Arvo all :)
Having a mad moment.
I looked closer at this garden, mainly ornamental’s , and that wattle tree is actually cracked at the base so it has to come out.
A couple other plant’s you can’t see because they blew right away or bent over under other thing’s…so… I decided I’m going to rip out this entire bed and plant more foody thing’s. I can see columnar ballerina apples…dwarf nectarine and peaches. I have the dwarf lime already so this could go in here too.
I can see an espalier on that side of the shed, but what ?
It’s a hot sunny area. But it would need some building up/ replenishing.
What do you think ? What else would be good?

waves to Max, well you have the time HP and can always have a nice flower/herb border as well :)

The Estate said:

waves to Max, well you have the time HP and can always have a nice flower/herb border as well :)

That’s an idea too, herb border. Thanks Thee :D
The job has started already, the wattle is gone, as are several other shrub’s.
The Lots o Lemon stay’s though.
The cordyline and A. cognata’s will be moved. I only just planted out the potted A . cog’s so I will move them asap. Lot’s to mulch now .

the cocker spaniel is sooo cute :)

progress update.
The only thing’s left in that bed now is the lemon and the wattle stump, will get that out tomorrow.
I dug it over a bit and lot’s of curl grub’s and snail’s went to the delighted chook’s :)
The pile to be mulched is bigger than shown here, but I had to stop because it’s too dark.

Happy Potter said:

progress update.
The only thing’s left in that bed now is the lemon and the wattle stump, will get that out tomorrow.
I dug it over a bit and lot’s of curl grub’s and snail’s went to the delighted chook’s :)
The pile to be mulched is bigger than shown here, but I had to stop because it’s too dark.

you have been busy :) going to look good hen it is all done.

i’m a believer in using deciduous trees to protect windows from the sun. so if thats the hot side of the house i would plant trees to protect the windows. so i would end up with height on the corner which could be a compositional no-no.

also the fences are more beautiful than the shed (which is unusually part of the brick house) – so i would look at getting a creeper to grow over the shed iron.

sorry HP i’ve no idea of the best plants in your climate.

pepper said:

i’m a believer in using deciduous trees to protect windows from the sun. so if thats the hot side of the house i would plant trees to protect the windows. so i would end up with height on the corner which could be a compositional no-no.

also the fences are more beautiful than the shed (which is unusually part of the brick house) – so i would look at getting a creeper to grow over the shed iron.

sorry HP i’ve no idea of the best plants in your climate.

That’s ok Pepper, I like the idea of a creeper over the shed. I was going to put an espellier apricot there , that’s the shed that the front of it will be mosaiced, but there’s a ruddy air conditioner sticking out right in the middle wall of the shed about my head height ( ouch ouch rub’s sore head)
Not sure now, but that shed wall area get’s sun from 10 am till 4 pm ish, so maybe the ballerina apples can go there, planted close together thay could grow as tall as the shed , and the dwarf nectarine nearby.
I preferably want all fruit tree’s. The lime tree can go near the lotsa lemons.

I have re planted everything that was in this bed now , but have to wait for a couple days to get help to get the wattle stump out.
I,m off to the pool with giant son and grandson. Bbl

Oh also Pepper, that shed isn’t attached to the house, there’s a 800 cm gap and it’s behind that , where we will be putting a slimline water tank. One day.
I’ve just piled bag’s of horse poop in the cleared bed, barrow load of soiled chook straw too.

Finally finished for the day ! 4 fruit dwarf fruit tree’s planted out :) and upturned pot’s where the next lot will go, in case I forget where lol.
I,m stuffed. Now for a milo and lay on the couch :D

where’s all the pics ??

The Estate said:

where’s all the pics ??

Sorry for no further pics yet Thee..my pc went to PC heaven and with it my photo prog. (Pics still in the camera to be uploaded) We have been trying to fix it but I reckon it might be better off planted as fill in that there garden lol.
I will put my pic programme on another pc, soon.

right ..some pic’s I said I would show you.
And some other’s I took :).
This is the one that greeted me yesterday morning, zygo in flower :D

Fruit garden mid progress

The tree stump we had to get out.

Mini lime and ballerina apple tree’s planted in built up part’s.

Dwarf nectarine planted and pot’s in place where dwarf cherry tree’s ,2, will be planted.

Mandarine’s comming along nicely. I had to remove some fruit as some of the branchs were drooping to breaking point with the weight of the fruit.

Lastly, some nicola spuds.

right ..some pic’s I said I would show you.
And some other’s I took :).
This is the one that greeted me yesterday morning, zygo in flower
—- i wish my zygo looked as good.
the renovated area looks good – i’m sure the extra produce will be appreciated later.

pepper said:

right ..some pic’s I said I would show you.
And some other’s I took :).
This is the one that greeted me yesterday morning, zygo in flower
—- i wish my zygo looked as good.
I love that zygo , the colour’s are so pretty, soft and soothing to look at.

the renovated area looks good – i’m sure the extra produce will be appreciated later.

