What Happened In Your Garden Today?

[RANDLOVER]

There’s a similar thread in the D2 section which is a great read, so as a new D4 convert from the D2 land I thought its time we have a similar thread.


So...just take a pic of something either interesting, boring, or frustrating that involved your mostly trusty beast and post it here. No pic? That’s fine tell us about it.

As can be seen there are similar threads in other sections, which seem like a good idea, so I thought I'd start one here.

I'll start off with, (well I should've started this thread on Sunday), I trimmed my hedge of Chinese Star Jasmine with my telescopic Renegade hedger but it has started sticking & slipping, but I just tapped it on the ground to get it going again. Renegade is Trade Tools home brand so I'm hoping they can fix it. I also "mowed" the backyard with the whipper snipper and did the front edges.

So what did everyone else get up to?...…….

[John_D4]

Although not today and probably a year or two ago, it’s still funny so I thought that I’d share it.

I was doing some general gardening one day when I noticed the newly planted ‘butterfly bush’ getting eaten by black striped caterpillars. I got rather mad at the caterpillars and picked them off throwing them in the green bin. Job done, I was happy.

A couple of days later I was out there again with the little fairy princess in tow. I spotted the same caterpillars and went to throw it also in the bin when a very cross, bordering on psychotic, note redeeming fairy princess told me that in killing monarch butterflies. Apparently the black striped caterpillars change into monarch butterflies. Me, now severely chastened, returned that caterpillar safely to the bush and kept quiet about the others.

I know know mostly everything about monarch butterflies. Who would have thought that they’re attracted to a bush with a name like ‘butterfly bush’?

Here’s a pic of the ‘good’ caterpillars

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[Tombie]

Arranged with a mate to borrow his 5t excavator and sifting bucket for the weekend.

Let the carnage begin!

[John_D4]

Arranged with a mate to borrow his 5t excavator and sifting bucket for the weekend.

Let the carnage begin!

Sounds like fun... post some pics afterwards pls?

[RANDLOVER]

Arranged with a mate to borrow his 5t excavator and sifting bucket for the weekend.

Let the carnage begin!

I'm guessing you lost one of those exorbitantly expensive Land Rover wheel nuts in your garden?

[John_D4]

Arranged with a mate to borrow his 5t excavator and sifting bucket for the weekend.

Let the carnage begin!

And... where are the pics??

[John_D4]

Each spring I swear that I’m going to do better with the weeds next year. So this weekend I sprayed roundup everywhere that needed it, mowed, line trimmed, hedges trimmed, poopy scooped... and went nuts in the garden bed with a Dutch hoe (the tool not the girl!). Hopefully my new found war on weeds will continue and won’t be a single battle war!

[Tombie]

And... where are the pics??

Sorry, put them in the Lockdown thread.
Here you go.

Pic is the excess, sifted soil on right and the rubble waiting to be loaded out on left (next to boat)

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[Tombie]

As a secondary note.

I’m considering making some raised garden beds to utilise the excess soil, adding appropriate mulch etc as they are built.

I’m also about to commence an aquaponics set up after seeing a friends set up.

[John_D4]

As a secondary note.

I’m considering making some raised garden beds to utilise the excess soil, adding appropriate mulch etc as they are built.

I’m also about to commence an aquaponics set up after seeing a friends set up.

I think you might have room for a 4wd track too! Love the aquatic idea. I have a friend who’s planning the same, I’m keen to see his before thinking about doing the same

[RANDLOVER]

Well not strictly in my garden but I did some "guerrilla" gardening today by watering 4 of the councils newly planted trees across the street form my house. Previous "guerrilla gardening" I have done is, plant some succulents between my fence and the neighbour's driveway, as next door is a rental so the tenants just let the weeds grow in that strip. I've also regularly watered the council tree next door and treated in for some sort of fungus and increased the size of it's anti-ringbarking aggie pipe from 50mm to 100mm as that became too small.

[John_D4]

Although not today, but a couple of weeks ago I took the brush cutter to the house on the corner and took care of her overgrown front (heavily slopped) lawn. She was grateful and my dog won’t get grass seeds up his nose when we walk past anymore. Except it needs doing again... maybe next week

[1950landy]

Glad I am not the only one , the house on bottom side of us has a strip of land about 1.5m's wide between there retaining wall & the dividing fence , they can't see it as there house is a good 3 to 3.5 m below. They have no plants at all( not even grass) growing there but what they do have is Cobbler Pegs the seeds get into out garden. They have a mower man who comes in to do there grass & hedges but he won't do this strip because the only access is to climb around the end of the fence on top of there high retaining wall , so if I don't want there Cobbler Pegs it is up to me to go in & wiper snip & spray weed killer. I have spoken to them a number of times about the problem even suggesting a good Aust Native ground cover to plant but nothing happens. This block of land has always been a problem , for the 1st 25 years we have lived here the block was vacant the owners lived O/S , so I mowed it , it was a good place to park my extra vehicles until one day I received a letter from them asking me to not park on there land. Fair enough but I sent them a letter telling them I expected them to mow the block every month , the block soon went on the market & was sold. We have lived here for about 40 years & I am still looking after this block.

