tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37697705035765451052024-03-14T03:28:20.663+11:00Coming Up Roses~~garden wrangling 5 gardens across 2 states of Australia~~
freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-24314725809760027572015-01-27T18:26:00.000+11:002015-04-11T17:04:53.227+10:00Dahlia - Cornel Red <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsvz1-a9nKOUtRfiYwY0x_5SHTMApwTDb2xy0WmnYZC_qSSXkV7grdVfXknsvhshO36kowpBY64LwE5w46iV62j0VdEWO6cADCdcb41mrhzvfz9uGN-Hwcw-R8Mng9AEUTs1pub0280/s1600/cornel+red.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagsvz1-a9nKOUtRfiYwY0x_5SHTMApwTDb2xy0WmnYZC_qSSXkV7grdVfXknsvhshO36kowpBY64LwE5w46iV62j0VdEWO6cADCdcb41mrhzvfz9uGN-Hwcw-R8Mng9AEUTs1pub0280/s1600/cornel+red.jpg" height="531" width="850" /></a><br />
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The second of the Dahlias to flower.<br />
Cornel Red from the "Ball" variety.freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-56051116041824235372013-12-14T17:25:00.000+11:002014-12-31T20:19:36.096+11:00Melbourne Garden - a New Challenge<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpiiMbWJCv7QXZU8ZWInkffuv3UKr_PRjtVjxFkO3ICQ6LOJX7uMlmFFVNYrH4IakuoUH5b58VZzQmW-TwUbvdv3GUnf6SvvC6DmRD8gXuOYD-4Xx6yzvECAQNFtmK20G7sVx5UY1yTY/s1600/paig161113B.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpiiMbWJCv7QXZU8ZWInkffuv3UKr_PRjtVjxFkO3ICQ6LOJX7uMlmFFVNYrH4IakuoUH5b58VZzQmW-TwUbvdv3GUnf6SvvC6DmRD8gXuOYD-4Xx6yzvECAQNFtmK20G7sVx5UY1yTY/s1600/paig161113B.jpg" height="594" width="950" /></a><br />
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It looks a bit different now to when we left 5 years ago!<br />
My Melbourne garden was my first garden.<br />
I grew beautiful purple wisteria and <a href="http://freefallingskyward.blogspot.com.au/2007/10/im-still-here.html">golden yellow roses</a>.<br />
Pinky apricot climbing roses (Crepsucule) and scarlet Virginia Creepers and burgandy-coloured grape vines.<br />
<a href="http://freefallingskyward.blogspot.com.au/2007/05/season-of-mists-and-mellow-fruitfulness.html">Lipstick orange-red maples</a> and <a href="http://freefallingskyward.blogspot.com.au/2007/08/thank-heaven-for-camellias.html">pretty pink camellias</a>.<br />
Sadly since turning the property over to tenants who aren't keen gardeners, only half the plants remain.<br />
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But a new challenge has arisen.<br />
Trying to create a self-maintaining garden that looks reasonably attractive.<br />
I guess colour is the first casualty of a neglected garden.<br />
I wonder why that is?<br />
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The existing climbing roses required too much maintenance for our non-gardener tenants and our infrequent visits, so I have opted to replace them with bush roses.<br />
Last Spring I planted four along the front fence - only two remain:-<br />
This beauty - Belle du Seigneur (beauty of the lord??)<br />
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and this one Bordure Camaieu - <a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/90443/camaieu">here's what camaieu means</a> - a fairly apt description. <br />
It's covered in buds - fingers crossed they last the summer.<br />
If they don't - I think I am going to introduce an irrigation system to the garden.<br />
Both roses are Delbard Roses - distributed in Australia by <a href="http://www.rankinsroses.com.au/shop/Delbard-French-Roses.aspx">Rankins Roses</a>. <br />
I have a couple of these roses in my Ararat garden<br />
and they really stand up to the conditions and always have such lovely colours.<br />
