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A Year of Flowers at Greenlaw
It’s been almost a year now that I have been pinching myself… making sure this house, our home, wasn’t just a dream. One of the delights of life at Greenlaw has been the…
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Josh’s little friends
I am such a proud mum. I have a little eco/wildlife warrior as a son. Josh is besotted with animals. At the moment he wanders around with little skinks he has caught in…
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Busy garden
I took a few quick photos in the garden today… and I really loved one random picture of…. well it’s of nothing really, but I see so much!! Such a giving garden…. THANK…
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Hydrangeas galore – I hope!
Imagine a cloud of pretty little blue butterflies hovering together…. that’s how I see hydrangeas in bloom. When Darryn and I were married our bridesmaids carried a bundle of blue hydrangeas each, and…
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Camellias
LOVE camellias… so delicate, pretty and welcome splashes of colour during autumn and particularly cold climate winters! Not only have we inherited 6 beautiful old camellias of various colours, but I’ve just planted…
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Free Food!
I love FREE FOOD! I’m not talking about the wonderful food sharing that happens between friends and family, although that is particularly special, and very appreciated. I’m talking about within your own garden.…
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DIY Fountain
I think every backyard should have one… a water feature… homage to our most precious resource… a gorgeous, bubbling focal point…. yes, well that’s my excuse anyway. Who would have thought that a…
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Zucchini anyone?…. Please?!!!
I’d been warned, I’d heard rumors… but did I listen? NO! Zucchinis are PROLIFIC!!! Four plants for a family of four are TOO MANY!!!! And quite seriously, these little devils will literally double…
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Garden Greatness
It is so rewarding and food for the soul, not just our tummies, to wander through a garden you have grown from scratch and be able to pick an entire meal! So far…
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Broody Chooks, Bye Bye Chook and Baby Chooks
Phew, what a couple of weeks it has been in the Greenlaw flock! First of all Tara, our giant buff orpington, decided she’d go broody (sit on eggs until they hatch…. although in…