They just love to fill up the frame. Amazing colours of Spring. These were taken at the most recent Tesselaar Tulip Festival up near the Dandenong Ranges, outside of Melbourne. It is a weird sort of place, this Tulip farm. They charge around $30 Australian dollars to walk around rows of flowers, then get you … Continue reading
There are many joys waiting in the Spring garden. The most important one for me is sitting on a log watching it all go by. There is Zen somewhere between chickens scratching at the ground and the hum of a city carried by the wind. Nectar feeding birds fight for the highest branches of the Banksia tree, while … Continue reading
I always worry about grape vines in the Winter. They look dead for months, just until those leaves burst open into Spring sunshine. In preparation for the demands of the new season, the soil has been improved with basalt dust and vermicast made from coffee grounds and chicken manure. A good dose of fish emulsion just … Continue reading
See them! Broad bean pods replacing white with black stained flowers, surrounded by lavender and nasturtium, in the morning shadow of a lemon tree. Continue reading
Ground to Ground 