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Pressed for time, I had to choose from what little was available at the local Bunnings.<br />
The Ballarat Bunnings and Toowoomba Bunnings garden sections are always fantastic.<br />
The Melbourne ones - bleh.<br />
Anyway... I picked these two.<br />
I have a Parkinson's Passion at Pendlebury Hill and I find it to be a very jolly, hardy, long-flowering creature,<br />
so hopefully it will thrive in Melbourne.<br />
The other is an unknown quantity but I do love a bright yellow rose.<br />
Let's see how long these ones last!<br />
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This one lives at No.28 in Ararat.<br />
It's such a happy cheery rose.<br />
And the petals <i>really do</i> look like the tutus in Degas' paintings.<br />
See?<br />
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A new one!<br />
It doesn't have a home yet.<br />
Aunty Maria always gives us $50 when she sees us.<br />
This is what I bought.<br />
(I have enough left for another rose!)<br />
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<a href="http://www.treloarroses.com.au/products/product.asp?pID=5492&c=241847">Ebb Tide </a><br />
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Photo: iphone - 23 November, 2013freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-74670755025267647842013-11-23T11:48:00.001+11:002014-12-31T20:28:43.436+11:00Rose of the Day - Auguste Luise<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJr_Hk8c4xiZcQt_w4ttoV4RN1T7b91TGMwIwLf2-DeNaXsJJjhPKKiUSz2tHNz4Nzvx6dGwCMMTVbu5x7_QQdliAnxY77nxVZFiL1X5Tu7dfbirWohbvv6BW5PYZ8SAZnzsgGH572Zg/s1600/augusta+luise.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJr_Hk8c4xiZcQt_w4ttoV4RN1T7b91TGMwIwLf2-DeNaXsJJjhPKKiUSz2tHNz4Nzvx6dGwCMMTVbu5x7_QQdliAnxY77nxVZFiL1X5Tu7dfbirWohbvv6BW5PYZ8SAZnzsgGH572Zg/s1600/augusta+luise.jpg" height="709" width="950" /></a><br />
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After 7 months of utter and total neglect, I felt sure my fledgling rose garden at Pendlebury Hill, Ararat<br />
would be dead as a door nail (or <i>door nails</i>, as the case may be) - but plants always surprise me with their tenacity.<br />
The rose garden is absolutely glorious and this year I am particularly taken with this one.<br />
Augusta Luise.<br />
Innit purdy?<br />
Hybrid tea bush rose.<br />
Absolutely covered in blooms.<br />
'Tis here if you would like one - <a href="http://www.treloarroses.com.au/products/product.asp?pID=3003&cID=20">Treloars.<br />
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Photo: iphone - 22 November, 2013, Pendlebury Hill, Ararat, Victoria, Australia<br />
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Work continues slowly on my garden at home, but<br />
I'm pretty lucky to live around the block from this lovely park<br />
and we are currently celebrating the annual Carnival of Flowers.<br />
Toowoomba looks as pretty as a picture.<br />
All the public gardens around town are green and leafy and colourful.<br />
Toowoomba is such an utterly civilized city to live in - tree-lined streets,<br />
beautiful parks and gardens, stately homes and beautiful public buildings.<br />
It kinda makes me feel a bit like I'm a bit too uncouth to live here!!!<br />
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Photos: iphone - 18th Sept, 2013<br />
Queen's Park, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia<br />
