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shiukopuppy's posts about: lawn
Oct 8, 2007 | 2:56 AM PST
Tags: australian native plant , lawn
As I mentioned, the native garden is partly mulched. Here's a picture! It may not look like much but this humble corner is producing gorgeous flowers! I'm hoping that the sun will bleach the mulch so that it's all the same color. If not, I'll spread the darker (pricier) mulch over the top. We bought our natives as tube stock so their growth spurt has been exciting.
This photo indicates the neglect that this garden suffered - this area was previously used for parking. The soil is compacted and only weeds grow. Native garden aside, my neighbor and I spent a lot of our sunday removing flat weeds and prickly clover from the back lawn. She can direct her gray water onto the lawn so we will be planting drought resistant and indigenous lawn seed.
We also had a man hanging around our garden which is the reason that we put up the bamboo fencing where our fences were broken down. You can see some near the old plum tree in the photo. We now have better privacy and hopefully better security. We all love this little piece of land and want to protect our home, and my female neighbor and I don't want anymore men coming in freely.
Sep 13, 2007 | 2:50 AM PST
Tags: green manure , oats , lawn , organic
These are my oats that I planted as a green manure. They've grown long enough for me to till them back into the earth. I'm bulking up the soil in this small plot to plant my organic lawn - I bought a mixture of lawn seed that is suited to my local conditions. I think I already mentioned that it will be watered with gray water and it will reduce the erosion that has been happening with every rain.
The chicken coop (dog house) is being painted with an organic sealant at the moment. And we are building our chicken run. Last time that I discussed seeds, I had the feeling that some had gone missing. I have since found the rest of the vegetables I planted: more eggplants, tomatoes, chillies plus cucumbers and peppers.
I've been so busy at work these days that I think the gardening is falling behind! Will make sure to work extra hard this weekend. Phew..
