My water source in the background (left), I just need to add a tap and put a mozzie proof cover on top. I'm not rushing we've not had any rain to save over the last two weeks and none predicted for the remainder of February.

Cute little Euphorbia, Brett's choice.


My messy workbench

It's huge, my plan was to make a sensible sized Nicholson style bench but didn't want to shorten the panels I used for the top, s...