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White Daphne returns to the breezeway garden.. Our

White Daphne returns to the breezeway garden.. Our large old bush did not survive the El Nino drought.. These are the first fragrant blooms on the new plants.
#white Daphne #breezewaygarde
#gundungurracountry

August yellows. #augustyellows #winterflowers #win

August yellows. #augustyellows #winterflowers #winteryellows #gundungurracountry

Jonquils, Snow drops, rain drops under the winter

Jonquils, Snow drops, rain drops under the winter crabapple trees.
#jonquilles #snowdrops #raindropsonflowers #gundungurracountry #oldbulbs

Trough pond near the Round Yard and bottle trees o

Trough pond near the Round Yard and bottle trees on the other side. Black Cockatoos by @sydneypuppettheatre of @artistsoftheroundyard and foraged winter greenery from Retford Park garden by one of the volunteers .
@nationaltrustnsw #gundungurracountry

Waterfall on Mount Barrengarri, (the road from Now

Waterfall on Mount Barrengarri, (the road from Nowra)
#passengerview #gundungurracountry #waterfall #mtbarrengarry#eastcoastlow #laniña

This morning, a quiet visitor...only noticed after

This morning, a quiet visitor...only noticed after I had moved the terracotta basin to this location in the garden. Yellow bellied one, perhaps on the lookout for frogs during a welcome respite in the rain. #gundungurracountry #quietvisitor #yellowbelliedblacksnake #kutigarden
#thismorning

A few trees down from these and previous rains. A

A few trees down from these and previous rains. A split Bhutan pine at one end of the wetland wind break, and down the other end, a large dead poplar and a smaller one in an intermittantly flooded area of the low wetland. The wetland reeds and grasses have been re establishing in the the areas that we cleared of blackberry and gorse. #paynescreektomedwayrivulet #gundungurracountry #treesdown #laniña #wetland #badlandstowoodlands

This morning #gundungurracountry #kangarooinrain

This morning #gundungurracountry #kangarooinrain

The garden that became a pond. Microcosm of some l

The garden that became a pond. Microcosm of some local effects of an East Coast Low with drainage channels. The idea to make an oval garden came from my fascination with those 'Lady and the Unicorn' tapestries. However this aspirational little patch struggles to attain the aesthetic resonance of tapestryhood! Our first spade work revealed buried brick pylons from a demountable, removed when the school was decommissioned. During the summer of 2019 bushfires, we filled the remaining oval shaped hole with piles of tinder dry oak and elm leaves. (Note to self:rake leaves in the brisk chill of winter not the glaring heat of high summer). The leaves composted down and it seemed that at least a 'sketch' of an oval garden could be embarked upon. In those months of drought a slightly sunken garden seemed OK... especially as the site had a bit of a slope. My excitement about transplanting herbs before adding gypsum to the heavy clay soil meant that with La Ninia rains, the sage came to grief. Nonetheless the tapestry vision persists, so the oval garden must prevail. When the rain stops I will add fat sand, gypsum and compost, expand and refine the oval and be ready for early spring planting. Sowing and sewing, a continuing conversation.
#ovalgarden #gundungurracountry #sowingandsewing #ladyandtheunicorntapestries #thefivesenses #medievalinspiration #laniña #eastcoastlow #suttonforestpublicschool

tree fern, Powderhulk Bay. Cyathea Australis. #tre

tree fern, Powderhulk Bay. Cyathea Australis.
#treefern #cyatheaaustralis #powderhulkbay

To redirect a path, a new arrangememt of plant pot

To redirect a path, a new arrangememt of plant pots punctuated with sand cast glass 'winter flowers'. River stones for petals and a golf ball for the centres were repeat pressed into the sand mould and molten glass was poured in. So much fun.
#Thingsfindtheirwaytothegarden
#gundunghurracountry #winterflowers

South coast banksias-such clear light on a westerl

South coast banksias-such clear light on a westerly windy day.
#winterflowers.
#banlsiaintegrifolia

Tree daisies Marrickville. #treedaisies #winterflo

Tree daisies Marrickville.
#treedaisies #winterflowers #gadigalcountry

Winter ground. Windy #fallenleaves #winterground

Winter ground.
Windy #fallenleaves #winterground
#gundungurracountry
#firstdayofwinter

Mown swathe beside the creek. Noticed a red bellie

Mown swathe beside the creek. Noticed a red bellied black snake in the long grass along the fence. The grass has slowed its growing. The poplars have lost their leaves.
This spring we will plant some Allocasurinas to gradually regenerate the riparian zone. #paynescreektomedwayrivulet #gundungurracountry #riparianzone #mownswathe #freshwater

Frost this morning. Kangaroos, kale. #morningfrost

Frost this morning.
Kangaroos, kale.
#morningfrost #kangaroosinfrost #gundungurracountry

Pumpkin patch on fallow ground near pur 'Chaos gar

Pumpkin patch on fallow ground near pur 'Chaos garden': waiting for the stalks to shrivel. This one on the bricks fell off a bit early. Not sure if it will ripen off the vine..
#pumpkinpatch #fallowground #chaosgarden #gundungurracountry

Flowers of late Autumn #gundungurracountry

Flowers of late Autumn
#gundungurracountry

14 mm on the rain guage: Payne's Creek's running f

14 mm on the rain guage: Payne's Creek's running fast Only this large 'old man' kangaroo could get across to graze at our place this morning. #paynescreektomedwayrivulet #wingecarribeecatchment #gundungurracountry #kangaroograzing

Persimmons ripening. #gundungurracountry #persimm

Persimmons ripening. #gundungurracountry
#persimmons

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