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Tag Archives: mulch
365/366: mulch ado about nothing
Sorry Shakespeare, for torturing your title, but hooray and hallelujah, the pile of mulch is done and dusted. Thanks to my husband’s concerted effort on his days off, the final deadline has been achieved, (by the end of the year), … Continue reading
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364/366: containment issue: english ivy
You might plant an innocent little cutting, and within a few months or years it has insiduously taken over part of the garden. However, some of these plants are very attractive, so it becomes a containment issue, such as with … Continue reading
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359/366: wishing you mulch joy
Know thy limitations could be an alternate title. Why do we try to get so many things done “by Christmas”? I have mentioned before that I work best to a deadline, but sometimes you also have to be realistic. This … Continue reading
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291/366: edging, the finishing touch
I love adding a little creativity and originality to my garden. While doing so, I look for ways to make the completed project as low maintenance as possible. In the case of the serial planting in yesterday’s post I didn’t … Continue reading
290/366: serial planter
Unlike a serial murderer, which is bad, a serial planter can be a good thing. What is better than one nice plant? Answer: more than one of the same. Sometimes they can be in a straight row, at other times … Continue reading
287/366: halfway thru the pile of mulch
The mulch created by the massive pruning a couple of weeks ago has halved, with a lot of the leg work attributed to my husband. See my professional pruning proliferation, and professional pittosporum pruning posts. Meanwhile, I have been madly weeding, … Continue reading
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273/366: mountain of mulch
Severe pruning has its after-effects, such as this mountain of mulch. My estimation is eight cubic metres – phew! All our conifers and variegated pittosporums were mulched, and what better way to recycle this than to put it back on … Continue reading
129/366: maple maintenance
The fact that my Weeping Japanese Maples are not like the Whomping Willow of Harry Potter fame and give one shudder where all the leaves fall off simultaneously, means I have to maintain them manually. At least the three maples … Continue reading
121/366: stumps as pot stands
Once the conifers were lopped and mulched, I set about beautifying the area. See day 117/366: a blank canvas for the bare “before” look. The stumps actually made good stands for pots that I gathered from other places in the … Continue reading
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105/366: succulent city
Two little girls in transit (day 50/366) found themselves a new home in Succulent City. I also moved the big pot from between the lower and middle tier in the back garden down to this re-vamped garden bed. (See day … Continue reading
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Tagged 366 days and 26 years in my garden, conifer mulch, conifers, garden ideas, garden photography, mulch, my garden, project 365, succulents
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