Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, folks.
We had a lovely day today. I wanted to go to the gardening show at Sydney's Olympic Park so we got going as early as we could. It was a grey day with occasional rain, but most of tis was indoors anyway. husband, difficult child 3 & I were the only ones, so we were able to load my mobility scooter into the back of the van. I was very glad of it - that place is HUGE, plus it was a long way from the car park.
http://www.abcgardeningexpo.com.au/sydney08.php
I love those places - so much to see, some wonderful new products (new pot styles, new plants) and some really good old ones (heritage seeds, for example). At times I needed to get out and walk, so husband or difficult child 3 took the scooter for me and kept it moving along beside.
The stuff that I really was interested in was the herbs and vegetables area, and the more tropical plants. They had set up a sample of some famous Aussie vegetable beds (from Hobart Botanical Gardens) which we've tried to set up at home. The bloke who put this together was also there - he has just left the TV show that was behind all this, because he IS older than Methuselah, after all! But we didn't get a chance to get close, he was mobbed wherever he went. But having the chance to see it all and to talk to like-minded people - heaven!
We didn't buy much - I'd have liked to buy a fruit salad citrus tree (it had five different grafts) but it would have been tricky getting it home, plus a lot of places only took cash. We did buy some Trugg Tubs though - a sort of flexible rubbery bucket thingie. It will make it easier for me to carry our good compost around the yard. A packet of tomato seeds (OK, they're heritage seeds form Florence, Italy) and some pot clips so I can hang pot plants from the wall - I've got a few things to keep me going and to try to be even more productive. Plus I have a year's worth of ideas and dreams to keep me going productively in the garden.
I'll have to do my own grafting and grow my own fruit salad tree, I think. One more challenge...
Enjoy your Sunday.
Marg
We had a lovely day today. I wanted to go to the gardening show at Sydney's Olympic Park so we got going as early as we could. It was a grey day with occasional rain, but most of tis was indoors anyway. husband, difficult child 3 & I were the only ones, so we were able to load my mobility scooter into the back of the van. I was very glad of it - that place is HUGE, plus it was a long way from the car park.
http://www.abcgardeningexpo.com.au/sydney08.php
I love those places - so much to see, some wonderful new products (new pot styles, new plants) and some really good old ones (heritage seeds, for example). At times I needed to get out and walk, so husband or difficult child 3 took the scooter for me and kept it moving along beside.
The stuff that I really was interested in was the herbs and vegetables area, and the more tropical plants. They had set up a sample of some famous Aussie vegetable beds (from Hobart Botanical Gardens) which we've tried to set up at home. The bloke who put this together was also there - he has just left the TV show that was behind all this, because he IS older than Methuselah, after all! But we didn't get a chance to get close, he was mobbed wherever he went. But having the chance to see it all and to talk to like-minded people - heaven!
We didn't buy much - I'd have liked to buy a fruit salad citrus tree (it had five different grafts) but it would have been tricky getting it home, plus a lot of places only took cash. We did buy some Trugg Tubs though - a sort of flexible rubbery bucket thingie. It will make it easier for me to carry our good compost around the yard. A packet of tomato seeds (OK, they're heritage seeds form Florence, Italy) and some pot clips so I can hang pot plants from the wall - I've got a few things to keep me going and to try to be even more productive. Plus I have a year's worth of ideas and dreams to keep me going productively in the garden.
I'll have to do my own grafting and grow my own fruit salad tree, I think. One more challenge...
Enjoy your Sunday.
Marg