I have had to stake it up very firmly again. It really needs the truck to thicken up to support the top by itself.
She seems to be doing ok now, as at 28 Jan, 2019: I think the trimming off helped it.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Staking the book tree + updates
I came home yesterday afternoon, after a fiercely hot day with a strong wind, to find the book tree doubled over and the top of it on the ground.
I have had to stake it up very firmly again. It really needs the truck to thicken up to support the top by itself.
She seems to be doing ok now, as at 28 Jan, 2019: I think the trimming off helped it.
I have had to stake it up very firmly again. It really needs the truck to thicken up to support the top by itself.
She seems to be doing ok now, as at 28 Jan, 2019: I think the trimming off helped it.
Flame tree staked
This tree has grown well, but after a strong wind yesterday, I came home to find that it had almost ripped itself out of the ground.
So, I went out and staked it up more securely. Hopefully, this will help it establish a stronger footing and a stronger trunk.
I left the hose dribbling on it all day today, to help the roots.
10 Sept, 2019 - It's a long time since we've had any meaningful rain, and the weather people predict another 4 months without it. Terrible.
Here's the flame tree stake as of today - the trunk looks sturdy enough but I am not keen on the lean and will not take the stake away for a while yet. The upper limbs are still thin and I worry they will just collapse if I take away the support. I'm ok with all the support stuff in place until the tree becomes much bigger.
5 Oct 2019 - Still staked, although looking as though her trunk could probably support her now.
So, I went out and staked it up more securely. Hopefully, this will help it establish a stronger footing and a stronger trunk.
I left the hose dribbling on it all day today, to help the roots.
4 May 2019:
10 Sept, 2019 - It's a long time since we've had any meaningful rain, and the weather people predict another 4 months without it. Terrible.
Here's the flame tree stake as of today - the trunk looks sturdy enough but I am not keen on the lean and will not take the stake away for a while yet. The upper limbs are still thin and I worry they will just collapse if I take away the support. I'm ok with all the support stuff in place until the tree becomes much bigger.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Neighbourhood#5
Took these pretty pics on my morning walk this morning.
Pretty house round the corner -
Pretty house round the corner -
Strelitzia nicolai
https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/620998883/white-bird-of-paradise-strelitzia
Growing one at the back, in the newly established tropical section. will move both my other strelitzias to the back now too.
20 August, 2019 - The nicolai.
5 Sept, 2019 -
11 April 2020 - with grasshopper! They have been prolific this autumn.
22 June 2020 - Growing bigger!
Growing one at the back, in the newly established tropical section. will move both my other strelitzias to the back now too.
20 August, 2019 - The nicolai.
5 Sept, 2019 -
11 April 2020 - with grasshopper! They have been prolific this autumn.
9 Aug 2020 -
17 August 2020 -
Need to get some irises
These are en masse down at the local shop, and are not well tended, but still they seem to survive. I want some, and this colour too (not the yellow, which is a feature of the Churchie grounds).
Feeding the magpies
These two have been daily visitors for a few weeks now. I make sure I have some protein bits for them each day.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Growth and change over 3.5 years
What I started with in Sept 2015...
And now, in Nov 2018...looking from outside the gate...
And inside the gates...
Then - 2015 :
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