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A SOS to any green thumbs out there
I have always found gardening to be therapeutic and it has given me great joy. However, after a major crisis with Mr Darcy's health I have not had been able to get back into it. Have other gardeners suffered from a similar hiatus and how have you recovered and got going again?
Darcy
PS have a spot that needs filling any recommendations for a 1m high cool climate white flower plant?
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DeterminedSenior Contributor
I like that fence @Adge
Get on well with our neighbours but would like that on 4 sides to hide behind.
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Mr Darcy filled our neighbours green bin with a pile of weeds that I had accumulated as it is bin collection tomorrow morning.
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The last of the noxious trees in our yard have now been removed. Mr Darcy has already filled our green bin post kerbside collection.
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Pumpkin seedlings and a miniature yellow pear tomato seedling planted out today.
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@MissP
This is our gardening thread, would love to hear of your gardening adventures.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
What were the noxious trees that you removed (if you know) @Former-Member?
Out of interest...
We get lots of Brazilian Pepper trees (Schinus terebinthifolia)(weed) popping up here.
Adge
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There were perhaps 4 cotoneasters, a couple of privets, 5 smaller trees that were possibly a snake bark maple, an ash that had self seeded about 30cm from a cabbage palm, an ornamental plum that was growing in the power lines. There were also 3 trees and a few non noxious shrubs that had been planted too close to house and pathways.
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AdgeSenior Contributor
Wow that sounds like a big job (getting rid of them).
Cotoneasters & Privets I'm very familiar with, from NSW (not so much in WA).
We get a lot of weedy Wattles (acacias) here in WA - from NSW & Vic.
& weedy Eucalypts (Gum trees) from NSW, Vic & Qld.
They're all quite invasive, in natural bushland.
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We had a gardener come around a few times @Adge , he took all the foliage away. With the trees gone and our new garden shed now in situ we will be able to tweek our garden design and get things happening with a view to doing a bit of planting next autumn & winter. I sm bearing in mind @Smc 's tip to make sure we can go between beds with wheelbarrow.
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