Brunfelsia

January 4th
I know these are extremely common in Australia, but I cannot get too much of them. Not only are they beautiful in flower, they smell delicious in the evening.  This one is on the edge of the garden so you have to make an effort to stroll over there and breathe deeply. Once the kitchen garden has expanded to its full length I will plant one of these so the scent drifts in through the window and also to the patio.

Pink

January 3rd
Getting pinker every day. This lillipilly should be renamed Little Girl's Delight.

Stage 2

Day 365   January 2nd
Stage 2 of the water system is the timer which is now in place.  Now in theory I can go away for weeks and the plants that need cossetting will get their moisture.
This looks as if it should be the last day of the blog, but I know I started on January 28th.  Somewhere mid year I probably transposed a couple of numerals and now there is a mismatch. I' not going back in to sort it out.  I'll just keep plodding along to Jan 27th.
Or I could stop now.

Efficiency

Day 364   January1st
The first day of the new year, a fitting day for a photo of the new efficient water system. It's mainly efficient in terms of my time.  I won't have to go around individually watering all the plants.  The system will quietly deliver a stream of drops to them.

Unhappy Tomatoes

Day  363  December 31st The latest tomato plants have not looked very healthy from the start, even the fruits look a little seedy; mottled and cracked. They taste ok but they're not very tempting. I don't know what the problem is.  They're the same seeds as the last batch and have had pretty much the same treatment.

Passionfruit

Day 362   December 30th
All the way from Kyogle, a red Panama passion fruit is reaching out to attach itself to the fence.

Rosemary

Day 361   December 29th
Finally the new kitchen garden is ready to plant.  This rosemary bush has been biding its time in bet # 2.  The first rosemary I planted grew so big and woody it really took over the garden bed. I don't think it's a suitable plant for beds were everything else is seasonal.  This garden will have some of that but mainly it is for permanent shrubs.  Before I removed the huge plant (with some difficulty) I took a couple of cuttings for when I would have a more suitable spot.  It's been a while.