I cheated. I bought the worlds biggest hydrangea bush on the weekend.  I've been watering and caring for my little mail order seedlin...

We're still a few weeks early - but it feels like summer is already here. What's new in the garden? We've finally got some pa...

I often find myself blaming the soil when a plant in our veggie plot doesn't do well "oh we don't have very good soil, there ar...

I've always had a soft spot for the English luxury house Mulberry  (I share my surname with one of their gorgeous satchels and often fan...

After the flower failure in my last post it's nice to have some more successful blooms to display. (Although I've decided that roses...

My new David Austin rose (and first attempt into the world of rose growing) - the curiously named Jude the Obscure -  has been going well so...

Look at what I spotted peeking out from under a banana leaf on the weekend.. Finally a banana flower! It's been about 20 months s...

My citrus "orchard" has been decidedly lacklustre since  this photo  back in March.   The dwarf Meyer lemon has made a few attemp...

I spotted an extra little friend in the chicken coop last week (let me give you a hint - it rhymes with house..) and realised that we needed...

So here is our first zucchini, just lounging around on a deck chair. In case you didn't notice.. its a little odd looking, fatter at ...

Today after the markets we stopped into The Cottage Garden Nursery at East Brisbane. I literally drive past it every weekday on the way to w...

I've got the hydrangea blues. via Martha Stewart Look how gorgeous Martha's hydrangeas are. I'm jealous. I desperately wante...

I spruced up a bare patch in the veggie garden this afternoon with these sugar snap peas.  The last batch of bean seedlings I bought were ...

I'm not a big fan of cold weather - but one thing to look forward to in winter are my beautiful camellias. I captured the first one  he...

After regaling his co-workers with tales of our veggie garden Mr Tchotchke was gifted a sprouting choko from Sheila the lovely accounts lady...

I took this snap at the rear garden area of  The Gun Shop Cafe  last weekend - it looks like their green wall is made up of plenty of differ...

So even after our big gravel job the other weekend  (here)  we still weren't done in the garden. When we were at  Tingalpa Landscaping ...

Remember the tomato seedlings from  this post?  Those pics were from back in March - and they didn't look too different through April an...

There was more garden work to be done this weekend - the ugly bit of dirt under the deck need some attention. So off we went to  Tingalpa L...

Our camellia bush has been covered in buds so I was so excited to to come across this first bloom today. This rogue purple orchid has popp...