Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: 7 roses are in. Phew! time for a cold drink. 22Oct 06, 2010 5:54 pm It's been a while since i posted. January in fact. There are some posts on my house building thread but then I realised I should put it in the gardening section. So see page28 of my house thread or my blog. But here's what's been happening. Just before winter we finally got our post and rail fence up for around the front and down the main road side. We got the retaining wall man to spread out all our soil conditioner before the fence went up assuming we'd be putting in lawn sometime soon after that. ( not yet still!) While he was there we got him to do some large tree holes for us and we also got the fencer to add some more tree holes. To date we have 2 holes waiting for large silver birch trees but all the rest have not been filled with trees. See the blog for more pictures. A couple below to tide you over. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The weekend before last we tried to level out the last of the soil in the garden bed. "Level out" meaning remove lumps and bumps as the actual bed is to be on a slope dropping down to the fenceline. 16th-17th Oct 2010 for reference. That was saturdays task. Sunday I got up bright and early and began planting out the garden bed. A mix of mostly natives with small shrubs ( under 1m) and ground covers. By mid morning I'd plated around 26 plants and was ready for a break. I had a quick drive to a nearby market, picked up a few more plants and returned. had a cuppa and continued planting. By the end of the day I'd planted more than 50 plants including a row of society garlic plants to act as a smelly border for my veggie garden. yes front yard and a veggie garden in the main garden bed. The backyard is too rocky and it seems a shame not to have easy access to some veggies. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The ground is dusty in parts, rich with added soil conditioner in other parts. These sections will be for non natives and veggies. Our "ned kelly" grevillea is being overwhelmed by the enriched soil it's been planted on the edge of. I'm giving it an iron feed to try and save it. Poor thing Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 3 packets of seeds for baby spinach, baby carrots and chilli's as well as punnets of cherry tomato seedlings (8), garlic chives,sweet basil, baby spinach and 5 other small native plants. My plan was to plant the garlic around the outside of the vegetable area hopefully reducing the "food" aroma that will waft towards the bush where the rabbits live. The society garlic closest to the retaining wall had to be shifted. 3 of them were too far out of line. We planted two leucadendron's down near the boundary fence between the last silver birch and the manchurian pear tree. One is,"Safari Sunset" a lovely red flowered plant and the other an unlabeled yellow. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: More gardening. 23Oct 06, 2010 6:02 pm before Fu gets worried the manchurian pear is no longer staked! The following morning I planted a Port wine magnolia, Coprosma Evening Glow, a small kangaroo paw and some more wood violets on the other side of the "to be lawn" area. ( Photo to come) That was it for the long weekend. I'd done nothing else until today. Today was rotary hoe day. We've finally gotten started on preparing for the lawn. Zeolite and spongolite bag pre- spread. 2 of 4 bags. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ "The beast" Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The plot. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've just finished removing a splinter after raking the ground. All done. Now to firm it up before we can organise the lawn people to come in. One final find. Not what you want to find when turning over your soil! so many ways it could have come here. I don;t want to think about it. I hate wearing gardening gloves but after this find I might rethink my dislike of them. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ yes that is a needle still sticking out of the end.! Re: More gardening. 24Oct 07, 2010 10:50 am Just rang and asked to order the lawn. Empire Z. 100sqm. The guy is obviously out of the office so said someone will ring us back to get further details Prices are up a bit now that it's more traditional lawn planting weather. In June the price was 11sqm lawn 4.40 sqm laying ( GST included) delivery 121 Was 2 days notice for delivery/ 5 if you wanted it installed. now it's 11 sqm lawn 6.60 laying 125 delivery. Includes laying and compacting of the lawn afterwards. 10 working days notice required for install by them. Oh well gives us time to compact it a bit more and for more weeds to grow ( grrr) http://www.trueblueturf.com.au/lawn-tur ... mpire.html info on the turf: http://www.empireturf.com.au/ Re: More gardening. 