Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 3May 24, 2008 11:39 pm Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 4May 24, 2008 11:55 pm mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 5May 24, 2008 11:58 pm mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 8May 25, 2008 9:49 am Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 13May 25, 2008 11:35 am mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 14May 25, 2008 11:52 am Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 15May 25, 2008 2:41 pm Hey thanks Kexkez, you've given me lots of things to think about there, I'll check out the links when i get a chance. I'm popping in on here in between kid wrangling.
And like you said Neverfinished, the art of pruning is something I need to learn not to be afraid of. I am guilty of letting some plants go in my current rental and then wondering why they look so crap when i do prune them and they die. I've been buying up lots of garden mags, and my Dad has given me some old school native identification resource books with lots of info too. (he used to be a school gardener too in another life). The veg patch is going to go down the back- over the area that I can't construct anything permanent on. My previous attempts at veg have been woeful so I'm hoping to triumph this time, and put way more effort in. Kids have been showing interest too, so it'll be educational as well as a way to offset the horrendous prices of veg now. I'm sure it's more expensive to buy groceries here than in the east. I saw burpless cucumbers today for $3.45 each, and half a tiny cauli for $2. I get all excited when red capsicums come down to $5.99kg, or I can get a avo for $1.99. Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 16May 25, 2008 5:37 pm HI Dolly I went to the Boyanup farmers market today and on the way back called into the boyanup plant nursery. the lady there was really helpful. Gave me a great bit of info on different soil types etc and what they all mean for plants etc. it came with heap of suggested plants for different soil types. They had a big range of small tube sized stock as well as bigger plants. well worth a visit. They also do orders. The lady said they had sold about 25% of their stock fairly recently. but they had a surprising range. . Much more than I expected. You could also buy a mixed bunch of veggie seedlings She said the best time of year to see the most stock is around a month or 2 ago. Just as the rains come all the bigger stock/trees tends to sell with people making the most of the free rain water. Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 17May 25, 2008 6:33 pm Is that the one on the highway just out of town? I used to work there, about 8 years ago when I was single and energetic. It wasn't a public nursery then, just supplied seedlings for plantations. I'd forgotten about it, I'll have to check it out Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 18May 25, 2008 6:55 pm that's the one. It's now open to the public as well as being a wholesale nursery.
I also met a man a couple of months back who lives in Boyanup who said he was considering setting up a mostly wholesale nursery there too. he'd recently moved from stratham where he ran a wholesale nursery. Re: Native front garden-suggestions needed 19May 25, 2008 7:18 pm Dolly22…..while I used to work in a nursery, and have a very green thumb, my DD was never interested in gardening.
That is until she got her own home! I bought her a great gardening guide book and given her advice along the way, she now can grow anything!!! If she can do it, so can you….the main thing is to get your soil right, once you have done that you are away! http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s2207992.htm My votes for the Japanese Garden…..they are so calming. Get yourself a Cherry Blossom as your main tree. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Fig Landscapes has produced an e-book and native plant index, available for purchase from their website. It's a great resource, full of inspiration and tips. Another… 1 12255 Hi, Looking to add an ensuite to one of the bedrooms and make it a Master BR. Please see the attached current floorplan. Need suggestions on what's the best way to do… 0 7339 Suggestions please for acrylic rendering Color to match austral brick urban one pepper. Pic for reference. Thanks 0 5068 |