Final Post for 2007

Last Collage 2007
A collage of some of the final 60 or so photos this year!
This site will change over the next few days
but still continue with the 'a photo a day' theme!

Happy New Year Everybody

A Photo A Day - No. 362

Lemon Cucumber
Despite the heat this week
this little Lemon Cucumber is growing strongly!

A Photo A Day - No. 361

Blue-Banded Bee

Amegilla cingulata
An Australian Native Bee
often used to 'buzz' pollinate plants in green houses.
Although they do sting they are not aggressive
so will only sting if provoked.
Seen here on a lavender bush in the garden,
blue flowers being their favourites!
Fact sheet here

A Photo A Day - No. 360

Tillandsia usneonides
From the Bromeliaceae Family
AKA Old Man's Beard, Spanish Moss, Grey Beard or Tree Beard
Known as an air plant as they don't require soil to grow,
getting their water from the air.
Here I mist them during our hot, dry summers
and they are safe in the shade house from our winter frosts.

This is the first time I've noticed the very tiny flowers
that are described as insignificant.

A Photo A Day - No. 359

Bed 4 Carrots
Planted yesterday.
Already covered to keep Mrs Houdini off!
Will be covered with shadecloth...
as a heat wave approaches!

A Photo A Day - No. 358

New Wind Farm
On a ridge off to the side of the road...



...we have watched this wind farm being built.



Now the blades are in place and it's ready to go.

A Photo A Day - No. 357

Ducks in the Creek
This was a very restful spot
to take a revive break
on our trip back from Adelaide.

A Photo A Day - No. 356

Don't Crash Out
Road safety signs for the Xmas break!
Stop. Revive. Survive.
Often there are revival stations
on major roads over holiday breaks.
Local service clubs provide a free cup of coffee,
a pleasant spot to stop
and a break on our seemingly endless long roads.

A Photo A Day - No. 355

White Agapanthus
About to bloom

A Photo A Day - No. 354

Boxer Bark Mantid
Tidying up in the garden on the weekend
I noticed this strange little lady
Very difficult to see
it's a well camouflaged mantid
More info here

A Photo A Day - No. 353

Brassica Seedlings
I've started sowing Autumn brassicas.
They are germinating rapidly.
These Broccoli were up in a couple of days!

A Photo A Day - No. 352

After the Storm
Yesterday's storms were all noise.
Very little rain fell here!
But look at the sunset after the storm!

A Photo A Day - No. 351

Sky
With storms forecast for tonight
the sky is very strange this morning.

A Photo A Day - No. 350

Celpar in Flower
As the celpar plant flowers it produces millions
of tiny flowers clustered together in an 'umbell'
Being a cross between celery and parsley
it is as useful as parsley,
and the stems have a strong 'celery' taste.

No 50 collage this time,
I'll wait for the end of this year.

A Photo A Day - No. 349

Ninja's Sleeping Box
Tired of Ninja sleeping on top
of the new green's seedlings,
I've given her an empty box
that's just for her to sleep in.
So far it's working

A Photo A Day - No. 348

Five Bags Full
5 big bags of shredded paper
ready for mulching the garden.
They'll go in the chookrun first!

A Photo A Day - No. 347

Seeds Are Up!!!
These sunflower and sorghum seeds
were only planted last week
They'll be ready for planting out in the garden soon!

A Photo A Day - No. 346

Ida Gold Tomatoes
These tiny bush cherry tomatoes
are now ripening!

A Photo A Day - No. 345

More Apricots
The second apricot tree is fruiting.
This time I've 'bottled' the fruit.

A Photo A Day - No. 344

Hippeastrum

A Photo A Day - No. 343

Free Seeds
With Diggers Club membership
you get 8 free packets of seed a year
These 4 packets were in the post today!

A Photo A Day - No. 342

Blue Lake Beans
The beans on bed 10 have taken off...
I usually have so much trouble with beans.
Last year they didn't even come up.

A Photo A Day - No. 341

Cherries 07
The net is off and the Cherries picked.
Had to grab a photo before Doc ate them all!

A Photo A Day - No.340

Bottlebrush Flower
The Australian native Callistemon
Fact Sheet Here

A Photo A Day - No.339

Bottlebrush Bud

A Photo A Day - No. 338

Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Lime Fizz'
Lime Cotton Lavender
Another Santolina

A Photo A Day - No. 337

Acacia acinacea - Gold Dust Wattle
It has very interesting seed pods!
Fact sheet here

A Photo A Day - No. 336

First Tomatoes
First ripe tomatoes for this season!

A Photo A Day - No. 335

Jasmine
The Jasmine is flowering...
...filling the air with summery smells again!

A Photo A Day - No. 334

Bird-dropping Spider
Celaenia species
She looks just like her name says!
She will stay close to that egg sack.
Very interesting spiders, so go here for a fact sheet.

A Photo A Day - No. 333

Lucky-dog Bath
Always happy to have a bath (not)
on a very warm day (36C)

She didn't stay clean for very long though!

At least she's cool now!