It was a gorgeous day on Sunday, so we decided to head to our local botanic gardens looking for inspiration for our garden.

The gardens feature many different gardens, from tropical to arid.

To rainforest…

We stopped for lunch under a tree, and I whipped out my socks that I had finished the night before.

These little guys turned [...]

Most of the container garden has survived!  (Excluding the few plants that fell victim to the cat)
Our cucumber plants are doing especially well and are now covered in flowers; hopefully we will see some baby cucumbers shortly…

Our tomato plants are still fairly small, but healthy, as are our silverbeet (who suffered a bit of damage [...]

I’m not really sure what to say today, except that I feel incredibly sad.  The words “Worst Bush Fires in Australian History” keep swirling around my head, along with the death toll that keeps on rising (173 last count this morning). And I am also feeling grateful, all my relatives who live in Victoria are all safe and [...]

Our garden is still alive!  Our seedlings are even surviving their transplants into their permanent homes.  
Since we both have a serious history of the deadly black thumb, we are using our container garden as a test;  If we pass we can move on to  starting our ‘real’ vegetable garden…  We are getting quotes to [...]

“Look, it’s moving. It’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive. It’s moving. It’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive!”

Apparently 2009 is going to be the year of the Furry Fungi Green Thumbs!  (I find it is always best to start a year with absolute optimism;) )
In just over a week, our zucchini seeds [...]

I’m not usually one to make new year’s resolutions, but this year I am going to try- plus it gives me something to blog about too;)
Without further ado, here are Jessica’s goals/wishes for 2009:

Blog more- looking better already:P
Remove some of the chinese elms from the backyard and get a vegetable garden built and growing
Finish at [...]

Being lucky enough to have the 9 days between Christmas and New Years off work we have been making the most of the time to do a very long overdue spring summer clean.
Boxing Day we spent scrubbing and washing the front deck, thank goodness for having water tanks!  (Our city is still under some pretty strict water [...]