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freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-58518706266825183492013-07-21T08:37:00.000+10:002014-12-31T22:13:26.615+11:00A Little Pink to Start the Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7FGzo-XTAa0WBHuAb5p_-tN9HNHi6rBQh4YEw8tZLrNF45Hk9NaE4JryJdHwQ1N-pergH5hxGhMoKVI7OvBLKiBlsnfuGIb8QNrTr_ijxe1VVbnqaUswsOU9Mje6_HkujdnrUzgGgG8/s1600/cups217.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7FGzo-XTAa0WBHuAb5p_-tN9HNHi6rBQh4YEw8tZLrNF45Hk9NaE4JryJdHwQ1N-pergH5hxGhMoKVI7OvBLKiBlsnfuGIb8QNrTr_ijxe1VVbnqaUswsOU9Mje6_HkujdnrUzgGgG8/s1600/cups217.jpg" height="709" width="950" /></a><br />
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Photos: iphone - 21 July, 2013 morning<br />
Home, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australiafreefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-43215090816813235092013-07-14T07:21:00.000+10:002013-09-21T09:41:28.367+10:00Let's Get This Party Started!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNSh-HQh5WGV3af1ZkMMHVoqRGwPbc5VGXgWoLE32yGTVky0MG7vi1ssKPd-RSN2RMgcL7qdmA7iOHh6DeSOAoqx0duo-6eCCueq2bQRKCEg-HGxRJMIgIZcu2GvgqhIOmp1jRk-Ynyg/s1600/round+the+garden+today.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="1033" width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNSh-HQh5WGV3af1ZkMMHVoqRGwPbc5VGXgWoLE32yGTVky0MG7vi1ssKPd-RSN2RMgcL7qdmA7iOHh6DeSOAoqx0duo-6eCCueq2bQRKCEg-HGxRJMIgIZcu2GvgqhIOmp1jRk-Ynyg/s1600/round+the+garden+today.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I was recently reminded of this photo (2011 - my garden in Ararat).<br />
I can't seem to get my creative gardening juices flowing.<br />
I have a bit of a blockage.<br />
Maybe coz it's winter.<br />
Thought this photo might shake loose a few little feelers in my brain.<br />
Poke, poke, prod.<br />
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See that plant stand.<br />
I bought it for $5 from the rubbish tip shop in Toowoomba, Queensland a couple of years ago.<br />
It's cast iron and weighed a tonne.<br />
I put it in our wagon and carried it nearly 2000km down to our home in Victoria.<br />
With our luggage and 3 dogs also in the wagon, we were uncomfortably squished.<br />
Now I live in Toowoomba again (after 25 years away) and I'm gunna have to bring it 2000km back home!<br />
Fun times.<br />
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freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-55624278974065643842013-06-27T09:58:00.000+10:002014-12-31T22:14:51.957+11:00New Town-New Garden: How Exciting!!<img alt="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XBXhjqBR5x0/UavdqjwqKiI/AAAAAAAADIk/NayLnOae7bg/s1600/todaya.jpg" class="decoded" height="653" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XBXhjqBR5x0/UavdqjwqKiI/AAAAAAAADIk/NayLnOae7bg/s1600/todaya.jpg" width="950" /> <br />
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I'm here!<br />
In my new garden!<br />
Ready for new gardening adventures!<br />
What fun!<br />
Where to begin, where to begin??<br />
Start small.<br />
A pot at the front door.<br />
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freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-39157785082926272522013-05-22T16:03:00.000+10:002015-01-01T15:28:38.461+11:00Good-Bye My Little GardenThe Loooooonnnnnggggest Good-Bye.<br />
6 months to extricate ourselves from our little house in the country.<br />
I shall miss it dreadfully - I LOVED living here.<br />
But....new adventures await.<br />
Heading north.<br />
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freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-78103193177522619172012-12-10T16:20:00.000+11:002014-12-31T22:16:24.272+11:00Recent Foods from the Ararat Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXX_6MaheD5uffOrtamnYkaEPK79eIDE3DYZRkH-mM8lU12xHmfNUtllxwe9sd7nyR9fo2rCgQGpqxLjz44lyuaY_2sS_JzKz0-g2nsOBHCDXEKl8VzSXw4SFFJv0E8mFNxP3xz62LAU/s1600/deccur1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhXX_6MaheD5uffOrtamnYkaEPK79eIDE3DYZRkH-mM8lU12xHmfNUtllxwe9sd7nyR9fo2rCgQGpqxLjz44lyuaY_2sS_JzKz0-g2nsOBHCDXEKl8VzSXw4SFFJv0E8mFNxP3xz62LAU/s1600/deccur1.jpg" height="712" width="950" /></a></div><br />
