Heart's Desire

I haven't shown you any renovation pictures in eons, so will skip a discussion of growing eggplant from seed (or rather, a series of com...

With the warm weather has come a blossoming of activity at our little house. We've been painting our window frames with their undercoats...

I thought it was about time I did a renovation update... not that there is very much to update you on. Autumn of 2011 in Adelaide was the co...

Sometimes we forget that our houses are not impermeable, and that we have built them smack-bang in the middle of various habitats, so it...

So, did I go to the Gardening Australia Expo ? I did indeed! And did I buy anything? Oh yes, but I managed to restrain myself to a mere nine...

I had the opportunity yesterday to have a bit of a potter in the vegie garden. I pulled out a few weeds, picked some Amish Paste tomatoes, a...

Today I finally, finally, got the chance to plant my native babies into the nature strip out the front. To set the scene: the Weather Bureau...

Today is the last day of Summer and the days have already cooled. To celebrate its passing I went for a wander around the front yard to see ...

Why stick to gardening within your fence line ? When I was planting my little lavender hedge, I couldn't help noticing how bare and drab...

Oh, oh, oh, now this is exciting! For me, anyway. As you may or may not know, we bought this house at the end of March last year. Aside fro...

I have become enamoured of Kangaroo Paws ( Anigozanthus sp ). Close up, they splay out half a dozen flowers like an extended hand, closer s...

Just a quick one today to show you how the vegie garden is looking. Those zucchini plants are looking especially spectacular at the moment!...