Blogging in a Garden

In another life, I maintain a textiles blog, and thought I might have a try at one for my garden. That should explain the profile picture!

However ......

I am gardening in rural Victoria (some of you, known as "the locals") will know exactly where, as part of the function of this blog is to pass along those bits I have been trying to give away much easier

Memo to Locals: if anyone wants masses and masses of old fashionaed cream jonquils, now is the time to catch up with me, but it is dig your own. Those that I have dug are going to an old-folks home for fund raising. But I do have a whole large pot of suckers of the Apothercary's Rose that is looking for a home. Catch up with me.

I established my garden about 15 years ago, so the trees are coming into maturity, and most were chosen for autumn colours. They are my joy, as are my few surviving odd roses. And my kitchen garden - where just a few of my tomatoes are ripening at the moment. But years of doing other things means that the weeds have taken over, and I am only slowly getting them under control. Although each piece of a bed cleared is a joy.

Would love to know about other Gardeners who Blog, especially in similar climactic conditions - it is hot and dry here at the minute, and we are on permanent stage 1 water restrictions. So I am trying to get the mulch down. But whatever I buy (straw or peas) has seed in it. :( So today I actually hit some prunings with the lawn mower, and was delighted to see how quickly that mulched. Should have rememebred that was the way before mulchers took over the world. The cheapie I have here does the wood of small branches well, but hates leafy stuff.

What else? My galtonias are out, and look like wonderful, giant snowdrops. So the world cannot be all bad. The rose in the background is Dainty Maid - which I have carted around for years.