Some rhubarb.<br />
Some loquats.<br />
And some gooseberries.<br />
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Photos: iphone</i><br />
freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-48514392252163937582012-11-21T20:32:00.002+11:002014-12-31T22:17:44.553+11:00Today's LovelinessParkinson's Passion<br />
The Parkinson's Disease Association's Rose. <br />
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<i>Photo: 21 Nov, 2011 </i><br />
<i>Pendlebury Hill, Ararat, Victoria, Australia</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-64957817807424239042012-11-11T21:01:00.001+11:002014-07-25T16:00:53.388+10:00The Amazing Pinkie Rose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxCX9RtZlVI75-YkLGX_rhdJEr_wze2s5iuX1_wZnr6fdzbSHcFcWVyS_EUDyR8uYJYuI1lf2nveZTSERNyQCOwuYTMvyQp6uO2Chg6b9wXfNDuImwYHJ0_jir07N9-ScZtIyBucuYC0/s1600/pinkierose.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxCX9RtZlVI75-YkLGX_rhdJEr_wze2s5iuX1_wZnr6fdzbSHcFcWVyS_EUDyR8uYJYuI1lf2nveZTSERNyQCOwuYTMvyQp6uO2Chg6b9wXfNDuImwYHJ0_jir07N9-ScZtIyBucuYC0/s1600/pinkierose.jpg" width="900" /></a></div>Spring<br />
Love this time of year.<br />
The Pinkie Rose covering the front of our house is in full bloom.<br />
It's beautiful.<br />
And pink.<br />
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<i>photo: iphone - 11 Nov, 2012 </i><br />
<i>Ararat, Victoria, Australia</i> freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-13613018354516638142012-11-02T20:23:00.000+11:002014-07-25T16:00:14.810+10:00Rool Purdy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnCoEXa5B7JLoId460p60bmq7c_KT5evBScBuhDalN2pS7PgQzJdb39KFqXCCdSqkgSFN32lCQ5JjGudJlUKN1UqaRXMsIzfRz09SxXH91AnCJoJPEiaZ5movnldO09gm_KIvZZFLH4U/s1600/cur311012.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnCoEXa5B7JLoId460p60bmq7c_KT5evBScBuhDalN2pS7PgQzJdb39KFqXCCdSqkgSFN32lCQ5JjGudJlUKN1UqaRXMsIzfRz09SxXH91AnCJoJPEiaZ5movnldO09gm_KIvZZFLH4U/s1600/cur311012.jpg" width="900" /></a></div>Spring - 2012<br />
Irises in the front garden.<br />
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<i>Photo - iphone: 31st Oct, 2012 </i><br />
<i>Home, Ararat, Victoria, Australia </i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-5981397991344471732012-11-01T09:24:00.000+11:002014-07-25T15:59:48.202+10:00Such a Clever Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiOBR7NP3olkH2atY8vYlFu9QxVvJ6DvfcXyHilxT5CY_htk779Plq5ki1LcZIjno0D4ICMhb9Hd_MuygUEqk5qVO_T5CxIC3It_pKzX8aB5oyJrcKjrwUdi7lxWSNEYI38F6AfqL1J8/s1600/cur271012.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiOBR7NP3olkH2atY8vYlFu9QxVvJ6DvfcXyHilxT5CY_htk779Plq5ki1LcZIjno0D4ICMhb9Hd_MuygUEqk5qVO_T5CxIC3It_pKzX8aB5oyJrcKjrwUdi7lxWSNEYI38F6AfqL1J8/s1600/cur271012.jpg" width="900" /></a></div><br />
Spring 2012<br />
Aren't plants the most amazing things?<br />
This year we have our first decent crop of mandarins.<br />
This bowl represents about an 1/8 of the tree's bounty.<br />
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The fruit is sublime.<br />
Sweet, juicy and just the right amount of tart.<br />
It's an Emperor variety and the tree must be about 3 to 4 years old.<br />
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<i>Photo: iphone 27 Oct, 2012</i><br />
