Had a good gardening day today. In the afternoon I planted a tall-growing geranium cutting outside the garage, a jasmine cutting next to it which will grown up the fence to the front door and on the street side next to the short drive I planted a 'Big red' geranium cutting that has a spreading compact growth pattern.
Each plant I had grown from cuttings in pots last year so they all had good root structures. By next summer I hope they will be well-established and hopefully they will survive the hot, aftoon western sun.
My husband and I dug out weeds on the opposite side of the garage. I have another set of potted cuttings I can plant there when I have time in a few days.
When we first moved in 2 and a half years ago there were two conifers planted foolishly close to the drive and house which had been cut down but were still sprouting. We had to poison them and wait until they had well and truly died. The bases of these trees are now rotting away nicely. Every few months we are able to cut away more of the cut-down trunks.
I also planted coriander seeds and a clover mix in a part of the garden with poor quality soil. I had saved a dried, okd oak-leaf hydrangea flower head in a paper bag. I shook some of the seeds into a couple of punnet. Let's see what happens with them!
It is so nice that we are now having mild weather with good rain making gardening feasible again. #Melbourne#GardeningAU
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