Our garden in Autumn 2015

This has been a wonderful growing season. The key to the garden growth was new rich soil in the front garden. The second key was being able to keep the soil moist and keeping the bacteria alive.
This was a lovely sunny day and it finally looks like a cottage garden.
 Now we have gale force winds and unrelenting rain. Gardens are so ephemeral.

Giant Strelitzia, has white and blue flowers occasionally,
 and Tallowwood trees 

Arty red colour Canna

Salvias, red and blue, and cosmos

Little dog, big steps

Agaves bloom in Autumn

It is the week after the autumn equinox and the Yuccas have shot up their magnificent flowers, and the Draceana variegated has a spike.
After a whole season of photosynthesising I guess they have enough energy to flower.
Red is the predominant colour of flowers and there are many birds about.

The Salvia are in flower and geraniums and Canna.
The basil, (maybe native to Aust maybe Holy Basil) is in bloom again. It is a great bee attractant.
Day temp 24°C  night 12 °C

Presly was a wonderful village. The people there are absolutely marvellous. Our thanks are huge.
May 2014

The German gardens May 2014

 Giant Alliums 

Furstenwald

Linden tree at Beim Lindenhof St

Peonies in Kurt& Ruth's yard

                Peony in the warm garden, Ersten

Germany was delightful. The days are long in Europe at this time of year and the plants have sun from about 5:30 until 9:30 pm. So the growth is phenomenal. Peonies, cornflowers and every plant with soft leaves that you can imagine. 

Our friends were immensely kind and gave us many great meals, good company and many excursions to the best sights of the area.

German countryside

May 2014. Last week we were in Germany, in the area of Kassel.
The villages were Furstenwald, Ersten and Calden.

The weather was marvellous for Spring and we had a wonderful time with friends.

Reindeer

At the Tierpark in Sababurg we were invited to the opening of the new Elk lodge. It is made of enormous logs of wood and was very warm and solid.

In the park we also visited the reindeer which were very special. 

Elk Lodge