Week 3 January 2001: Bought some plants form a local nursery. Included in our purchases was some Banksia blechnifolia and Banksia repens. Both species are ground covers and come from Western Australia. We hope that they will survive and thrive in the gardens at Yallaroo.
Many small native birds have taken up residence in the gardens. Usually they nest in native plants but at present Yellow-faced honeyeaters and Red-browed finches are nesting in two separate peach trees. We do grow some exotic plants. Our motto is: if its exotic and edible then we try to will grow the plant.
Angophora floribunda are beginning to flower. We have some large specimens growing naturally. Their large cream flowers light up the bush.
Saw our resident Red-bellied black snake burrowing into a sawdust heap. Burrowing frogs and legless lizards live in these piles of mulch. The snake was probably looking for lunch.
We had a visit from some University researchers this week. They are researching grafting Sturts Desert Pea onto Acacias and Sennas. They collected some cutting material for their experiments.
Hot and dry describes the weather at the moment. We are watering some of our Banksias and Prostantheras (Mint Bushes) to keep them going until the weather improves.