"It takes courage to grow up & become who you really are"

EE Cummings

I cant believe it was the spring  2013 I last posted!
I suppose what happened was that the internet in Northam was so appallingly slow I just couldn't be bothered anymore, also work got really busy & then we decided to shift (again!).
but anyhow Im back, along with another new garden, & heres hoping this is where I will stay.

I love my Northam garden, it was just starting to look good & we put sooooo much work into it, but shit happens & we decided to move once again.  I am more than happy in my new little house & the garden is going to be awesome!! These photos are from 2014 Northam garden, just to remind me of it.

Aloe garden in Northam

By the way the caption at the top is because I had a significant birthday this year & its a reminder to just be me!

"Each day comes bearing its own gifts, Untie the ribbons"

(Ruth Ann Schabacker)

Well, can't believe I can finally enter something in my blog!  My first entry for 2013.

We made the move to our new property on the 7th of  January, amid temps of 38C & higher, it was excruciatingly stinking hot.  

The property is 5 & a half acres, situated on the northern side of town, the house is a steel framed & corrugated iron clad, which sits perfectly in a bush garden setting.

The Internet access is non existent, can't get adsl or 3G, so it seems we must wait for the national broadband network to set us up with a satellite dish, this is so frustrating as I had hoped to blog my gardening right from the word go, but now will e playing catch up for awhile, any time I visiting somewhere I can get Internet.  Presently I am in Margaret River for Leeuin concert, featuring Carole King, can't wait!

The photo above is taken from the deck, looking north across the olive grove.  The olive trees, along with the rest of the garden is in astate of disrepair.  Most plants need a hard prune, a good soaking & some pest control.  There is quite a few plants with severe scale problems, some with borer, & some justit hanging in there by the skin of their teeth.  So first job off the ranks is pruning & soaking, & I will move on from there once I can see what is going to survive & what's not.

A massive task ahead, & I want it all done yesterday, but am excited by by the thought that I can create my very own individual masterpiece (I hope!)