[Saitch]

Glad I am not the only one , the house on bottom side of us has a strip of land about 1.5m's wide between there retaining wall & the dividing fence , they can't see it as there house is a good 3 to 3.5 m below. They have no plants at all( not even grass) growing there but what they do have is Cobbler Pegs the seeds get into out garden. They have a mower man who comes in to do there grass & hedges but he won't do this strip because the only access is to climb around the end of the fence on top of there high retaining wall , so if I don't want there Cobbler Pegs it is up to me to go in & wiper snip & spray weed killer. I have spoken to them a number of times about the problem even suggesting a good Aust Native ground cover to plant but nothing happens. This block of land has always been a problem , for the 1st 25 years we have lived here the block was vacant the owners lived O/S , so I mowed it , it was a good place to park my extra vehicles until one day I received a letter from them asking me to not park on there land. Fair enough but I sent them a letter telling them I expected them to mow the block every month , the block soon went on the market & was sold. We have lived here for about 40 years & I am still looking after this block.

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[Don 130]

Glad I am not the only one , the house on bottom side of us has a strip of land about 1.5m's wide between there retaining wall & the dividing fence , they can't see it as there house is a good 3 to 3.5 m below. They have no plants at all( not even grass) growing there but what they do have is Cobbler Pegs the seeds get into out garden. They have a mower man who comes in to do there grass & hedges but he won't do this strip because the only access is to climb around the end of the fence on top of there high retaining wall , so if I don't want there Cobbler Pegs it is up to me to go in & wiper snip & spray weed killer. I have spoken to them a number of times about the problem even suggesting a good Aust Native ground cover to plant but nothing happens. This block of land has always been a problem , for the 1st 25 years we have lived here the block was vacant the owners lived O/S , so I mowed it , it was a good place to park my extra vehicles until one day I received a letter from them asking me to not park on there land. Fair enough but I sent them a letter telling them I expected them to mow the block every month , the block soon went on the market & was sold. We have lived here for about 40 years & I am still looking after this block.

You could spray out the coblers pegs by applying a selective herbicide as soon as the shoots are 4" to 6" high after mowing. The grass would be left untouched.
I use Cutlass M, but don't use it on Buffalo
Cutlass(R) - Adama Australia (https://www.adama.com/australia/en/crop-protection/herbicides/cutlass-m.html)
Don

[1950landy]

You could spray out the coblers pegs by applying a selective herbicide as soon as the shoots are 4" to 6" high after mowing. The grass would be left untouched.
I use Cutlass M, but don't use it on Buffalo
Cutlass(R) - Adama Australia (https://www.adama.com/australia/en/crop-protection/herbicides/cutlass-m.html)
Don
Thanks for that I will see if I can get some. I have tried Brunnings, Zero & Roundup , Brunnings being the worst dose not seam to make any difference. There is no grass at all in the strip so don't have to worry about killing the grass.

[Don 130]

Thanks for that I will see if I can get some. I have tried Brunnings, Zero & Roundup , Brunnings being the worst dose not seam to make any difference. There is no grass at all in the strip so don't have to worry about killing the grass.

In that case you could use a pre emergent herbicide that will prevent the weed seedlings coming up at all for up to 9 months. First you would use Glyphosate to kill what is already there. Spraying Glyphosate on a hot day with no chance of rain for least 3 hours is best.
Make sure you read all the instructions and measure the concentrate accurately. Use the recommended PPE.
A pre emergent needs to dry on the soil, but then get carried into the soil by rain soon after application.
Don.

[RANDLOVER]

For those who can't get enough of mowing 'Lawn porn' a social hit as Australians discover the grass is greener when you spend more time at home - ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-04/lawn-pride-ressurgance-attributed-to-online-groups/13116316)

[Tombie]

In that case you could use a pre emergent herbicide that will prevent the weed seedlings coming up at all for up to 9 months. First you would use Glyphosate to kill what is already there. Spraying Glyphosate on a hot day with no chance of rain for least 3 hours is best.
Make sure you read all the instructions and measure the concentrate accurately. Use the recommended PPE.
A pre emergent needs to dry on the soil, but then get carried into the soil by rain soon after application.
Don.

