I happen to think that the brigalow tree has beautiful foliage, and it smells “Straya” after rains…

Sadly I don’t have brigalow on my block now but I do have a yellow wood and some tree remnant of the original vegetation. Also some Leichhardt Bean (also remnant) which is another of my favourites.

This is not going to be a re-vegetation thread, as much as I would like to, the back block is in a residential / light industrial area and I’d probably have to apply for some stupid permit which would be refused because of the location. Holly the Horse, courtesy of Jim Next Door, is currently tending to the green panic and buffel indicative of a rather good Wet that we’ve just had. She’s also “mowing” my front yard but only on weekends (the council dog lady does not work weekends and lives 3 hours away… heh heh). So any self-sown little native trees / shrubs have got a chance because Holly would not be eating everything.

However, I would like to improve the aspect of this block from the street. Trees need to be planted / encouraged to baffle the southern storms, as well. There was a fantastic rural view from the house here, but they’ve gone and built two-storey duplexes on it, about 30 pairs…I can still see over them but it’s not the same…only Tweeties and Nemos are allowed as pets, there.

Will put some photos up and ewes can give me your opinions, I hope.

Can I just say I am looking for practicality and landscaping, rather than the Cottage Garden (at the front) and Cadagi Gum forest (at the back…an original “rainforest” planting that didn’t work out) of my neighbour next door…I can hack the cadagi, even the broken limbs that land in my yard, but not the Cottage Garden….urk…

Dinetta said:

I happen to think that the brigalow tree has beautiful foliage, and it smells “Straya” after rains…

Sadly I don’t have brigalow on my block now but I do have a yellow wood and some tree remnant of the original vegetation. Also some Leichhardt Bean (also remnant) which is another of my favourites.

This is not going to be a re-vegetation thread, as much as I would like to, the back block is in a residential / light industrial area and I’d probably have to apply for some stupid permit which would be refused because of the location. Holly the Horse, courtesy of Jim Next Door, is currently tending to the green panic and buffel indicative of a rather good Wet that we’ve just had. She’s also “mowing” my front yard but only on weekends (the council dog lady does not work weekends and lives 3 hours away… heh heh). So any self-sown little native trees / shrubs have got a chance because Holly would not be eating everything.

However, I would like to improve the aspect of this block from the street. Trees need to be planted / encouraged to baffle the southern storms, as well. There was a fantastic rural view from the house here, but they’ve gone and built two-storey duplexes on it, about 30 pairs…I can still see over them but it’s not the same…only Tweeties and Nemos are allowed as pets, there.

Will put some photos up and ewes can give me your opinions, I hope.

Can I just say I am looking for practicality and landscaping, rather than the Cottage Garden (at the front) and Cadagi Gum forest (at the back…an original “rainforest” planting that didn’t work out) of my neighbour next door…I can hack the cadagi, even the broken limbs that land in my yard, but not the Cottage Garden….urk…

:)

Put the last lot of compost onto the no-dig gardens, and they need watering…the chookens had a fine old time turning over the garden beds and the ground level of the compost heap…amazing how the mangoes have just melted away, along with their seeds. Putting twigs and small branches into the heap, as per RoughBarked’s advice, has helped prevent the heap from stagnating…