25Oct 24, 2010 7:59 am well I'm back from Perth and it's time to update this thread with pictures of our beautiful lawn. From this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ To this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ To this Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ While I've been away Dh has been busy watering by hand and using the old sprinkler. One of those "tick tick" flicking ones and hopefully giving it some seasol. Today he'll get to try out the wobbler sprinkler that Fu has mentioned. A wobble-tee. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Today I'm off to get some peastraw for mulch and plan to give the lawn it's first molasses drink. Re: LAWN 26Oct 24, 2010 7:11 pm That Kexkez, Has come up sensational Folks take some notes on this. It is an excellent example of how to lay the turf. Note they have laid a header down and then rolled the turf out inside that header. Like painting a wall. See how none of the rolls end against each other. It is just like the bricks in your wall. It is a bit hard to make out in this as well but the rolls are laid in rows (that bit is easy to see ) but as they get to the end, they turn the rolls and head back in the opposite direction. So the cut of the rolls faces the the other way against what is next to it. Gives a nice MCG look to it Re: LAWN 27Oct 24, 2010 7:11 pm There will be a few cups of tea had staring/admiring the new lawn I bet Re: LAWN 28Oct 24, 2010 7:25 pm Def. Thank you Fu for all your wonderful advice and help. DH said on Friday he sat out the front just watching the sprinkler and admiring the green. It's been more than 3 years since we've heard that sound. The rental we were in while we were building had no lawn at all just woodchips and a few plants. Added seamungus over the top of the lawn now and DH had done one seasol appilcation on friday. I have to do some molasses on the lawn yet. Dh isn't keen for me to walk over it a 2nd time to do the molasses. Have started on the garden beds. Bought 8 bales of peastraw and have used 3 so far. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: LAWN 29Oct 24, 2010 7:28 pm For such a big area, I'd go with the straw for a bit and then get some tree loppers mulch on there on top Nice and thick You should also get some Nitrate rich rain on Wednesday arvo too. Storms about or nearby still by the look for you guys Re: LAWN 30Oct 24, 2010 7:39 pm yup will do. thanks Fu.I thought the straw will give it a nice boost and since the soil is pretty poor with little body toit except where I've added some this will be a good start. I can see the difference where I put sugar cane on last year even though I had soil conditioner mixed in with the soil first. We also have some fine silt on the other side of the lawn that needs boosting. The peastraw will give it a bit of a hand and once it breaks down I'll do what you've suggested getting in some wood mulch/loppers chips. Haven't been able to get mulch net contacts down here. The stuff is just not on offer. I'm guessing any around gets snaffled up by the local mulch /garden supply places. I've been told that's where the local guys get all their stuff from that they sell on. Re: LAWN 31Oct 26, 2010 9:51 pm Seriously AARONBIRK-consider yourself squashed! Grrrrr Beautiful lawn-I'm jealous now! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: LAWN 32Oct 26, 2010 10:01 pm well 1 bale still to go. Dh has been plugging the little patches as they appear in the turf joins. honestly Deemaree with your wonderful garden. nothing to be jealous of. but thank you. Have deleted a........ and banned him Re: LAWN 33Nov 02, 2010 8:23 am Well it's been 12 days now since the lawn went down and it's looking good. It had it's first molasses drink on the weekend and this weekend I will try to give it seasol and another molasses dose again. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In the garden Mulberry cuttings that I really MUST plant Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Roses. Scarlet queen elizabeth and peace. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Cherry tomatoes. I'm going to need more stakes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ dietes grandiflora Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 34Nov 09, 2010 8:18 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Well the roses seem very happy. Last year some garden conditioner was added to the builders sand pad (wasn't great quality I must admit) and then closer to where each was to be planted some organic soil conditioner was added, dug around etc. ( nice stuff) Then sugar cane mulch was added around each rose. This year they've had a little more sugar cane, but not much, lots of seasol, and molasses added. Then watered and watered and.... finally in September pruned. Then about 2/3 weeks ago they were given one small dose of blood n bone . I'll be giving them some seamungus soon. I can't re-mulch them as I've planted ground cover in between all the roses and it is just starting to recover from it's rather rough and savage removal from another garden and quick thrust into my soil. Native wood violets. I'm looking forward to watching them grow. Hopefully it won't be too hot for them. Lawn is looking rather lush as well. Wet day for the 2nd day in a row. Lots of seed heads appearing in the lawn now. DH has pretty much decided to go for a push mower again but to buy a brand new one as we had a very old 2nd, 3rd, 5th? hand one before. He mumbled something about self sharpening blades. I'll leave it for him to work it out. Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 35Nov 10, 2010 3:20 am He will regret not getting a mulching mower I did now I have a 4stroke mulching mower So quick and easy!!! I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 36Nov 10, 2010 11:36 am Kexkez! Deemaree Kyndylan Capers: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=46852 My blog: http://www.sufficientlysufficient.blogspot.com/ Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 37Nov 10, 2010 11:55 am A good reconed cyclinder mower and edger from a mower shop would be the go Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 38Jan 07, 2011 5:52 pm roses went wild as the weather hwarmed up. Of course now they are looking a bit sad. Mulberry tree hasn't been planted yet as I had a work friend who was going to take half. We teed up a weekend and then her partner broke his leg. Since she's a tad petite and their ground is pretty tough she isn't up to digging a hole for the tree. So the poor things are still in a pot. Lawn is a little less green than it was at laying but considering the heat it's not doing too badly. I know it is going to look even better by next summer when the roots have gone deeper. DH seems to be giving it a quick hand mow often enough. Dh's only complaint with it is that there is NO "freshly cut" grass smell after mowing. He was a bit disappointed with that. We've even had a couple of sets of runners to chop off. It's been down 13 weeks ( yesterday). The lawn is on a bit of a slope and it's definitely greener at the lower end. That end also has more organic mix in the soil and a deep soil cover. Some current pics. I'll add some of the lawn in a bit. dwarf abelia mini hedge border. They've been pruned once and need another pruning as I want them to thicken up and not get leggy. Have a few spots to plug and some more to add once the weather cools. it's a gooseberry!. Looking forward to these ripening. Sorry it's blurry. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ baby carrots, chilli plants are struggling along and the cherry tomatoes are happy but the cos lettuce, baby spinach and basil have gone to seed. Potatoes are still going. Lebenese cucumbers are not too happy but I bought some more seedlings today along with some red capsicums, more sweet basil and some brocollini. I also managed to score 3 more ned kelly grevilleas. these will be the beginning of a street side hedge. I'll alternate them with something else. Not sure what yet. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Lawn is very happy and so are the roses 39Jan 07, 2011 6:32 pm I have to admit a guilty secret. I haven't used molasses again since the first 2 times on the lawn. I really need to do so again. I plan on doing it before the watering tomorrow morning. Some more pics. failures due to lack of effort on my part as well as successes. Lawn 50 mins ago Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Lebanese cucumber. poor things haven't received enough water and have almost all died. this one is determined to grow. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The "white" clippings you can see around this plant are some EZ cuttings. no runners from them. HUbby has been adding them to the garden. Most of our native plants were tube stock. They have more than doubled and in many cases tripled since planting. I think it was in about august/sept they were planted. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ cherry tomatoes Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Original ned kelly grevillea. I cut the top off so it would bush out. For a while it really struggled. I thought it was goiwing to die as the leaves were deep orange/yellow and red. but it seems happy now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Chillis from seed. the ground is dry and rocky. I'm surprised any grew. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Tallowwood tree. This one is very top heavy and bows and bends so much in the wind you'd think it was a weeping tree. It is finally getting some small growth near its base and little branch buds along the trunk. Yippee. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are building a second dwelling and are currently selecting window and door frames. We want to blend into the forest and also bring out the stone work and the fake wood… 0 15938 I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. 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