Outdoors in the city
All that rain and then this warm weather has meant the slugs are having a lovely time and have munched through most of the Jerusalem artichokes and lettuce.
Archives for April 2009
What's hot at Greenacre
It's all go for me at the moment, and that's how I like it. Busy, busy, busy. There are so many projects to do at Greenacre that it can feel a little overwhelming. It's important to break larger projects down into bite-sized chunks, and with that approach in just a few weeks things have moved on nicely.
Community growth
I seem to spend most of my time wondering where my next batch of compost is coming from, whether it will get to the right house (I'm not entirely sure there's not someone in my neighbourhood that got a surprise bag or so) and whether there'll be enough.
Must-have plants
Three days of sunshine and everything is bursting into bud. Even so, the magnolias have beaten the deciduous trees hands down. The Magnolia x soulangeana in my neighbour's garden - with its waxy goblets held aloft like pink candle flames - has been flowering for three weeks already, and even though it's still in bud it's a beauty to behold.