I get some nice Ag grade gear - no growth for years [emoji41]

[Saitch]

You could spray out the coblers pegs by applying a selective herbicide as soon as the shoots are 4" to 6" high after mowing. The grass would be left untouched.
I use Cutlass M, but don't use it on Buffalo
Cutlass(R) - Adama Australia (https://www.adama.com/australia/en/crop-protection/herbicides/cutlass-m.html)
Don

I'll second Cutlass M. [thumbsupbig]

[RANDLOVER]

...........Spraying Glyphosate on a hot day with no chance of rain for least 3 hours is best.........................

Actually I heard from a conservationist that does a lot of weed spraying that you don't want it to be too hot, as the weeds close up their pores to avoid moisture loss so don't take up the Glypho, he also said that chlorine free water, so rain water instead of tap water seemed to work better as a mixing agent for poisons. Not the same guy but similar idea, Does ambient temperature affect herbicide performance? - WeedSmart (https://www.weedsmart.org.au/content/does-ambient-temperature-affect-herbicide/#:~:text=When%20it%20is%20it%20too,effective%20tha n%20under%20hotter%20conditions.)

[John_D4]

Had an excavator in yesterday to install a retaining wall and tidy up the easement of our yard that’s been a messy, unloved and weed covered place since we moved in some 13 years ago. I can see progress and I’m really looking forward to having this area finished.

We’re planning a fire pit area, decomposed quartzite/granite paths, and native plant gardens around it all.

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[trout1105]

I came across this little devil murdering one of my frogs, It now lives about 10K's away .

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[RANDLOVER]

I came across this little devil murdering one of my frogs, It now lives about 10K's away .

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What kind of snake is that? Something poisonous as it is not constricting the frog?

[trout1105]

What kind of snake is that? Something poisonous as it is not constricting the frog?

I am pretty sure that it was a dugite which are somewhat poisonous..
I am used to seeing pythons about the place and finding one of these about the place is quite a rareaty.

[p38arover]

I remember our next door neighbour in Carnarvon, newly arrived from the UK, stepping on a dugite in her laundry. Gave her a bit of a fright!

[John_D4]

2 of my Sturt Desert Peas are flowering. I’m stoked. The little one has only been in for a couple of weekshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210320/fd4409b32e9e3879789420ae8602049d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210320/7a08dc0cbeb93d1b66275f535bcd3838.jpg

[Tote]

Yuccas!

We've had three flowers this year. Considering that when we bought the place they had been mown down to ground level they are very happy this year.... I think they have only flowered twice in 18 years prior to this.

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Regards,
Tote

[Saitch]

Keep an eye them, Tote. I put a couple of old flower stalks in the scrub, at the back of the house and now have suckers coming up all around that area!

[RANDLOVER]

With all the rain I've had quite a few mushrooms pop up in my lawn.

[trout1105]

Keep an eye them, Tote. I put a couple of old flower stalks in the scrub, at the back of the house and now have suckers coming up all around that area!

+1
These Yucca's can be very invasive especially after flowering.
They ARE an impresive looking plant though and they tend to thrive on neglect But when they start to get away from you they are a real bastard to remove especially the spikey verieties (which is most of them).

There are Non spikey verieties available which are much easier to manage[thumbsupbig]

[Tote]

Aside from growing a bit taller these have not spread out much since we bought the place. I suspect that the Yass climate is not all that much to their liking.

Regards,
Tote

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Has anyone else been using the EnduraSeal dual garden tap from Bunnings? How have you found the EnduraSeal garden tap's performance? I just bought a couple after a having another el-cheapo garden tap fail last night.

Leeann said she could not get one of the garden taps to turn off completely. I had a go at tightening it a bit more - however, it kept right on dripping. So, I replaced the washer. I was going to re-seat the tap however it did not look like it had much material thickness to play with. Of course the new washer did not change things... it still dripped.

Hopefully with its ball-valve style of operation the EnduraSeal garden tap will solve future water drip issues. Plus, the tap's dual system allowed me to fit a pressure reducer to the second outlet so a drip-line can be run without having to disconnect the garden hose.

Image of the EnduraSeal tap accessed 2nd May 2021 from https://www.bunnings.com.au/enduraseal-15mm-female-dual-outlet-garden-tap_p0130126

[Tombie]

Hello All,

Has anyone else been using the EnduraSeal dual garden tap from Bunnings? How have you found the EnduraSeal garden tap's performance? I just bought a couple after a having another el-cheapo garden tap fail last night.

