I haven't pulled the camera out for a while. The rose blooms were finished and there wasn't much else to look at. It has been rainy and the mornings are frrrrosty and being the wimp that I am I haven't been outside much. The paths are not made around the yard and the paving isn't done so it is still pretty muddy.
Some of the pansies out the front are flowering well but half of them died for no apparent reason which makes me saaaaaaad. There are a few blooms on my copper purple daisy but they are mostly copper and not much purple at all. I was hoping for a more spectacular two tone effect. I would have photographed them today but it is way too windy! The purple daisies are budding but none have opened yet.
He has also cut and stacked a pile of wood for our soon-to-be-installed combustion heater. I am counting down the days to warm-town baby, yeah! 3 more days!! We are very blessed to get this heater at such short notice as they were sold out up here and on back order for a 5 week wait. My very kind father helped me ring around Adelaide where wood heating is in less demand and we managed to snare a floor model that had only just arrived in the store. It is a Nectre mk2 pedastal which can be installed quite a lot closer to the wall than others. This is important to fit where we want it to go in a central position. It is locally manufactured and has a great reputation. And I like the look of it. ;)
The day after my birthday (good timing) my bare root rose order from Treloar Roses arrived. G & I spend a good part of yesterday planting 8 in the front beds and 10 more into pots. We have a site planned for the rose beds in the backyard but are waiting for plumbers to finish digging around fixing things around that particular area. And the other 2 went to my mum; a 'Mother's Love' rose I had ordered for her Mother's Day present, and a 'Redgold' floribunda rose which was one of my free gifts from Treloars. I'm sure it is very nice but it doesn't look like the colouring that will fit in with the rest of my garden so mum was happy to take it off my hands. They also sent a David Austin rose called 'Brother Cadfael' which I am stoked about. I have already planted it in a spot I had reserved for a pink cupped climber. I was going to get Nahema but I'll give this one a go first. The other free rose is simply labelled 'Surprise' Floribunda which seems to be an elusive variety not listed on their website. I thought maybe it was meant to be like *surprise* a random rose bush but then I thought surely they wouldn't do that without giving me a name so I know how to care for it. I think I've found out what it looks like on some gardening forums. It is possibly a yellow/pink thing like a sunset blend. Sounds interesting.
And so I look lovingly at all these little sticks planted in the ground and a long row of pots off the carport and tell them to grow.. grow.. don't die little babies. Tonight I worry they are going to be drowned by the end of Winter. I can't wait for Spring!
Some of the pansies out the front are flowering well but half of them died for no apparent reason which makes me saaaaaaad. There are a few blooms on my copper purple daisy but they are mostly copper and not much purple at all. I was hoping for a more spectacular two tone effect. I would have photographed them today but it is way too windy! The purple daisies are budding but none have opened yet.
The big developments this mon
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th are:G has built the garden shed on top of the concrete in-ground rainwater tank. It matches the colorbond fence. It looks pretty good.
He has also cut and stacked a pile of wood for our soon-to-be-installed combustion heater. I am counting down the days to warm-town baby, yeah! 3 more days!! We are very blessed to get this heater at such short notice as they were sold out up here and on back order for a 5 week wait. My very kind father helped me ring around Adelaide where wood heating is in less demand and we managed to snare a floor model that had only just arrived in the store. It is a Nectre mk2 pedastal which can be installed quite a lot closer to the wall than others. This is important to fit where we want it to go in a central position. It is locally manufactured and has a great reputation. And I like the look of it. ;)
The day after my birthday (good timing) my bare root rose order from Treloar Roses arrived. G & I spend a good part of yesterday planting 8 in the front beds and 10 more into pots. We have a site planned for the rose beds in the backyard but are waiting for plumbers to finish digging around fixing things around that particular area. And the other 2 went to my mum; a 'Mother's Love' rose I had ordered for her Mother's Day present, and a 'Redgold' floribunda rose which was one of my free gifts from Treloars. I'm sure it is very nice but it doesn't look like the colouring that will fit in with the rest of my garden so mum was happy to take it off my hands. They also sent a David Austin rose called 'Brother Cadfael' which I am stoked about. I have already planted it in a spot I had reserved for a pink cupped climber. I was going to get Nahema but I'll give this one a go first. The other free rose is simply labelled 'Surprise' Floribunda which seems to be an elusive variety not listed on their website. I thought maybe it was meant to be like *surprise* a random rose bush but then I thought surely they wouldn't do that without giving me a name so I know how to care for it. I think I've found out what it looks like on some gardening forums. It is possibly a yellow/pink thing like a sunset blend. Sounds interesting.
And so I look lovingly at all these little sticks planted in the ground and a long row of pots off the carport and tell them to grow.. grow.. don't die little babies. Tonight I worry they are going to be drowned by the end of Winter. I can't wait for Spring!
