Sleepy Sunday

Another week has gone by and it is lazy Sunday again. I have been able to set up my hanging baskets finally in the carport. It looks much better now. The next stage will be to set up the black tubing so I just have to set the tap timer on and it will do it automatically. That is a while away as I will have to buy all the attachments first. My herbs are growing beautifully. I have basil - greek and sweet, shallots, parsley, oregano, lemon grass, and chillies. I still want to buy a few more such as chives, mint, rosemary, wormwood and thyme. I have also been growing seedlings that sprouted by themselves from a jasmine smelling white flowered/red berry producing shrub - not sure what it is but now I have 9 more of them! Anyway my intention is to make a hedge out of them in about a year's time.

I also have a blue butterfly bush (Clerodendrum Ugandense). I think it is amazing as its flowers actually resemble butterflies! Check this out...

I love visiting garden centres. I reckon when I die I don't want flowers I want people to buy actual complete plants - not just the flowers. I should make a list that way I know that they will survive even with neglect. I should also work out where I would like them planted too obviously!

I would love to go to Hunter Valley Gardens (NSW) and visit the 12 different gardens over 25 hectares. It won a tourism award - 2 yrs running now. It looks really good. Check out their website: http://www.hvg.com.au/home.asp

The Melbourne Garden Show looked good on TV the other night but they are only temporary displays but Hunter Valley Gardens is permanent with various activities held there throughout the year. Oh sorry, I was off daydreaming about that day - no week or maybe two! Oh hum...

I would also love to go on one of those garden tours around Europe just checking out gardens. That would be the best - although I would probably check out the art galleries and museums too whilst I was there. You know the artist who painted his garden - Monet - he first created his garden with the help of his kids so that he could later paint it. I think that is clever. I would love to visit his garden too. Gardening can be just as creative as paint on canvas.

Lastly, I found this great website that has terrific photos. There are many photo websites out there with very interesting views of something that you would normally see every day but not necessarily from that perspective. Try and find the photo of the car door handles. It looks great. Go to this website: http://www.digitalimagecafe.com/

Let me know what you think. That is it for this week.

Cheers T :-)