<i>Home, Ararat, Victoria, Australia</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-25530561822148175982012-10-28T13:07:00.002+11:002014-07-25T15:57:19.129+10:00The First<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-9IqwiKxvCSgb6irkQigSPY6nqznE_-e_IEieYQW7QjO_f0-4ivy1P8on3JipfjEnIdQsauAYlZxmb7OMBWqbA6CgWUJd5jvlrDFCHevS8WsqLnP6VyZgJVzW6tMvOt_Ml-MEGucQU0/s1600/cur251012.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-9IqwiKxvCSgb6irkQigSPY6nqznE_-e_IEieYQW7QjO_f0-4ivy1P8on3JipfjEnIdQsauAYlZxmb7OMBWqbA6CgWUJd5jvlrDFCHevS8WsqLnP6VyZgJVzW6tMvOt_Ml-MEGucQU0/s1600/cur251012.jpg" width="900" /></a></div>Spring<br />
The first bunch of roses from our garden this Spring 2012.<br />
The fragrance is intoxicating.<br />
Swoon-worthy. <br />
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<i>photo: iphone 25th Oct, 2012 </i><br />
<i>Home, Ararat, Victoria, Australia </i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-61536115659648144302012-10-24T17:28:00.000+11:002015-01-01T15:26:06.110+11:00Utter and Total Neglect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Spring - October 2012<br />
I really do have the best and most clever garden.<br />
I totally abandoned it 7 months ago and left it to its own devices.<br />
7 months! <br />
Not a drop of water other than from the sky, no seasol, no weeding, no pruning.<br />
And do you know what - not one single plant died!<br />
I know - 'mazing!<br />
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In fact, parts of it are positively flourishing.<br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">So very, very clever.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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Home, Ararat, Victoria, Australia<br />
Photos: iphone 24 Oct, 2012 freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-40219363433495879002012-06-14T08:09:00.000+10:002015-04-11T17:02:28.659+10:00Gypsy Livin' - Mum and Dad's Garden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuphAQb9GwVjAYeD2HP88-Cm-opBGebKay4SnqaPCymzmYIBkM5aF_CT-i_2pUcRKz_JP_KLqZPMphdgmobiZD7eZun9J5FS3mVfsYJcolKkk63XM-hRCY5juoRf0b0O0Tvj9h1UhAzs/s1600/itin8.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="655" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuphAQb9GwVjAYeD2HP88-Cm-opBGebKay4SnqaPCymzmYIBkM5aF_CT-i_2pUcRKz_JP_KLqZPMphdgmobiZD7eZun9J5FS3mVfsYJcolKkk63XM-hRCY5juoRf0b0O0Tvj9h1UhAzs/s1600/itin8.jpg" width="950" /></a> <br />
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Winter 2012<br />
Time to say good-bye to my beautiful little garden in South-West Victoria,<br />
<div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and hello to gardening like a gypsy!</span></div>I know!<br />
How am I going to do that?! <br />
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Well....being the footloose and fancy-free types we have morphed into, we shall be dividing our time between different places in Australia.<br />
I shall have to take the opportunity to till the soil when and where I can.<br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">It's not like - I can't NOT garden.</span><br />
If there's one thing I know about myself and my life, it's that I shall always have to plant little seeds into the ground and share my life with plants. <br />
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At the moment, we are in my Mum and Dad's lovely garden in South-East Queensland on top of mountain.<br />
Queensland is kinda sub-tropical but here, where they live, it gets rather chilly. <br />
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Snow Peas<br />
Sugar Snap Peas<br />
Telegraph Pole Peas. <br />
Some Baby Broccoli,<br />
Pak Choi,<br />
Leeks,<br />
Potatoes,<br />
Sweet Peas,<br />
Pansies,<br />
Snap Dragons,<br />
Alyssum,<br />
