Visit 6th-8th September

Only a few millimeters of rain in the previous fortnight. Palyed golffor the first time for many weeks and was reasonably happy with 47 and 50 at Hepburn. This week is the best of the year for daffodils and the garden didn't disappoint. It was as good as it's ever been in spring.

All around the cottage there was plenty of colour. On the Melbourne side (above), at the back (below),

and in the front, (below)

A pair of kookaburras seem to have adopted the place as part of their territory. I managed to catch a shot of the two of them.

and the horses continue to keep the grass down while occasionally appearing to check out the garden.

This time I planted a Ruffles (pink flowering) lavender near the big tank, plus more of the corn flour seedlings. Most of my time again was spent in cutting back more of the perennials: salvias, penstemons etc. and the carpet roses.

I've been very disappointed with the load of soil I bought and which I've used to build up the soil before introducing new plants to the garden. It has really caked up, hard as a rock and many of the seedlings planted a while ago haven't advanced at all as a result. 

I took advantage of the dry weather to do some burning off, of gardening rubbish in the paddock and lopped some more of the laurel tree.