November has been mainly spent working on painting the
inside of the house but we also got the side deck painted – so now the hanging
baskets can go up. I bought climbing
geraniums in seedling punnets. They are
bright pink and also white with bright pink markings and the very dark blue
cascading lobellia.
Pop’s brother and sister visited for a week. It was a lovely week and we were glad to
be able to put down our paint brushes
for awhile. We went on a few outings – I
bought a few plants two elderberry bushes (these had lovely copper/maroon
foliage and heads of white/pink little flowers) to plant on the off side of the
house and also a lemon verbena and a lime verbena (both make lovely tea). These I’ll plant in the back garden and as
they are deciduous back far enough where they won’t drop their leaves on any
paths and make a mess.
One of the days we were out ‘Phil the Builder’ put in the
new bit of railing on the side deck so now it is next on the list for the paint
brush. I can’t wait to get rid of that
hideous orange paint ‘Woodland Grey’ to the rescue!!!! The railings we have painted with
‘Surfmist’ It looks white but is really
a very pale grey so it doesn’t look too stark against the dark of the Woodland
Grey.
The sweet peas are finally flowering. Sis’s in Melbourne have been flowering for a
month now. Next year I’ll wait another
month to plant mine as I think March is too early. So April 17 might be a good day in 2013.
Well off to hospital for knee surgery...... so I’ll just
be enjoying looking at the garden for a few weeks.....oh well....sigh
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| the window boxes are up |
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| Sweetpeas |
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| The deck on the river side |
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