The end of Fall/Autumn is a very busy time for me, this is the weather that urges me to buy or transplant the trees and shrubs that have out grown their positions while the soil is still warm from the Summer sun and the plants will settle themselves into their new home before the colder months send them to sleep. I will also study the catalogues and read about the new roses [bare rooted plants are the best to purchase] and dream about remaking the rose gardens. We have two heart-shaped rose beds, the form made by short box hedges shaped into balls, one heart for Kees, my gardening partner and husband, and the second heart represents my own gardening passion. I should not be growing Roses, the possums and peafowl will not leave them alone, but gee! Who can resist trying once more?
The weeds never stop growing in Tasmanian gardens so every year in Autumn, we plan to rid the gardens of the most persistent and by the time we have hopefully finished this clearing, we cover the soil with a blanket of mulch consisting of the dirt from our compost heap and pine chips and with, if we have time to collect it, old steer pooh from our own beasts. Pine chips are acidic but as we have many shrubs that like this soil conditioning, such as the Rhododendrons, Camellias, Pieris and most Acers, it is the ideal cover for our plantings.
It is not only our gardens that will now be put to sleep. This will be my last article with the Suite community. I have enjoyed myself enormously, sharing my gardening experiences with gardening companions world wide but, like the plants, this lady is approaching the Winter time of her life. I will let the garden have the last word. I am showing lots of Autumn garden photographs depicting the life in our country garden.
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