Duck Pond Adventures – Part One
The question of what to do with the duck pond/bath has been on my mind for a while. For anyone who doesn’t know, ducks make their water very dirty, very quickly. The ideal solution would be to have some kind of ‘always-on’ (or daylight-hours-on) pump and filter that automatically kept the water clean. Many people online seem to think this is an unattainable goal however – that there is no filter able to stand...
Spring’s Second Seed Planting
Just a couple of quick seed plantings this week. Purple King beans and Nasturtiums. The beans are pretty old seed so may not...
Instant Succulent Collection
Today’s project was to pot up the collection of succulents I bought as a job lot from a guy online. I have no idea what most of them are, but it’s an attractive little collection and I think the potting went pretty well. There were a number of leaf break-offs in the process, but they will be worth trying to propagate from as cuttings, so no harm done. The pebbles I had available for mulch might be a little larger than...
Smart Pots
I discovered in my online travels, a product called a ‘Smart Pot’. This interesting innovation is a felt-like fabric alternative to traditional plastic or ceramic pots, which claims to have numerous advantages over those formats including: Unique Features: • Releases heat — roots stay cooler during hot weather • Plants need repotting less often • Air-prunes the plant’s root structure — stops root circling! • Reusable...
(I Never Promised You) A Rose Garden
The most accidental sub-project of the front yard so far. End of season bargains found on some roses while shopping for plants online proved irresistible, so while I had no intention of doing anything ‘rosy’, I suddenly found myself with five different roses that needed a home. So I thought I would need to perhaps make a dedicated extra small garden bed for them. But I couldn’t decide on an ideal location for it. At...
Kangaroo Paws For Thought
I got a couple of tubestock/starter sized Kangaroo Paws a couple of weeks ago. By the time they got into the ground, they were rather wilty, but have since picked up, although still not looking exactly healthy. Then yesterday at Woolworths I found some much larger plants (close to full-size as it turns out since these are ‘mini’ cultivars that grow to around 50cm). They were priced at $9.99 with a further 20% off for just...