Leeann said she could not get one of the garden taps to turn off completely. I had a go at tightening it a bit more - however, it kept right on dripping. So, I replaced the washer. I was going to re-seat the tap however it did not look like it had much material thickness to play with. Of course the new washer did not change things... it still dripped.

Hopefully with its ball-valve style of operation the EnduraSeal garden tap will solve future water drip issues. Plus, the tap's dual system allowed me to fit a pressure reducer to the second outlet so a drip-line can be run without having to disconnect the garden hose.

Image of the EnduraSeal tap accessed 2nd May 2021 from https://www.bunnings.com.au/enduraseal-15mm-female-dual-outlet-garden-tap_p0130126

I’ve had these for years without a problem.

[Tombie]

Today was retaining wall day
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[trout1105]

Just finished jarring up a heap of olives that I picked from our tree this year.
6 weeks in brine and they are good to go now[biggrin]

[Saitch]

Just finished jarring up a heap of olives that I picked from our tree this year.
6 weeks in brine and they are good to go now[biggrin]

Yummo! Distance is a tyranny, isn't it! [bigsad]

Apologies to Geoffrey Blainey.

[travelrover]

Hi all, does anyone have a proven cure for eliminating stringy green algae? I have tried three different ‘natural’ products over the past year which at best has had mixed results. I have a few small ponds and some are suffering more than others but all are getting worse and two have no issues at all.

Cheers - Simon

[Saitch]

Have lost two this way so far. I can't complain really as, whatever's enjoying them doesn't start on another until the one being eaten is completely finished.

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[ramblingboy42]

I pruned 5 wheelbarrow loads out of my lime tree....more to go yet.

This tree is the most prolific growing fruit tree I have ever seen.

I put cartons out the front with a sign "free limes" which locals used up. I sent bags into workplaces. I gave a large carton to a charity.

Last season I thrashed it to a bare frame, this season its back .....unreal.

[John_D4]

A couple of weeks ago a scum bag stole a Kangaroo Paw and one of my Sturt Desert Peas. The UHD CCTV camera caught the car arriving but unfortunately due to light glare the number plate is not readable. If anyone has the technology to view the number plate I’d be grateful if you let me know.

So now I’ve got a low black fence around it which is too high to reach over. If you want to walk around it go right ahead, I’ll get a better camera shot.

At least they could have stolen something that won’t die on transplant!

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[W&KO]

Finishing off a new garden fork....it the wife birthday tomorrow so I better pull my finger out.

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[Saitch]

Finishing off a new garden fork....it the wife birthday tomorrow so I better pull my finger out.

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Strewth, K! Is it big enough? :eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:

[W&KO]

Strewth, K! Is it big enough? :eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:

Just got the handle on....

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[W&KO]

In the veggie garden for the bride to find tomorrow when she picks a few tomatoes [emoji534]

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[John_D4]

In the veggie garden for the bride to find tomorrow when she picks a few tomatoes [emoji534]

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Exactly how tall is your wife? 9’?

[W&KO]

Exactly how tall is your wife? 9’?

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[John_D4]

Recently, not today, but we finally 90% finished our easement. It’s red, mucky, horseback clay with some limestone thrown in for good measures. It’s been waiting the 14 years that we’ve lived here but have never been sure what to do with it. So after multiple trips to the outback we decided to go with that theme.

The camper lives under the carport once I get rid of the stuff under it. Where the long pieces of wood are will be a firewood storage area. The carpet will get a fresh coat of the quartzite rubble also.

The paved area used to be an unhealthy grassed area with a clothes line that we never used (got a new under pergola one instead). The my wife suggests a round circular design inside a mostly square area with rectangular pavers. I ended up spending almost 2 whole days on the paver cutter. Quite happy with the results tho.

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[Tombie]

Came up good there mate!

[Slunnie]

I'm impressed with all of this. I've been going the other way and chaining up and plucking Grevillea Rosemarinifolia's out of the garden. I do love the landscaping people have done!

[John_D4]

I'm impressed with all of this. I've been going the other way and chaining up and plucking Grevillea Rosemarinifolia's out of the garden. I do love the landscaping people have done!

You don’t like the Rosemarinifolia?

[John_D4]

Came up good there mate!

Thanks. Should be crazy low water usage compared to grass also

[OldGuy]

Couple of weeks ago (the early August wind storm in the outer east of Melbourne we had a rather large tree come down in our yardhttps://scontent.fmel7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/193226821_10223021980410710_6857817741282906809_n. jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=vqU91hBqkPYAX_ty5P0&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel7-1.fna&oh=57077a3bd04922c9886625f9eb4d6b0d&oe=615BC6EA

Took quite a bit of cleaning up...
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our wood stack has doubled in size, we are trying to work out who to leave it too in our will..:lol2:

[Slunnie]

You don’t like the Rosemarinifolia?

