Tag: Entertainment
Tips and tricks for seeds…
I stumbled on an article by a fellow gardener from America recently and found some of his tips were very interesting.
Some, like...
Eucalypt of many names
As I drive around this southern area of NSW I have seen a species of eucalypt I hadn’t notice previously. As I looked...
Spring gardens blooming…
The Annual Garden Competition is still being held by the Horticultural Society as is the Floral Window Competition. Over the years these have been...
Apples – a rich history
I recently read an article about the death of what was supposedly the oldest apple tree in America. It was reportedly 194 years...
Plenty to admire as spring buds…
As I’ve been driving around town I’ve been admiring some of the gardens and especially the loropetalums at the court house corner. They...
Gerberas amaze with colour
As a small child a lady who lived down the road and was known as “Granny Hayes”, grew Gerberas down each side of her...
Perfumed, pink and pretty
One of the beautiful shrubs I’ve seen about in gardens and parks lately is the pink variety of Indian Hawthorn. A beautiful, perfumed...
Honeysuckle lifts the spirits
Some weeks ago I bought a honeysuckle plant and put it in a pot to grow on a trellis on my back fence. ...
Endless iris varieties…
Many years ago a lady I knew in Trangie NSW had an iris nursery. At the time I had nowhere to put them...
Celebrating the rain with the mower
It’s rained!! I’ve had the mower out and cut my grass! Oh how I enjoyed doing that and now, with the forecast...
Lawn mowing actually a pleasure…
Driving around town is a delight these weeks since the rain. Lawns and nature strips are green and lawn mowers in use everywhere....
A showy specimen…
For many years I have admired a shrub around town in various gardens.. never knew what it was or bothered to find out! However,...
80 years on
On 15 August, 1945, the world celebrated the end of hostilities between the Japanese Empire and its enemies.
We children, who could only remember a...