Bulbs - Dutch Iris, Grape Hyacinth, Narcissus.<br />
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Do Mum and Dad want all these vegies in their garden?<br />
Huh?<br />
Is that a consideration?! <i> </i><br />
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<i>iphone shots - 13 June, 2012</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-45556747788543016432012-02-09T10:53:00.000+11:002015-04-11T17:03:46.155+10:00Yellow Tomatoes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQJYiuMjJWub9k6p5U0KGWnmUhJi5tT9ZGPPMus5FxQ75pBTREpRhpunzyb41A-TNDnhK4FF2xSxtVQVkbBxeyuIC9xo1BIDrw3g1lHaBBiC_XzWNKVAPTEvWObzcUynq9cdahg4hkHg/s1600/yellow+tomatoes.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="633" width="950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQJYiuMjJWub9k6p5U0KGWnmUhJi5tT9ZGPPMus5FxQ75pBTREpRhpunzyb41A-TNDnhK4FF2xSxtVQVkbBxeyuIC9xo1BIDrw3g1lHaBBiC_XzWNKVAPTEvWObzcUynq9cdahg4hkHg/s1600/yellow+tomatoes.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I feel a batch of chutney coming on.<br />
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<i>Home: 9th Feb,2012</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-56209458855972003702012-02-05T08:34:00.000+11:002014-07-25T16:15:13.250+10:00White Nectarines<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpE2_AxNTABePH-IEXmz9qVpOldOWGyikAS8rlcQFgYCAKfryz2hlqNBJ746iGseNYgCXm6Lu4AHvyxBYWXUp6ObBZUPZCJY5f46xi7u80bBt9G59L2qDEH10aAkbvbOv7jKefOTkPPM/s1600/paig050212.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="975" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpE2_AxNTABePH-IEXmz9qVpOldOWGyikAS8rlcQFgYCAKfryz2hlqNBJ746iGseNYgCXm6Lu4AHvyxBYWXUp6ObBZUPZCJY5f46xi7u80bBt9G59L2qDEH10aAkbvbOv7jKefOTkPPM/s1600/paig050212.jpg" /></a></div>In my last post I mentioned White Nectarines.<br />
It's the first time our tree has fruited - I think this is the 2nd year it has been in the ground.<br />
It made about 15 fruits.<br />
Here's what's left.<br />
They are especially perfect - we don't like soft fruit.<br />
But we don't like juiceless fruit either.<br />
It has to be juuuuuust right.<br />
And hooray!!<br />
They are.freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-21266623320067303442012-01-27T17:12:00.000+11:002014-07-25T16:34:35.206+10:00Thanks Garden - You're Ace!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzEIT4jyoaICXiZGxb7dqDux5-2MScLbzRkpPyEM6JefFDu5bPmhpV-HplYMBOoSrj-ZNLFGnZBAZKpWyw7m8L8tx1OM5gPAonsf5iC6OSJNizL-QwVervbx-yiY7ZZUSIq4na7yyMUs/s1600/garden.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="868" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzEIT4jyoaICXiZGxb7dqDux5-2MScLbzRkpPyEM6JefFDu5bPmhpV-HplYMBOoSrj-ZNLFGnZBAZKpWyw7m8L8tx1OM5gPAonsf5iC6OSJNizL-QwVervbx-yiY7ZZUSIq4na7yyMUs/s1600/garden.JPG" /></a></div><br />
From the garden today.<br />
Some roses.<br />
And some tomaties.<br />
Thanks garden.<br />
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oh yeah!!<br />
And our first ever nectarine (a white one).<br />
No evidence, as we ate it.<br />
It was PERFECT.<br />
Thanks Uncle Tony and Uncle Pino for striking the tree for us.<br />
(they both struck one for us and one carked it but we can't remember which was which!)<br />
