Planting of the Fernery

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Start with one large pot of Fish Bone fern - trick number one was to get the fern out of the pot without breaking it! Much straining of muscles and sweat later....



Remove ferns into separate plantlets - hmm that's a lot of fern!



Plant ferns into ground and hope like hell they live! There's no reticulation where they are now planted, but this fern is very hardy and I doubt even I can kill it!



Hmmmmm, now what to plant back into the now-empty pot? Left over ferns of course!!

The fernery about 3 weeks later. Some are growing, some don't look crash hot and some are dead. I think it will end up ok.

Update: The fernery got moved - details in this post.

Installing the Soakwell

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Start with one soak well kit:



Select a site:



Objective: remove pile of lawn clippings, remove sand, install soak well:



Result - not much of a hole due to too many tree roots! Time to call a Jim.



Jim sucessfully installs the soak well:





Now all that is required is some cement handywork at the drain

(Time passes ...)

Handywork on the drain done - not by yours truely though :(

The Entertaining Area

Outdoor 'Beautification' Project.
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It was a long time 'dream'/goal to change the ugliest part of my garden into an outdoor entertaining area. Whilst the 'grand plan' that used to exist has been trimmed down considerably (due to changes in my life) I have made a small beginning.

This has been a plot of typical Perth grey sand for quite a while, other than sometime-use as a vegetable garden. Poppies come up self-seeded here, as do some freesias.

Long term plan is to eventually have some kind of permanent shade structure - maybe a bali hut, for the interim I have a tent-type gazebo if extra shade is required. The paved area received shade from the lemon tree in the morning and from the liquidamber in the afternoon.

Current plan is to place an above ground pond, built from limestone blocks and pond liner, in the far left corner - running parallel to the paving. Gardenia between the bore pump and fence (right hand side of the pic above), ferns under the large tree (it's a liquid amber - right hand side of pic). Perhaps a privacy screen across the top of the fence. Retic running from the tap (which is attached to the bore). Rest of the plants are as yet undecided - maybe kangaroo paw, lavendar, rosemary; all I know at this point is I want it to be low maintenance.

Commenced the groundword for the fernery:

Click here for Part Two - Planting The Fernery


Click here for Part Three - The Fernery Relocates and Paving Cemented In.