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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 12/03/2009 : 16:34:49
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Its not a lily pond really its a horse bowl found it down the produce store near the chook food which is near the horse food and accessories, I noticed of late none of the waterlilies were flowering and the Gingers and Poinsettia were getting so much taller and that pond was in shade more than in the  so I decided to move it.
First I had to saw this Queensland Maple down to about 2.4 mts it was about 5 mts tall with nothing down the bottom 4 mts a stupid tree been in for years and only as thick as a saucer..
That took about three minutes..
Tony carted away all the branches and cut all the small stuff up for mulch..
I took all the pots out of the Lily pond
Would you believe I had six in there..
Tony emptied the water out of the horse bowl then I got to work
I shoveled all the lose soil into the barrow leveled it off put down some packing sand.
Added a layer of bricks then pavers leveled it again it was just right
Put the horse bowl on top leveled that off and put some of the pots back in.
There were even water lilies growing in the sediment at the bottom
The Native ones not Gails Yellow one 
Went around the garden dug up some of Gail's Dianella revoluta.
Some other Dianella a darker blue I hope.
Also a cutting of Gail's Calphimin I wonder what colour its flowers are
Put two small seedlings of Stenocarpus floribunda the white flowered creeper.
In case one does not make it if they do I will take the second one out.
Some variegated could be Liriope I have idea what it is but I like it.
And green Liriope..
I went out the front and pinched some small rocks from around Dry Creek Bridge.
The big one was so heavy I could hardly get it on the trolley.
Lucky for me Tony came back just in time to do the lifting
I need more rocks will have to buy some more.
So that's its Folks.. A little bare at present it will thicken up in time.
And I can see me adding to it all the time.
Oh No said Tony dont you think you have enough garden to look after now.
I told him this one is a no maintenance garden and it is..
Only one thing left Tony has to drill some holes in the tree trunk
So I can, actually he can pour poison into it to sent it on its way
To that garden in the Sky....
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
 Posted - 12/03/2009 : 16:54:35
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| wooow M A, guna look good a,poor ol tree though RIP |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:02:16
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I think it looks great MA and you can always increase the size inch by inch,Tony won't notice.I hope all the new plants grow well.
Ihope you have'nt been doing any of this.
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If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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medburygardens
gardener
New Zealand
639 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:10:00
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where are ewe finding all those Gwen |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:12:39
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Looks great MA, a really nice feature in what was a bare area
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:20:00
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Oh yes Richard we have a lot of RIP trees here they come in handy for growing climbers and creepers on.
Gwen of course I did feeling good for two days then not today though 
Cheryl yes bare it was and should make a difference..
Richard.... Gwen's daughter Faye bought her a package of smilies...
They are Not free ones.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
Edited by - Mary-Anne on 12/03/2009 17:22:11 |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:26:45
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will you eventually sink the pond or leave it how is in case you change your mind 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:30:04
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No it sits up on those two layers of bricks and will stay there.
Canes Toad dont climb.... Thats why its up high.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
Edited by - Mary-Anne on 12/03/2009 19:47:37 |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 17:34:40
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okies  Would they eat the plants and or breed in there
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
 Posted - 12/03/2009 : 19:40:33
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Cheryl, Toad and Frogs are amphibians, they must have water for breeding , they lay their eggs into water and leave them to develop..
They would'nt be as keen on eating plants as they would in eating insect
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 12/03/2009 : 19:48:47
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Looks good
What is the Calphimin? I don't know that one... scratching head... would it happen to be Galphimia? If it is, it is a bushy shrub to about 1 or 1.2m that gets covered in spikes of small bright yellow flowers for most of the year. It is a tough little plant that doesn't need a lot of water... thrives on neglect... I've grown in here as well as at previous places. The one below gets a little too much shade so is a little bigger and slightly straggly than what they are if grown in full sun. It does flower in the shade as well as the sun though.
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.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 19:59:18
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Richard you asked me where did I get all those smilies . Faye bought me a pack of Smilies from.PostSmile.com
But the latest ones you are refering to Faye has gathered over years from the net for free,
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This one you could paint Richard
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:20:52
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 Poor Mona, looks like me on a Sunday morning 
Pssttt how much did this cost in Oz $$ and how does it work, PM me please Gwen How long for and how many
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:31:04
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Cheryl when we were building the house here we had to get a rubble pit dug out down the back Council law/rules as the stormwater had to go somewhere it was a little over a cubed metre and we had to wait till the Inspector came and okeyed it to be filled in, we started the house in July and the first thing that was done was the steel posts, then the plumber came and done all that drainage/sewage and water pipes and connected the water, before we started on the bearers and joists then us two would not be in his way.
We did not finish the house to a live in stage till the third week in December and at that time we did get a bit of rain and of course into the rubble pit it went and any of the holes left by the plumber that had fallen in and my job every morning there for quite a while was to go down to the rubble pit or any holes and scoop the Toad spawn out of the water and I would just leave it on the ground to dry out I reckon I killed thousands of toad eggs seeing a female can lay 8,000 to 35,000 eggs at a time.. So you can understand why I have no ponds at ground level otherwise I would have something much bigger and more natural looking..
The Council came about February to Ok everything to do with drainage then we were permitted to fill that big hole in with broken tiles, bricks, stones, it made no sense to me as with in a year it was clogged up with silt and grass grew in the pipes so no more of that every morning for me. Any way the Toads could not spawn there after it was filled in as Gwen said they need water..
Yellow flower is it Gail thanks..I will have to dig it up and plant it somewhere else then as its way to big..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 20:36:05
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OMG MA they are horny fat toadies   Thanks for the explanation for a Southern Bell
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2009 : 21:20:28
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Southern Belle I love that
Dont like this Belle though
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Moved The Lily Pond.....