Ned's View: 030109
We've popped this little fellowonto one of the posts in the Main Veg Gardenand named him Ned.This is the view he had at the beginning of this month.Ned lives on the South East corner of the veg...
View ArticleGarden Group Veg Garden Visit
Thursday 15 Jan 09 Garden Group visit to a Vegetable Grower's Farm Garden.Situated out of town, they collect rainwater from several Farm Sheds, pump it to a tank on the hill behind the house and...
View ArticleGarden Group visit to Dragon's Rest Habitat Garden
Garden Group was out and about again this week...this time we visited the nearby Dragon Garden.Dragon's Rest Habitat Garden was created to provide a safe haven for the lizards and birds of our region....
View ArticleWatercress and Alyssum
Watercress - Nasturtium officinalea member of the Brassica family,along with cabbages, broccoli and kale, is in flower.Now I see the resemblance to Alyssum in the flowers......Alyssum is also a member...
View ArticleGrey Butcherbird
Earlier this year we had a visitor with a lovely song...He came back today! Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatusSee fact sheet here and download it's call.
View ArticleWinter Photos
I'm not sure what happened to the terrible weekendwe we supposed to have this week.The weather has been glorious!The bees are busy in the Pink RosemaryThe Hoverflies buzzing around the OreganoPurple...
View Article2009 in Photos - December
Month December 2009 The first Eggplant (Casper) flowered!The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 39C on the 23rdLowest Max 19C on the 10thHighest Min 20.8C on the 17thLowest Min 3.3C on the 11thRainfall...
View Article2009 in Photos - November
Month November 2009Red CabbageThe Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 41.8C on the 18thLowest Max 18.5C on the 29thHighest Min 22.2C on the 20thLowest Min 3.4C on the 4thRainfall for the month was...
View Article2009 in Photos - September
Month September 2009New growth on the Black Sultana Grapevines with flowers too!The weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 30.5C on the 12thLowest Max 10.3C on the 26thHighest Min 11.5C on the 17thLowest...
View Article2009 in Photos - October
Month October 2009Nasturtiums survived the winter for the first time!The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 35C on the 31stLowest Max 12.38 on the 1stHighest Min 13.7C on the 31stLowest Min 0.6C on the...
View Article2009 in Photos - August
Month August 09On chilly days Ninja kept me company in the hothouse.The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 25.8C on the 15thLowest Max 10.3C on the 1stHighest Min 10.2C on the 16thLowest Min -2.5C on...
View Article2009 in Photos - July
Month July 09Borage and Calendulas have replaced the Sunflowersaround the beds.The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 18C on the 20th and 21stLowest Max 10C on the 6th and 14thHighest Min 9C on the...
View Article2009 in Photos - June
Month June 2009 With winter in full swing Lucky Dog moved insideby the fire!The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 19C on the 30thLowest Max 9.6C on the 12thHighest Min 10.7C on the 30thLowest Min -1C...
View Article2009 in Photos - May
Month May 2009First frost this month with ice on the car!The weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 21C on the 22ndLowest Max 11.4C on the 31stHighest Min 11.6C on the 24thLowest Min -0.4C on the...
View Article2009 in Photos - April
Month April 2009Doc bought me a new trolley!The weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 33.6C on the 2ndLowest Max 11.7C on the 26thHighest Min 14.9C on the 3rdLowest Min 1.3C on the 16thRainfall for the...
View Article2009 in Photos - February
Month February 2009The weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 44C on the 7thLowest Max 22C on the 10thHighest Min 22.7C on the 2ndLowest Min 7.7C on the 11thThere was no Rainfall for the month.February...
View Article2009 in Photos - March
Month March 2009 During March we had our garden openfor a couple of groups to visitand learn about wicking beds, shade structuresand cob ovens!The weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 32.9C on the...
View Article2009 in Photos - January
Month January 2009The main Vegetable Garden with it's shelter of giant sunflowers.The Weather - Temperatures:Highest Max 43.5C on the 28thLowest Max 13.8C on the 2ndHighest Min 22.7C on the 29thLowest...
View ArticleScruffy
Meet Scruffy.Not the prettiest Wattlebird you'll see!But it's certainly a friendly one.Chatting away as it manoeuvers closer to the grapevine!I think it would rather I moved away...
View ArticleGoodbye Luckydog
Luckydog died in her sleepon Saturday 27th March 2010.She was aged 16 years.We will miss you Lucky.
View ArticleSpring Flowers
Spring wouldn't be Spring without a Flower Show!!Flowering bulbs......some that have been missingduring our dry weather have returned this year!!Then there are the trusty reliable perennials.The herbs...
View ArticleChristmas Garden
This is a Christmas photo garden. It's very green for this time of the year following our recent heavy rains. The shade covers are up already mainly because we have been on hail alerts with the...
View Article2010 in Photos
This post has been moved from the 'pages'of Scarecrows Garden BlogJanuary 2010Temperatures:Minimum 6.5C Sunday 3rdMaximum 40.3C Sunday 10thRainfall:15.5mmHarvest:Vegetables 6.9kgFruit 5.8kgEggs 50 Week...
View ArticleCauliflower "Violet Sicilian"
Cauliflower 'Violet Sicilian' syn. Cavolfiore di Sicilia Violetto Brassica oleracea Botrytis Group Seeds came from Green Harvest Seedlings planted 25 Mar 12 from seed planted 26 Jan 12Grown in a...
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