Ripped out the dead catnip plants from the pot they were in. Fed the two lime trees and the orange tree with specialized plant food for citrus. Mixed up batch of regular plant food for all the other potted plants ( Read more... )

After the Melville council arborist checked the gum tree, it's been decided that it has to go. The whole thing. Damned shame, as that tree was a home, haven, nesting site, photography stage and food supply for hundreds of birds. The council will replant a native nectar bearing trees/shrubs, but it will take years for them to become established ( Read more... )

Yesterday and the day before, we were hit by a severe storm front. Our gorgeous Gum Tree was badly damaged. This tree is (or should I say was) the stage for many of my large bird photographs (Cockatoos, Kookaburras, Galahs)

This makes me want to cry:


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One of my neighbors cut down a large, full in flower grevillea. No wonder I could hear very angry Red Wattlebirds, as that is, make that was, their nursery. I hope there were no chicks or fledglings in it.

I have a feeling that the bottlebrush trees and the hummingbird feeders are going to have a lot more visits.

Dana, council member, came out to examine the gumtree that shed a huge branch a few months back. It was scheduled for pruning, with the promise that I would get the mulch, and my neighbor would get log sized branches ( Read more... )

Now, I know of a branch of a tree is overhanging in the neighbors yard, they have every right to trim it back. But THIS particular neighbor doesn't even bother to inform us, so we can make sure the debris they will be dumping into our yard doesn't crush/damage other foliage (like the small orange tree with ripening fruit ( Read more... )

Chili Tree #2 is now residing in what used to be the pot for the lime tree. I had tried to put it in a different pot but hadn't realized it was so pot bound and in need of more depth. Had I known, I would have transplanted it into the old lime tree pot, and put the sage seedlings in the hanging pot. Will wait until the sage is a bit recovered ( Read more... )