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| medburygardens |
Posted - 20/02/2009 : 13:35:02 
This still to be completed archway will be wide enough to drive a car through,i have already set steel rods in concrete to support the frame work that will be made of Manuka,a native NZ wood that above ground will last 30 - 40 years,can't be used below ground. The name of the climbing rose to the right is i have no idea,its red and its still alive after having the crap blown out of it by not having any support.Hang in there rose,this project will be completed soon i promise. As for those two in the photo,couldn`t have planed it better,Jay was just standing there watching me take the photo and cat (Duncan)comes strutting along.There's another thread just in Duncans recent three month disappearance.
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| The Estate |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 06:30:14 Dont talk tags to me, that is why I leave them on now 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers; if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
| medburygardens |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 03:24:12 Good to meet you too Karen,
The rose is three years old,should have left the name tag beside it |
| RoseMeadow |
Posted - 26/02/2009 : 22:38:03 Hi Richard, its nice to meet you. Benjamin Britten, a David Austin, has that colouring. How old is your rose ?
Karen Adams |
| The Estate |
Posted - 24/02/2009 : 06:34:55 A full time job Pamela, but great for the paying clients though 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers; if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
| Pamela |
Posted - 24/02/2009 : 05:53:46 Sorry Simon - January and early February is a difficult time here as the heat is soooooo intense and I have so many plants to try and care for. I never managed to get all the beds mulched by summer although I am still trying to finish them and once I do it will be easier as I will just keep adding more hay and straw and newspaper to the existing. Even now it is easier as there are that much less weeds as I have a lot covered in mulch and so less seed heads. January and early Feb is all about surviving. My guests don't see it that way as they spend all day in the pool and cabana which are lovely and catch the breeze but I cannot invade their privacy so I jsut spend my time trying to cope as best I can with the heat and the plants needing water. Next summer should be easier if it is all mulched. I am learning how to survive on this property that I love.
I might add the great survivors without watering were the rugosas up the driveway - boy they are tough!!!
Autumn is the most beautiful time in this valley and I love it when autumn arrives.
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
| TasV |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 19:40:32 quote: Originally posted by Pamela
I agree! Simon I have been just trying to survive here with all the work, the puppy and the summer heat and rain ... that's all.
Good to hear Pamela. Hadn't seen you around in ages and was wondering how things were going  |
| Mary-Anne |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 13:56:40 Good....
 Friends are the flowers in the garden of life Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
| medburygardens |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 13:39:40 Your family is like mine Gwen,within our extended family on my mothers side,the artistic streak goes back four generations that we know of.This artistic tendency seems to be passed on to nearly all of my relations,there is one aunty thats not and nor is any of her childen.
I work on taken some photos soon. |
| The Estate |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 11:00:18 Yes I love taking my piccies when the roses are at their best Only comp I do is the GE one and just for fun, winning if you do is a bonus 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers; if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |
| Mary-Anne |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 10:40:49 Me either..I enjoy giving my photos away I am not interested in Contests. I am into it for the fun also.
 Friends are the flowers in the garden of life Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
| Gail |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 10:34:31 I'm not really into the art societies, just do it for my own fun 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
| Mary-Anne |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 10:32:38 I was not too bad with folk art painting till the eyes went bad. Fixed them up, now the hands and fingers are bad..
I will stick to cameras...
 Friends are the flowers in the garden of life Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
| pitta |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 10:25:42 A lot of Art Societies now have a prize section in exhibitions for computer generated art .
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen Cooktown |
| Gail |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 09:47:34 I'm like Cheryl but I can do stuff on the computer... I like manipulating photos and turning them into "art"... if you could call it that 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
| The Estate |
Posted - 23/02/2009 : 08:38:39 WOW a creative lot Gwen   , I can draw stick figures 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers; if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne |