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Old Girl Chook Deenie
AKA Mrs Houdini
There's one in every flock.
No matter where she's living
she always manages to escape!

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Hot Chilli Peppers
I cheated and bought a potted seedling this year!
It's just ready for planting.
It's already got chillis setting on it!

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Number 300!
The last 50 or so photos!
All in one collection.

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Windy Weather
Strong winds again this weekend
This branch has fallen
Since it's in the garden, luckily...
...it hasn't damaged anything.

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CALLITRIS gracilis - Cypress Pine
Our native Pine trees
We're having thundery weather lately,
the seed capsules are opening
ready for the rain.
Fact sheet here

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Daddy Long Leg Spider
Pholcus phalangioides
A very common spider in Aussie houses.
I think we have one in every room!
This one has a fly for her dinner!
Fact sheet here

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Potting Mix Cat
With the beds all planted
and the compost used,
Ninja has to be content
with a bag of potting mix to stretch out on!

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Fungus
This fungus is growing on a log in the garden,
Looks like a piece of toast to me!

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Purple Asparagus
Last night's 6mm of thundery rain
Has brought up the purple Asparagus.
Yes we've had some rain at last!!

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Peanut Cactus
Otherwise known as either
Echinopsis chamaecereus,
Lobivia silvestrii,
Chamaecereus sylvestrii
or even Cereus silvestrii.

Phew! No wonder I had trouble finding a name for it!!!
More info here!

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Almost Summer
With temps up around 40C already
we've put the shades back up in the veg garden,
plus a new one...and planning more.

Yes it's almost summer!
Except that summer doesn't start for another 5 weeks!

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Cool Ninja
If back in winter Ninja could find the warmest spot,
Like Here
with the days warming up fast
I can rely on her to find the coolest places.
Looks like the worm farm is still in a cool spot!

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Eager Nasturtiums
Not even planted out yet!

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Hot House Basil
I set up this container to slowly drip
while we were away.
It's watering the Basil so well,
I'm going to leave it there!

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Ginger
Out helping in the garden the other day
Doc named this chook Ginger.
Not because of her colouring
but because of her fancy footwork
A real Ginger Rogers!

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Double Zuccs
This Golden Zucchini flower is a double!

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Fish
Warmer weather plus cleaned out ponds,
equals a population explosion of fish.
Here all lined up sunning themselves
at the ponds edge!

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Tumble Dried Eggs
Found a good use for the old tumble dryer!
The old girls were moved back to the Fruit Garden
But they needed a sheltered nest box!
Old Mama seems impressed!

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Hospital Spring Fete
Lots of fun, lovely day.
Our garden club held a plant stall.
This photo was taken just before the belly dancing started

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Main Vegetable Garden - Spring
My favourite shot of the garden.
Viewed from the North-Eastern corner.
From here you can see the hot houses,
the watering barrels,
the Bed 3 curtain protection,
and shadecloth over Bed 2 early plantings.

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Red and Green Kangaroo Paw
Anigozanthos manglesii
A native of Western Australia
mine has been living in the shade house.
While we were away it decided to flower.
More info here

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Billbergia nutans
A very hardy bromeliad growing in my shadehouse.
The flowers are an unusual mix of colours.
Also called the Friendship Plant or Queen's Tears.
More info here!

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Tropical Bug
Even tropical gardens have bugs!
I don't know what this one is.

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Frangipani
Growing in our daughter's tropical garden.

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Walking the Plane
At Sydney airport during a stop-over
it was strange to see this man leading the plane
on to the tarmac.

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Saturday 6th October 2007
Our Daughter's Wedding.
We travelled to tropical North Queensland
for her special day!

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Main Vegetable Garden - Spring
Viewed from the North Western corner.
The Broad Beans in the front are producing well
next to the early Potatoes in the cloche.

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Main Vegetable Garden - Spring
Viewed from the South Eastern corner.
Bed 1 still to be prepared and planted.

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Main Vegetable Garden - Spring
The view from the South West corner
Beds still need to be prepared in this section.
Planting will begin soon

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Kangaroos
Taken on a trip up north early in the morning.
Click on the photo to enlarge it

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Rock Rose
The Rock Rose is flowering
next to the convolvulus cneorum