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Home - 27 Jan, 2012</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-28326736968521852242011-12-29T18:04:00.000+11:002014-07-25T16:36:24.949+10:00Our First Ever Apricot Harvest!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H4_WderzucwUtPSLpmoPjmo8bjKXAPdm6HaJQsBpQlsqGcNR7K2t7ZjGHbU3XqycmQcVPRZknxBeohmI8RCnC5_jIKErRb3SpTFXmCmJX4lbhj8Pul0x3rLUPMSNJkHa_ctd76Al_fA/s1600/apricots.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="813" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1H4_WderzucwUtPSLpmoPjmo8bjKXAPdm6HaJQsBpQlsqGcNR7K2t7ZjGHbU3XqycmQcVPRZknxBeohmI8RCnC5_jIKErRb3SpTFXmCmJX4lbhj8Pul0x3rLUPMSNJkHa_ctd76Al_fA/s1600/apricots.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluiDgyrcCSw8i4Ep_Hfw8HZ3hQtduMxACGUyd81kj04LtJYEHCjQDHOdh1y-7qusFNCT8WhwpiuB4quSH2PgWuCiNkUzdFPrrsO9tYEnVtnk_ECHSqQNUjGINW6tss8gS6DtFG4hAxLQ/s1600/apricots1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="813" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluiDgyrcCSw8i4Ep_Hfw8HZ3hQtduMxACGUyd81kj04LtJYEHCjQDHOdh1y-7qusFNCT8WhwpiuB4quSH2PgWuCiNkUzdFPrrsO9tYEnVtnk_ECHSqQNUjGINW6tss8gS6DtFG4hAxLQ/s1600/apricots1.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Hooray! Hooray!<br />
The apricots are ready.<br />
We traipsed over to our "allotment" (<a href="http://pendleburyhill.blogspot.com/">Pendlebury Hill</a>) yesterday to work on the rose garden and<br />
we were pleasantly surprised to see little orange dots all over the apricot tree.<br />
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Below is the tree last year - overgrown with grass and weeds. <br />
Lots of newspaper and lots of pea straw and this year we have around 15 kg of fruit!<br />
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Apricot grading has commenced, <br />
to be followed by jam making, cake-baking and preserves.<br />
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Recipes to follow over here<br />
<a href="http://cookingwithfreefalling.blogspot.com/">Cooking with Freefalling.</a><br />
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<i>Photos:<br />
first 2 - iphone - 28 Dec, 2011<br />
no. 3 - Nov, 2010<br />
no. 4 - 29 Dec, 2011<br />
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</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-65114466634793352632011-12-21T11:37:00.000+11:002014-07-25T16:37:54.041+10:00Onions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebv9TS_KvfRU8XhbvJOimaZORJZk5GfySnczundbEqFf2Xary0u8FrFfw1oVADRQDPetzb8EDlEfGr6WV_eOyBYcFGhy6zuvMR-rfA6K8TQhROFBAuhqCpf6-bmem9ybvOsJZrspAHC8/s1600/paig191211a.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="867" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebv9TS_KvfRU8XhbvJOimaZORJZk5GfySnczundbEqFf2Xary0u8FrFfw1oVADRQDPetzb8EDlEfGr6WV_eOyBYcFGhy6zuvMR-rfA6K8TQhROFBAuhqCpf6-bmem9ybvOsJZrspAHC8/s1600/paig191211a.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Well, the onions have been in for 6 months and are ready to come up.<br />
The smelly ones were ready first.<br />
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The non-smelly ones were a bit slower and some developed bull necks.<br />
Have since read this <a href="http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/06/24/88301_gardening.html">(by Peter Cundall - he always has the best tips)</a> and understand the reason.<br />
Note to self - read article again next year before planting.<br />
Now to cure them and store them away.<br />
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I know everyone says how much tastier home-grown vegies are,<br />
but Vince and I were both surprised by the "high degree of niceness" of home-grown onions compared to the store bought ones. <br />
Kinda crisper and fresher.<br />
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So excited to make dinner tonight from fresh produce straight from our vegie patch!<br />
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The last of the Broad Beans.<br />
The first lot of the onions.<br />
My purple potatoes.<br />
And a big handful of flat-leaf parsley.<br />
