Our Gardens

jennyss

@Deanne, your kangaroo has posed very elegantly!

Deanne

Yes @jennyss, he is pretty relaxed. The rest of his mob were spread around our backyard, some eating, some relaxing like him. They come through most days or nights and are fairly used to us humans. They are pretty road savvy too! 

Afraser

He looks in much better shape than the ones in Canberra which are starving, thanks to the drought. Culling sounds cruel but starving animals are both tragic and potentially dangerous as they lose any fear/sense about roads in their quest for food. 

Deanne

True @Afraser. We live very close to natural bush and a conservation area. The kangaroos in our area still have enough grass even though we have had a dry summer so far. They are pretty content and I hope that their numbers remain at a level that is sustainable for this location.

Annie C

Orchids are my husband's passion. Sometimes I am envious of the care he lavishes on them. His repotting, fertilising, misting is producing flowers.

Here are a couple.


The purple throat is the highlight. The blooms are about 5cm across and will last 3 months.



I like the delicate lilac edge on this one. What is most pleasing is the second flower spike developing from the same leaf bract. 

When we first started collecting orchids we murdered more than survived. 

We persevered and gradually improved our skills in getting the orchids to survive. We now have over 200. We are working on getting them all to flower at the same time. I am imagining the orchid house as a mass of blooms.

iserbrown

My favs! My wedding boquet was orchids - many moons ago!

jennyss

Dear @Annie C

Best wishes from jennyss in Western NSW

Beryl C.

One of my favourites. 'Nigella'

jennyss

@Beryl C. , Do these pretty flowers also get called 'Love in a Mist', or cornflowers? I remember a bush growing in our garden in a shady spot when I was a child.

Afraser

Ah Love-in-a-mist! When we were kids, my mother - a terrific gardener - gave us little plots of our own to grow what we chose. That was my favourite.

Beryl C.

@jennyss its not a cornflower although the brilliant blue is very similar. Apparently the Nigella seed is used in Middle Eastern cooking. The flower has a complex structure, fascinates me. Autumn Solstice and the light has changed, getting less intense - Dahlias giving a riot of colour!

jennyss

Dear @BerylC, 
Because we have had lots of lovely rain after years of dry; parts of my garden think it's spring. Geraniums flowering like mad! More rain coming tomorrow and on the weekend. Best wishes from jennyss in Western NSW.

Caz1

I’ve just seen this post for the first time today, and  I adore absolutely adore everything on it!
What beautiful gardens and creatures you all have Thanks everyone for making my day! I needed this.
big love, Caz xxx

 

cranky_granny

I was given some gladioli bulbs, which are in my crisper. 
not being a gardener have to google what and when regarding planting and care. 

Annie C

@cranky_granny

I have this deluded impression that gladioli bulbs will grow in the Kimberley. They don't. Given up coaxing them along only to have the bulbs go to mush. So, cannot offer any suggestions.

When I lived down south, I grew roses, but wanted a tropical garden. I now have the tropical garden, beautifully growing on 5 acres
( well 1 acre - the other 4 are eye high cane grass and buffel grass weeds), so what do I hanker for - roses! They don't grow up here either!