Tag Archives: zone 1

Friday photo – Wasp on Federation Flame kangaroo paw

Posted on November 29, 2014 by tikiwanderer
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Standing in the rain with a hose, watering the plants

Posted on January 28, 2014 by tikiwanderer

I don’t know if my neighbours look out their windows late at night. But if they had the other night, they’d have seen me standing in the rain with a garden hose, watering the front garden. They, you and the … Continue reading →

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Leaving a droughtproofed garden for a summer holiday

Posted on January 26, 2014 by tikiwanderer

We recently spent three weeks away on holiday. It’s firstsummer, moving into secondsummer, that time of year also known as “January” or just plain “bloody hot”. My garden is unirrigated but not entirely unwatered, so us being away means no … Continue reading →

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Red and purple and bean Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2013 by tikiwanderer

This year, my bean screen forms part of the Christmas decorations, twining up through the Christmas lights, standing silhouetted in front of the Bull Banksia’s serrated leaves, even curving around the nearly-full moon. Merry Christmas, to all those folk I … Continue reading →

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Friday photo – Christmas colour, Adenanthos cuneatus

Posted on December 13, 2013 by tikiwanderer
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Friday photo – Granite kunzea

Posted on October 25, 2013 by tikiwanderer
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Zone 1 – a story in photos

Posted on October 23, 2013 by tikiwanderer

Zone 1 is my front yard, an unirrigated native garden. My plan is for it to be an effective garden through the next 30-80 years, though it’ll need a couple of key tweaks during that time. I expect getting the … Continue reading →

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Where a bandicoot has dug

Posted on October 22, 2013 by tikiwanderer

There’s a corner up the back of my zone 4 garden with soil like the rest of our area, but worse. Sandy, rainshadowed in winter, heat-burned in summer, hydrophobic off the scale. No sign of any previous soil conditioning, though … Continue reading →

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