Our nature strip has a street tree. I am not sure what type it is, but it attracts birds and has funny small seeds which drop everywhere. Fortunately they don't seem to yield new trees or I would have a forest!
As it isn't grassed it has been covered with a very fine tiny clay pebble. This seems to leave a blank space for every type of weed going. Oxalis, stone clover, grasses and of course dropped leaves as well. We are doing a couple of things to control the weeds. I hand weed and we also burn as well. We have cleared quite a lot of it but this time of year requires quite a bit of focus. When I was at the cool country natives nursery the other week, I saw some native violets and I think I might save up to do a bulk purchase so I can buy several of those to start introducing some competition to the weeds and which will look pretty.
We tend not to poison as we have lots of bird life around and I don't want to do anything to cause harm to them, so sore wrists are the order of the day at present!!
I am starting to question how long we can continue to live here and keep things up to scratch, but I think we have a few years in us yet and if in time we have to pay a gardener we'll either accept it, or we'll make the decision to sell up and downsize. However, I do want to enjoy the garden for as long as possible.
Tomorrow, they are due to arrive to remove my sick Palm tree and replace it with a new young one. I so enjoy watching it move in the wind. I am sorry to see the old one go. I look forward to a young, healthy replacement. The old one started to die last spring, but the arborist thought it best to plant a new one once the summer heat was over in the fall. We are predicted to have rain this weekend. Perfect timing.
I hope all has gone well with the planting of your new Palm tree @Graven Image .
We had a lovely drop of rain overnight and as our green bin had been emptied, I did a spot of weeding before the ground dries out again and because the bin was nice and close to where I wanted to work. Cheery husband noticed that there was another weed free spot, so I must have achieved something today!
I noticed the bull ants going mad in our back garden this morning, so I was hoping for a bit more rain. However, the sky was lovely and blue this afternoon, so that was that, no more rain and yucky wind predicted for tomorrow. At least the plants had a good drink overnight.
Spent a couple of chilly hours in the garden putting in bulbs yesterday. Still a good few to go, though when that will happen dear knows, as it is now really cold.
Definitely need to call on the tree guys as the pyracantha is going for world domination.
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As it isn't grassed it has been covered with a very fine tiny clay pebble. This seems to leave a blank space for every type of weed going. Oxalis, stone clover, grasses and of course dropped leaves as well. We are doing a couple of things to control the weeds. I hand weed and we also burn as well. We have cleared quite a lot of it but this time of year requires quite a bit of focus. When I was at the cool country natives nursery the other week, I saw some native violets and I think I might save up to do a bulk purchase so I can buy several of those to start introducing some competition to the weeds and which will look pretty.
We tend not to poison as we have lots of bird life around and I don't want to do anything to cause harm to them, so sore wrists are the order of the day at present!!
I am starting to question how long we can continue to live here and keep things up to scratch, but I think we have a few years in us yet and if in time we have to pay a gardener we'll either accept it, or we'll make the decision to sell up and downsize. However, I do want to enjoy the garden for as long as possible.
We had a lovely drop of rain overnight and as our green bin had been emptied, I did a spot of weeding before the ground dries out again and because the bin was nice and close to where I wanted to work. Cheery husband noticed that there was another weed free spot, so I must have achieved something today!
I noticed the bull ants going mad in our back garden this morning, so I was hoping for a bit more rain. However, the sky was lovely and blue this afternoon, so that was that, no more rain and yucky wind predicted for tomorrow. At least the plants had a good drink overnight.
Definitely need to call on the tree guys as the pyracantha is going for world domination.