Are there really any non-believers left? I know I am talking to the believers here...well I hope so. This information is from 'Get Up'. They ask that we freely use this graphic and in...
...but that is not so surprising...mothers are usually right! She said, 'Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.' I know, it wasn't her own thought, but when sh...
Because there is no source of artificial heating my grow-house is a greenhouse and going by this picture it is aptly named! We are experiencing a heat-wave in southern Australia at th...
Two of the tomatoes I picked yesterday were from plants I bought at a supermarket and planted early (August 23). I can't remember their name. I only planted two and passed the rest onto a f...
What a bonza New Year's Day pressie! Thankyou, Fat Fruit Greenhouse! http://feeds.feedburner.com/hazel-dene.blogpot.com
Have you been well catered for over Christmas? Did others cater for you or were you the one doing all the catering? Are you the sort of gardener who caters? Most of you probably have one ...
No, not me! Well...maybe. But I am really talking about a new garden. I decided to use the old concrete for crazy paving, in the circle around the silver birch with a grey plants. It...
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Well the veggie garden at Hazel's is still looking a bit sad. But the plants in the greenhouse are more than making up for it. Check these out! They don't call it a Fat Fruit Greenhouse fo...
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Before... Day One: Deck gone, and concrete jack-hammered into a pile! I can re-use the wood, but the concrete is a bit of a puzzle. It is all odd thicknesses, and so no...
I have been working on the garden next to the new path, and have created a link between it and the circle around the silver birch. I was leaning towards wooly thyme as the lawn substitute in...
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Look how big my garlic bulbs are! Look how small my garlic crop is! Not to self - get your act together and plant a decent amount of garlic next season AND keep those blood...
A path serves a purpose - to get people from A to B. Practicality, most often dictates a straight, or slightly curvy path. This path in the front garden was one of the latter - a bit curvy a...
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Image 3 of 18 Next → ← Prev Have a look at these maps about climate change in Europe . I do not understand how there are still people who refuse to believe the science. And even mo...
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I've lost the ladybird eggs! I've hunted for the alligator-like larva and can't find them anywhere either! Luckily, my search has located two more clutches of eggs and today, while weeding,...
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The curcubits I grew from seed were bursting out of their little homes in the greenhouse. They had to be planted outside...where the chooks can't get them. You may remember this . It was...
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Many of the capsicums and eggplants in the greenhouse are bugged. Covered in fat and juicy hoards of green sucking aphids. While cogitating on how best to deal with them, I ...
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There is no veggie garden at Hazel's yet. Unless I get the creek pump fixed, and the chooks under control, there won't be one either. But there are vegetables, in the Fat Fruit Gr...
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Vera was a little chick . She took life in her stride. Rejected by a broody chook, She was reared inside. Vera and her sisters, Attended sex-ed classes, She wasn't phased at...
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This is the third spring I have spent in this garden and the number and variety of blooms have blown me over each time. It is such an embarrassment of floral opulence. If it was wallpaper, the...
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If you asked me to do a quick drawing of a flower, I would probably draw something daisy-like. How boring when it could be something as flamboyant as Miss Rhoda Dendron... ...
I have been reading, jealously, about asparagus on other blogs lately. Then... this week...my Fat Bastards produced a few good spears! Even though they have been in the ground for less than...
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I happily hosted the fourth Granny Camp. The children and grannies had to choose one outfit (with layers) to wear the whole time. We all slept in the tent and all meals were cooked outside o...
The Gang of Fifteen, are now mixing it with the big girls. They are fending for themselves and their mother has resigned from her position. Fourteen have enough feathers, to...
'The abundance of scientific research showing we have pushed nature beyond its limits does not just demand green products and market-based solutions; it demands a new civilizational paradigm, on...