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Mungo and I in the garden


Mungo and I in the garden

We have plenty of sunny days in winter when it's great to get out in the garden. The trees at the back are banksia ericifolia, hakea laurina (pincushion hakea) and callistemon on the right. The low shrubs are pink and white thryptomine.



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Love this - that's great native planting. Really like your thryptomene. Looks like it grows really easily down there.

16 Jul, 2009

 

That's a beautiful picture Leslie :)

16 Jul, 2009

 

Marvellous Mungo... He looks happy...
... a long way from his distant ancestors in bonnie Scotland.
Leslie ~ this is a wonderful pic :o)

16 Jul, 2009

 

Thanks Bernieh, yes, once they're established natives seem to be mostly left alone by the hordes of hungry wallabies and possums that come out each night to feed and they seem to cope with the fairly poor soil that we have here too. It's just a thin layer of grey sandy soil over yellow clay although we have brought in top soil in some areas particularly the vegie garden where we had 6 truck loads of top soil brought in from our river flat, about 1/4 of a mile from the house and down quite a steep hill.

17 Jul, 2009

 

Well you've done a great job - these natives look very happy. Up here I have the problem of very little soil if any at all - most of our yard is simply rock. To make the few garden beds we have it was a matter of trucking in soil too - quite an expensive exercise. You're so lucky you had your own river flat nearby. Our wallabies only seem to be interested in the grass here - the only thing they've eaten in the garden beds was portulaca - they don't seem to like any of the shrubs we have.

17 Jul, 2009

 

Our wallabies must be less fussy they'll try most things, love gazanias and dahlias but I think their favourite thing in my garden is the roses

17 Jul, 2009

 

You've obviously got a more discerning type of wallaby down there - they seem to have much better taste when it comes to diet! Grass v roses - no contest! Shame that you lose your lovely flowers.

17 Jul, 2009

 

Hi Terratoonie, Yes, Mungo is a happy little chap. We were in Scotland last May and went to St Mungo's Cathedral in Glasgow. You can guess who I was thinking of.

17 Jul, 2009

 

It does get discouraging when they take every leaf and bud off some rose bushes but thankfully there are others that they mostly leave alone. Sometimes I think it would be much more sensible to only grow things that they aren't so interested in eating but I do love roses and they seem to do fairly well here so I'll probably persist.

17 Jul, 2009



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