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Friday photo – 2013’s “also rans” part 1

Each Friday I’ve been putting up what I thought was the best photo of the week, usually with a story relevant to the time of year – what’s in flower, what work I’m doing, what’s being harvested, how the whole … Continue reading

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Spring equinox – an introspective

Today was the spring equinox. In a nod to traditional practice, I got up before dawn and watched the sky change. Admittedly I watched it change from kindof a dark grey to kindof a not-quite-so-dark-grey because we had a big … Continue reading

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Friday photo – Ladybird on mulch, and spring-ripened tomatoes

I had camera troubles this week which turned out to be the result of a slightly knocked pressure switch. We did a factory-reset on the settings though trying to find that out, and in the process of trying to get … Continue reading

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Friday photo – Blueberry buds and flowers

Our blueberry bush is budding and flowering prolifically, or at least as much as a one-foot-high bush can. Blueberries aren’t the best crop for Perth as most need more chilling than we get here on the sandplain. This is a … Continue reading

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Friday photo: Rain dripping from Wirewood pods

One of the main structural features in Zone 1, the unirrigated native garden in my front yard, is an Acacia coriacea or Wirewood. It flowers in autumn and by now is developing long curly tangly seedpods, popular with the Australian … Continue reading

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Friday Photo: Snails kissing

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Firstspring – tasks and celebrations

The season of firstspring started last week. I usually note it by when the roads first steam after rain and that hasn’t happened yet, but there are enough other cues. Many of the local native wildflowers in my front yard … Continue reading

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