Tag Archives: trees

Peeling Gum

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

Our little gum tree is becoming quite a mighty thing. At about 9 years old, it towers over the massive oak behind it in our neighbour’s garden and it’s finally spending some of its energy to get fat, not just … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged | 9 Comments

Can I Hope for a Mango?

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

We’ve had a mango tree for years. Unfortunately, shortly after planting it (2006?) we moved away and rented out our house. The tenants paid for a gardener who used a weed whacker that killed a couple of trees and stunted … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

Fruit Flowers

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve got a few plants that produce fruit. Some of them are in bloom, some have already spent their flowers and some are stubbornly refusing to even enter the race. I never cease to be amazed at how there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

New Kumquat Trees

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

Joe has an old garden full of old plants and he’s cleaning things out. He knows Frank loves all things garden so offered him 2 old kumquats in old pots. Frank said yes and he and I drove over to … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Garden | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Gone to a Good Home

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

The Lilly Pilly that stood for several years in the middle of our back yard seemed like a good idea when we planted it, but it became somewhat of a problem. When we bought this house we thought we’d plant … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Frangipani Maintenance

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

Frangipani isn’t a plant I grew up with and it doesn’t produce anything edible so, though I love my frangipani tree with its fragrant white summer flowers, I’ve put no effort into figuring out how to keep it happy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Fruiting Tree Planting

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

Back in October of last year – 8 months ago – I put some fruiting trees and a bunch of other plants in a holding bed because we just weren’t getting around to planting them out. Then events overtook us … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Let there be Light

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

After days of rain, we’ve had a couple of beautiful days. It was definitely time to venture back out into the garden. Job number one was arranging a bit of light for our macadamia nut tree. This poor little tree has had … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Garden, Nature | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Olive Tree

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

We had to move our olive tree to make way for a couple more veggie beds (or, to be more specific, one strawberry and one veggie bed). It really needed to be moved anyway as it’s been very stunted. Partly … Continue reading →

Posted in Chickens, Garden | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Survivors

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

When we were living in Darwin and travelling the globe, the tenants were very hard on some of our plants. Or, should I say, the gardeners they hired and their weed-whackers were very hard on some of our plants. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments