At the moment, thanks to some unseasonably (but gratefully received) late winter rain and slightly warmer weather, we are inundated by giant mosquitoes. Except they’re not. They are actually crane flies, but as you can see from the picture below, they do have a marked resemblance to the blood-sucking pests. The irony is, the crane…
Garden
SPRING!!
It’s spring… I really don’t need to say more, I’m sure you can picture me happy dancing. To celebrate, my garden presented me with daffodils (and yes, they are from my bulbs). Flowers always make me happy. What makes you happy?
More on caterpillars
Yesterday’s post talked about my horror experience with white-stemmed gum moth caterpillar cocoon. That wasn’t the only time I came across the caterpillar. We had a gorgeous gum tree in the front of our yard. Unfortunately the previous owners planted it too close to the retaining wall and driveway and the shallow roots of the…
Bulb update #2
I thought I’d update you on how my bulbs are going (you can read about my previous spring bulb posts here and here). I planted anemone and ranunculi in a garden bed that is north facing, so it’s had a lot of winter sun over the last couple of months. More than the other bulbs.…
Bulb update
If you remember, around Easter I posted about planting over 250 bulbs. I was worried after all that work I would get to spring and nothing. So I am very excited to be able to say I have sprouting bulbs! At least I will have some flowers come spring. Time will tell how many. The…