by Mara | Jun 25, 2014 | Fauna & Flora, In the Garden
Persicaria odorata is flowering. Small tiny flowers, barely discernible are opening. I really like the scent of these leaves, they are invigorating.
by Mara | Jun 25, 2014 | Design, In the Garden, Urban Greening
The backyard was pretty bare when we came to inspect the house. Grass and a few Camellias…..we planted Acacia mearnsii (Black Wattle) and other species which I need to go back and identify….thanks to this fast growing tree, which is now 11 years old, we...
by Mara | Jun 25, 2014 | In the Garden, Soil
The Fava beans Artemisia and I planted four weeks ago have been lovingly blown into bendy poses. Here they are doing their poses. Still intact and really quite fine, it will be lovely to see them grow over time. Today they and all the broad beans were given a...
by Mara | Jun 25, 2014 | Chickens, In the Garden
Finally my new chickens started laying three weeks ago! I had been truly missing having my own eggs….but just as soon as they did lay, I started to find broken eggs with the yolks completely gone….I suspected the Ravens or Crows that perch on the nearby...
by Mara | Jun 16, 2014 | Harvests, In the Garden
