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Wish ListVirtually gardening at dilettante, under the “Let The Garden Go” tag.
Folia, YGG, and dilettante allows me to be a gardener when my hands are clean :)
Australia Zone 4, USA Zone 10/11 (http://www.anbg.gov.au/hort.research/zones.html)
Gardens
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Back Fence garden
This is a sandy strip between the driveway and the back fence. There is no irrigation, and any plants are watered with the hose pipe or watering ca...
- 3 plants
- 1 journals
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Driveway Strip garden
This is a strip on the top of a limestone retaining wall next to a paved area. It is only about the length of a house brick wide. Due to the...
- 9 plants
- 7 journals
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Footpath garden
Zone 11 This is the strip across the front limestone wall, broken only by the path through to the front gate. It is a about 25 centimetres wide and 12 metr...
- 1 plants
- 0 journals
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Front Verandah garden
The patio is our front verandah or porch leading to the front entry of our home. Five painted cement pots contain various herbs and vegetables. ...
- 13 plants
- 32 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Front Verge garden
A makeover from the usual verge of couch grass to a garden. It has taken several years to remove the grass and we think we have got it beat. But...
- 1 plants
- 3 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Inside Triangular Bed garden
Bordered by front path, wall, and porch of house. Features bird bath near to a Pomegranite Tree which is used by one of our cats as a water bowl...
- 9 plants
- 46 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Line garden
It seemed a nice stretch to plant something along one of the back walls of the house and next to where the washing line is pulled out. I grew Ag...
- 8 plants
- 3 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Long Inside Back garden
This is a planting of agapanthus, pink trailing geraniums, and frangipani trees. It is set up as a trial to grow these plants together. If succ...
- 4 plants
- 1 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Long Outside garden
This is the strip of ground between the side fence and the public footpath. The mass planting of geraniums was inspired by the window boxes that...
- 7 plants
- 2 journals
- 1 faves
- 2 comments
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Mobile garden
I used to have a shadehouse in which I propagated plants from seed and cuttings. Now, I use the various pots and trays and choose a spot in one of ...
- 25 plants
- 3 journals
- 1 faves
- 0 comments
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Rhubarb Patch garden
This is a piece of garden that is in front of some house windows that receive morning sun. Various perennial and annual plants have grown here, ...
- 24 plants
- 14 journals
- 0 faves
- 0 comments
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Rose garden
Established in 1994 with the purpose of planting heavily scented and bright coloured flowers. Initially, Dad helped me to prune the roses, but I...
- 13 plants
- 7 journals
- 0 faves
- 2 comments
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Tiny Orchard garden
This is the top bed of the front garden. It contains six citrus trees; lime, lemon, orange, mandarin, and two cumquat (one variegated). Previous...
- 20 plants
- 18 journals
- 3 faves
- 2 comments
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Trial and Error garden
This garden is an area at the front of the house that we think we will be able to irrigate with greywater. In the meantime, we are experimenting...
- 18 plants
- 29 journals
- 0 faves
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I love to grow
Herbs and things I can eat, flowers and roses. Definitely no shubberies or lawn.
Hobbies
Reading, figuring out how things work especially science and technology.
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