Last year and this year - photo comparison (garden)

Dec 24, 2016 compared with Dec 24, 2017 -

Now

Then

Watermelon for chookies

The girls love watermelon on a hot day!

House today 24 Dec 2017

Bust a gut mowing the lawn this morning in 36 degree heat (F). Finished about 12.30pm and now off to get another park-bench from Bunnings for the garden. They look good.

House today 23 Dec 2017

You can see the flame tree in the front.

Those chair covers will be changed next year - hate the orange.

Taken from Lisa and Mark's place 11.50 am. Hot day.

Tutti and the cat

Ixora flowering plus updates

Was it the recent rain, water supplied by me, fertiliser or just growth? I'm not sure but these have finally taken, it seems. Hope they grow even bigger.

Update 10 Jan 2018 - 

Loads of flower buds! Perhaps it prefers a drier soil? Next door completely ignore their's, and it is huge, so maybe that's the secret. Ignore it!

Update 12 Feb 2018: Looking pretty big and healthy.

14 Feb, 2019 - They are flowering again due to my regular watering, due to the severe drought.

3 March 2019:

Relocated the flame tree + update

From the red pot, to a garden bed out front. I think it looks good here at the moment. It rained hard for a few hours during the night, so I rose early to make the most of the softer, rain-soaked soil for digging!

Henrietta making a cameo appearance.

Update: 1 Jan 2018

There is new growth at the top of the tree, whilst all the other leaves begin to fall off. I'm debating whether to ct off the two side limbs to encourage a 'straight-up' growth, but I'm also cautious, preferring to let it do it's own thing.