A little color in your Garden

Adding color to your garden brings cheer and joy to others - Color influence our emotions even though we may not even be aware of it.

Why do leaves and plants have color? because color is part of life.

Even white flowers play a beautiful part in a garden.

Warm colors like yellow  go great with cold colors  like purple
you will find warm colors are more brighter than cold colors that is why
they contrast nicely together.

I will add a few pictures I have come across with beautiful colors

Combining  color with yellow flowers could be bright red, and of course green,
along with cream flowers like "foxglove" and purple flowers like "bellflowers".
you would be surprised how nice it looks .

Orange looks warm and wonderful in a garden as well.

Rose gardens

Planning to grow a rose garden... roses like light, air, shelter and rich deep soil. So for a start you need to be sure you have the right sort of plot. Plan carefully, choose the colors that will look nice  together.


When spring starts  and new growth appears fertilize roses with a complete fertilizer such as specially formulated rose food. The main season for roses occurs in late spring through to summer an autumn.


Prune roses in winter, remove dead wood and cut branches back so you are left with three to five main stems. Cut to just above an outward facing bud that grows away from the center of the plant.
use a pruning saw to remove any thick growth. 


If well looked after, many roses flower continuously right up until  early autumn.


Plants that look wonderful with roses  are  delphiniums, trumpet lilies, Violas, geraniums and lavender 


The great thing about roses is they look pretty and leave a lovely fragrance in the garden.

All about moving

If you’re a gardener who has to move house and wants to take the garden too, winter is the time to do it because this is the best time to move plants.

When plants are dormant, or growing slowly, you can dig them up with little damage occurring, and transport them to a new garden or position.

The cooler temperatures of winter also mean plants come under less stress during the move – and so do you emotionally, it is also easier to leave a garden in the winter when it is slumbering.

Most deciduous shrubs, bulbs and perennials are easily moved. Some evergreens such as camellias are also easy to move, but many native trees and shrubs resent a move. If the plant you want to move grows readily from seed or cutting, consider collecting seed or taking cuttings, rather than digging up the entire plant.

Plants that are worth moving are any that may be destroyed if they are left – perhaps by a house extension or changes to the garden layout – any that you feel are irreplaceable. Any plants you’ve put into the garden to help sell the house may also be easy to dig back up, repot and take with you to brighten up the new place.

To prepare a plant for its move, first dig around the root system. If you have time to do this several months ahead of the move, dig a trench around the plant at the extent of its leaves. This severs the main roots, which begin to form new, fine feeding roots that will help the plant adapt to its new location. Fill the trench with sand or compost and give the root area between the trunk and the trench regular water. Apply a seaweed tonic every two or three weeks.   

AROMATIC BASIL OIL

Preserve Basil the Italian Way....

Layer the leaves in a Jar and sprinkle each layer with salt.
Top up the jar with a good -quality olive oil.
Seal Jar securely and store in a refrigerator.

Allow several days for the oil to be infused
with the flavor of the Basil.

Drizzel over salads and  pizzas.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C is in many fruits and vegetables. 


You will find it in or course in Citrus but also Parsley , Berries, Red Capsicum, Apples, Broccoli, asparagus & cabbage.


Vitamin C is one of the best immune-boosting nutrients for treating  chronic diseases . It protects cells from free --radical damage.


The recommended daily intake for adults id 45 milligrams up to 60 milligrams.

My Garden

Here is a photo of My Garden ,   we had a jungle while we worked through the years and it took until we retired
part time to fix it up.
It took around  6 months of hard work - buying new plants - laying soil and new grass - but  it was sure worth it in the end- as we have a lovely nice place to enjoy.

Here is a photo of part of our Garden.

A little break

Next Sunday we are off to the North Coast for a few days - Son and daughter in law and children are coming with us.   We hire an apartment with a pool at the back section of our two story townhouse and the kids love it.
The resort we stay at has a wonderful surrounding pool of the whole area, its not real deep but it is also great for the kids (and us).    We are not far from a place called Nelson Bay and Shoal Bay so we also go there swimming as well. We don't cook much -  mainly eat fish & chips etc but we have a lot of fun together.