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I fried them all up in some extra virgin olive oil, some chopped bacon and some freshly ground pepper and salt.<br />
We are both full as fat little ticks!<br />
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<i>Photos: 17th December, 2011 - Home, Ararat</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769770503576545105.post-62916450856345033352011-12-07T12:20:00.000+11:002014-07-26T13:09:40.691+10:00Now and Then<div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">2011</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_ciTX_XK2EZ94Awa8YcwSfgG6OeIKPKzkIW7bdl8GW5sCrxFGpPxSmrTFWN-ThoE3bBV_6jug_shqPs_b_lTUzaJqSJBxLcIlHCCfCQpGkQLYbhd_NL6Riwa99ApLYQyFEczMQLvHAk/s1600/pretty.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_ciTX_XK2EZ94Awa8YcwSfgG6OeIKPKzkIW7bdl8GW5sCrxFGpPxSmrTFWN-ThoE3bBV_6jug_shqPs_b_lTUzaJqSJBxLcIlHCCfCQpGkQLYbhd_NL6Riwa99ApLYQyFEczMQLvHAk/s1600/pretty.jpg" width="1300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue;"> 2008</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte8mBnZoVo2j7CcqS_xZPsEjPGPC0SB9DRnwtWTokrP57Le6NcPN8yhZS5zi1Qmw6n2YiWv0EWj7XVxEx6fUFYTl25uAAdxns0a0RejGskbVdTLIyGAd5rtI1RUdQnHt15di40xHLzGY/s1600/2008a.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhte8mBnZoVo2j7CcqS_xZPsEjPGPC0SB9DRnwtWTokrP57Le6NcPN8yhZS5zi1Qmw6n2YiWv0EWj7XVxEx6fUFYTl25uAAdxns0a0RejGskbVdTLIyGAd5rtI1RUdQnHt15di40xHLzGY/s1600/2008a.jpg" width="1300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ29MC4hzG5Jm6RszRwLdq5mSl-V1Oo-3I02Hoj3ROUZ89qqXURcd2OEK29nd6dm-DbKaNSoNTjRhVITeE5iQc9lNumSTfBmUGkzicJUyNbaKcO1DZC5Ng93g4MYZ5yMjo-cG0oMhIUI/s1600/2008c.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="976" width="1300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZ29MC4hzG5Jm6RszRwLdq5mSl-V1Oo-3I02Hoj3ROUZ89qqXURcd2OEK29nd6dm-DbKaNSoNTjRhVITeE5iQc9lNumSTfBmUGkzicJUyNbaKcO1DZC5Ng93g4MYZ5yMjo-cG0oMhIUI/s1600/2008c.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Innit pretty now?<br />
It's my favourite place at the moment to sit in the garden and hang out with my peeps<br />
(note tennis ball under table).<br />
And I love that most of it is second-hand!<br />
Our $2 bbq table from the tip.<br />
A transplanted rose from the previous owners.<br />
A white nectarine tree struck for us by Uncle Tony or Uncle Pino (they both struck one for me and I can't remember who did this one).<br />
My old deckchairs from Mum & Dad from 1996.<br />
My chandelier from the reclaim shop (can you see it hanging in there?)<br />
The geraniums are struck from cuttings from the house we stay in at Port Fairy.<br />
Vince grew our beautiful lawn from runners he collected from overgrown footpaths.<br />
I dunno if you can see it in there Natalie, but behind one of those chairs is the white daisy which you struck for me.<br />
My chair covers - half-price on sale!<br />
My blue and white pot from the Reject Shop.<br />
It's so satisfying to bodge something up from stuff you can find and free stuff you are given.<br />
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I love too - that now, this one little corner is so productive.<br />
We chopped out those awful Pittosporum trees and now we have<br />
4 fruit trees (peach, loquat, white nectarine, mulberry)<br />
herbs - rosemary, thyme, parsley, oregano, sage, mint.<br />
And there are roses for picking - azaleas, daisies, geranium, statice, gazanias and nasturtiums.<br />
It's amazing how much you can shove into a couple of square metres!<br />
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<i>Photos: This morning - 7/12/11<br />
and<br />
2008</i>freefallinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.com