Today’s Flowers – Pink Geranium and Joey Paws

Hope you are having a nice weekend.

Here are a few photos taken from my garden recently for Today’s Flowers…

Pink Geranium stands tall in front of a lovely green yucca and various succulent plants in the background.

The gorgeous Joey Paw (miniature Kangaroo Paw, or Anigozanthos) is an Australian native. The plant grows up to 18ins/45 cm in full sun or part shade, and is drought tolerant.

Busy weekend

As I am writing this, the sun is setting on a Sunday afternoon in Australia, and the weekend is coming to an end. It has been a busy one for me, with lots to do around gardening. Here’s an account…

Saturday:

• Attended a “Grow your own herb and vegie” workshop in the morning at a local garden centre,
• Followed by a trip to the library to borrow a book on succulent,
• And to the newsagent to buy a magazine on gardening (a free pack of carrot seeds came with it – yay!),
• Which I enjoyed reading at the hairdresser, and
• By the time I got home, I was so tired that I rested in front of the TV watching 2 gardening shows, back to back. They were very enjoyable and gave me lots of ideas… LOL, much better than watching Sex In The City.

Sunday:

• By morning I had had time to process the lesson learnt at the workshop on Saturday, and was really excited. I went to the garden centre again, and I bought some vegetable and herb seedlings (just a few to start), a self-watering pot, soil and fertiliser,
• I also managed to squeeze in some stationery shopping, and
• Then I was gardening for most of the afternoon. It was sunny – perfect for a day outdoors. I have added carrots, tomatoes and spring onions to my little “edibles” collection of coriander, basil, thyme, oregano, Vietnamese mint and chilli plants.
• In addition to that, there was a lot of re-potting and re-positioning of plants.

It was a long but satisfying day. It has been a while since I was able to work on the balcony due to constant rain. There’s still lots to do… But for now, I am rewarding myself with a Beez Neez Beer, which tastes great after an afternoon in the sun… Cheers!