Yesterday

Yesterday, I went out to Bunnings and scored myself a bag of potting mix for the Tahitian Lime Tree, a bag of 'Snow White' stones for the front garden, some Command Hooks for the home office and a box of Munns blue lawn seed to put out on the lawn.

Yesterday, I got everything unloaded from the car, and sorted out before the stinking heat hit us... and that included putting the stones into the front garden.

Also yesterday, we were hit by a huge storm here in Brisbane, and it was a right hum-dinger! It wasn't the first one for the season, but it gave us some much-needed rain! I'm thankful I didn't put out the lawn seed, it would have been washed away!
But the storm was a great light show, with thunder and lightning playing the game of give and take as it normally does. Wind howled around the place, and rain poured from the darkened clouds!

Today, though I put out the lawn seed - which is blue to stop the birds from eating it. It's got a coating on it so when the birds eat it, it tastes bitter and they spit it out. It's not poisonous and it'll stay where it's supposed to (in my yard and not in a bird's stomach) and I'll have a good lot of lawn this year. 

So, how's your garden going? All good? I hope so!

October

It's Spring - I think it is anyway!

Over the past week, we've had Summer and Winter within 48 hours. So, who can say what season it is?

Anyway, it's been stinking hot, freezing cold and raining - along with some thunder rolling overhead. Yeah, our weather doesn't know whether it's coming or going - and that's Spring in Australia, right? Yeah, it sure is!

I'm not well at the moment, and am in the process of losing my voice - I'm always the last to catch something,  but I'm not fussed. Anyway, today, I got to catch up with what's going on in my garden.

I moved a few things around and made room for the new pot I'll be buying in the yard for the Tahitian Lime Tree - as it's really wanting more space. Then, when I moved my Ficus, I found it needed a new pot too! So, I'm up for 2 new pots. But the Lime Tree needs it more than the Ficus; mainly because it's putting out fruit - or it's doing its best to do it. and it's got long branches. So, yeah, I'm going with the citrus first. 

Anyway, I moved the massive pots first and some of the smaller pavers out of the way, and then shifted the metal steps to where the large pots used to be. 

I looked at the big black pot that the large leaf jade is living in happily and almost pulled it out... but then, realised: no, not a good thing to do that to a happy plant. I shifted it to where it was going to live and left it well alone.

The Dracaena Plant next to it and then shifted everything else back into place. 

I put the Ficus on a large piece of paver to stop it from pushing another root into the ground and reorganised the solar lights again. The other Frangipani was shifted next to the fence - and I realised it needed a new pot too - and then I added a third pot to the list of pots I'll be buying before Christmas.

Yep, this is going to be something I'll be organising in my garden. Big organisation for me today - and over the next three months - because I'll need to. So, how's your garden going?