It sure will be appreciated Pepper.
We all love granny smith apples and so there will be 2 of those as well. The GS arn’t columnar tho , they are shrub’s so will fit in the middle areas.
On order are 2 cherry tree’s , one black cherry and one white ( for pollination) and a peach tree.
I still have to get in a couple meter’s of soil ( some spare for other areas) and then mulch the whole bed.
I cant wait :D

WOW! that zygocactus is sure putting on a show! Must go and show the picture to mine so they know what they are supposed to look like ;)

bluegreen said:

WOW! that zygocactus is sure putting on a show! Must go and show the picture to mine so they know what they are supposed to look like ;)

another view of it Bluegreen.
I just stood and stared at the lovely colour’s and the softness of it, it had me mesmerised.

Happy Potter said:

another view of it Bluegreen.
I just stood and stared at the lovely colour’s and the softness of it, it had me mesmerised.

so did all those flowers come out overnight? what side of the house is it on (Nth, Sth,..?)

I have some salmon coloured ones coming into flower that I got as cuttings from someone at one of Thee’s do’s last year. Was that you?

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

another view of it Bluegreen.
I just stood and stared at the lovely colour’s and the softness of it, it had me mesmerised.

so did all those flowers come out overnight? what side of the house is it on (Nth, Sth,..?)

I have some salmon coloured ones coming into flower that I got as cuttings from someone at one of Thee’s do’s last year. Was that you?

Yes, they just opened suddenly. I did have this one on the patio where a light was on untill late and it only flowered on the dark side, so I moved it to the fernery where it gets filtered light only, and complete dark all night, now it’s blooms are right around it :)
The fernery is on the east side of my place. Trellis fence extension and shade cloth ect.
Yes it was me who took the samon coloured ones to Thee’s , my salmon ones are about to come into bloom too. There’s another darker pink one I have that comes into bloom much later than the ones atm ..probably another month or so.

Happy Potter said:

Yes, they just opened suddenly. I did have this one on the patio where a light was on untill late and it only flowered on the dark side, so I moved it to the fernery where it gets filtered light only, and complete dark all night, now it’s blooms are right around it :)
The fernery is on the east side of my place. Trellis fence extension and shade cloth ect.
Yes it was me who took the samon coloured ones to Thee’s , my salmon ones are about to come into bloom too. There’s another darker pink one I have that comes into bloom much later than the ones atm ..probably another month or so.

good oh. I have mine on the east side hanging from the edge of my front porch. They probablly need to bush up[ a bit more before I get a display like that. Might try cutting some leaf segments in half when they finish flowering, that is supposed to promote branching I think….?

Thanks for the salmon cuttings then, they are doing well :)

I have some of the darker, bright pink ones too that aren’t ready to flower yet.

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

WOW! that zygocactus is sure putting on a show! Must go and show the picture to mine so they know what they are supposed to look like ;)

another view of it Bluegreen.
I just stood and stared at the lovely colour’s and the softness of it, it had me mesmerised.

What a beautiful Zygo HP, absolutely stunning.

We all love granny smith apples and so there will be 2 of those as well. The GS arn’t columnar tho , they are shrub’s so will fit in the middle areas.
On order are 2 cherry tree’s , one black cherry and one white ( for pollination) and a peach tree.
I still have to get in a couple meter’s of soil ( some spare for other areas) and then mulch the whole bed.
I cant wait :D
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my two granny smith have died in the drought. i will replant.
my daughter is really excited about two avocado trees she has bought for her suburban rental home. i’m not too sure how they’ll go in pots?
good luck with the soil.

How stunning is this ???? Beautiful

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

WOW! that zygocactus is sure putting on a show! Must go and show the picture to mine so they know what they are supposed to look like ;)

another view of it Bluegreen.
I just stood and stared at the lovely colour’s and the softness of it, it had me mesmerised.

If I showed that to my zygo…… Mine would die with its leg in the air…..

scenes from today.

soil arrives.

soil moved to the new bed.

chooks wasted no time making dust bathing hole’s in the spare dirt pile.

and I made a little wonky path to the tap , and theres a little too much soil in here now so will take some out tomorrow.

wow HP …you have been busy:)

I’m wrecked now Lucky, collapsed in my chair like a dirty blob.

Shower in a minute then baked beans jaffles for giant son ( just arrived) and I for tea :)

scenes from today.

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Nice job, HP, Your path’s a lot straighter than mine :)

orchid40 said:

scenes from today.

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Nice job, HP, Your path’s a lot straighter than mine :)

It’s not supposed to be straight O40 !
It goes side ways a bit as the entrance to to the garden the tap is off centre .. or are you saying your path’s are that bad ? lol

Happy Potter said:

orchid40 said:

scenes from today.

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Nice job, HP, Your path’s a lot straighter than mine :)

It’s not supposed to be straight O40 !
It goes side ways a bit as the entrance to to the garden the tap is off centre .. or are you saying your path’s are that bad ? lol

:0 :0 Sorry HP! But mine was supposed to be straight and it isn’t :)

chooks wasted no time making dust bathing hole’s in the spare dirt pile.
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hahaha – chooks are great – so enthusiastic as garden helpers.
you really are a mover and shaker HP – i think three times measure six times and finally do something. hopefully i will speed up a bit tomorrow.