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There is a great pleasure in working in the soil, apart from the ownership of it. The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.
- Charles Dudley Warner, 1870
AUGUST 2006 : Spring hasn't quite stuck her head out yet - very windy and still very cold... not that the Arctotis seem to mind, they've been flowering since the middle of July. The Monkey-tail Cactus has been covered in flowers all Winter long.
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Arctotis
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Arctotis flower
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September 2006 - Erigeron climbing over the log
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Monkey-tail Cactus flower
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Cactus flowers on a beautiful October night.
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October 2006 - the Pachypodium has survived! and started sprouting new heads of leaves.
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Can't say the same for the Acacia Umbrella Thorn -
nary a sign of a green bud and I really think I've lost it this Winter...
knew he was too tender, yet I still took the chance of planting him.
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Above and below: The lush greenery of November after still some more rain...
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The Red Hot Pokers flourishing in the December heat
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Bull-Bull in the Pin Oak
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December2006 - The Greater Striped Swallows re-built last year's nest
under the ceiling of the garden shed.
Next up-date Jan '07 to Dec '07
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