I do like them, I hedged with them, but they were very patchy and were extremely inconsistent with how they grew, the way they grew and how they would just die.

I've got another fenceline that I've done with Callistemon citrinus and they're proving to be slower growing but giving a far better result, so I'm not sure if I will leave it clear and let the grass grow there or redo it again with the bottle brushes.

[trout1105]

One of my young blokes bought me this for Father's day[bigrolf]

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[RANDLOVER]

A couple of weeks ago a scum bag stole a Kangaroo Paw and one of my Sturt Desert Peas. The UHD CCTV camera caught the car arriving but unfortunately due to light glare the number plate is not readable. If anyone has the technology to view the number plate I’d be grateful if you let me know.

So now I’ve got a low black fence around it which is too high to reach over. If you want to walk around it go right ahead, I’ll get a better camera shot.

At least they could have stolen something that won’t die on transplant!

Earlier this week someone stole 3 bromeliads out of the garden bed under my council tree, they were nice round architectural type brom's, they left the other more free flowing types!

[John_D4]

New turf went in a week or 2 ago, along with a rainbird controlled automatic sprinkler system. Very happy with the results, but I think I killed my offsider!
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[RANDLOVER]

Each spring I swear that I’m going to do better with the weeds next year. So this weekend I sprayed roundup everywhere that needed it, mowed, line trimmed, hedges trimmed, poopy scooped... and went nuts in the garden bed with a Dutch hoe (the tool not the girl!). Hopefully my new found war on weeds will continue and won’t be a single battle war!

Another job to do in spring if you have cycads is treat them with "Success Ultra" for caterpillars/moths. I try to remember by thinking "September is for Success" but ended up doing it in October this year.

[Saitch]

For lawn grub, black beetle etc., I've found Acelepryn GR to be the easiest and most effective. Best spread by fertiliser spreader in August/Sept, here in Qld. It's a once-a-year treatment and safe to use, too. [thumbsupbig]

[MickInTheMud]

New turf went in a week or 2 ago, along with a rainbird controlled automatic sprinkler system. Very happy with the results, but I think I killed my offsider!
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[John_D4]

Is there kryptonite in the turf?

Actually I was wondering that too!

[RANDLOVER]

I had to do something unusual in the garden today as I found a big grey mouse had died on the patio do I decided to bury it using my new 100 x 450mm garden auger as an experiment, and dug the hole 🕳 rather easily using a Ryobi 18v hammer drill to drive it and the chisel function to compact it.

[RANDLOVER]

Not today, but on Friday I put "Success Ultra" on my cycads a bit late as I try to do it in September, so I'm a bit late this year like last and the cycads got smashed by the caterpillars. I think I'll be alright this year as I haven't seen any of the moths/ butterflies yet.

Today I just raked up all the leaves, on the front lawn.

[Saitch]

'Success Ultra', ay. I'll have to try it. Our cycads have the dreaded caterpillar, incessantly.

[RANDLOVER]

'Success Ultra', ay. I'll have to try it. Our cycads have the dreaded caterpillar, incessantly.

Yes, it's a Yates product available at the big green shed. I put some more on.my cycads yesterday as one has unfurled some new fronds and I noticed the little pests have arrived, in flying form, no caterpillars yet.

[Tins]

It got wet. Again.

[Saitch]

We have a good crop of varying fruit, this year. Unfortunately, this forward scout has discovered the peaches.194943

[RANDLOVER]

Yesterday I mowed my front lawn for the first time this Spring, I used my 18V cylinder mower which is more suitable for golf/bowling greens, but I thought it would be gentler on my grass seed shoots. While mowing I stood on and flattened some of the grass shoots, so then I had to fluff them up with the leaf blower.

[scarry]

Last weekend with the help of SWMBO,we cut down 9 cocos palms,right down the back of our property.
I am glad they are gone,one more to do this weekend.And a few more smaller ones need doing.
They were all between 6 to 8M tall.

All fronds now mulched,which is the easy part of the job.
The main trunks are in 2M lenghts,piled up,they will rot away over the next year or so and no doubt the creepers will grow over them as well.

Also mulched up the other smaller trees that were knocked down when the Palms came down,mainly Black Beans,Yellow Oleanders and a few other types.

Also planted some Grevilleas,Bottle Brushes and Callistemons,and Westringias out the front where we had some very large Fiddlewoods,Iron Barks,and Brush Boxes removed.

For those in Brisbane,Grovelly TAFE have a plant sale every Friday morning.
Lots of Natives at pretty reasonable prices.[smilebigeye]