Redux. How Come No-one's (over-)Using the Word 'Redux' Anymore?
I wrote out this list a few entries ago and wanderius_thrax asked if I had them all yet. "Why, no," I thought, "but I'll bold the ones I do." And then I bolded them and it turns out we have got heaps of things on this list, but the list looked chaotic whereupon I just bolded them all. So here's a re-do. With stimulating pictures!
Features for Your Garden (esp. for kids)
1. Entrance name
2. Arch
3. Fence ← Pre-existing property fences (wooden palings one side, green Colourbond steel the other) but my flights of fancy lately have been low anti-dog fencing (soz, Kenji) for Todd's rows of carrots. I like these ideas I found online:
Up-ended bottles. Nice, different, unusual!
Vintage plate edging.
Finally a reason to buy cheap vintage plates I love but
don't want to eat off. (I'm thing-y that way.)
4. Signs ← I've started some. OK, one. No, wait - three. And I'm painting seven for the secret garden and they have to be ready by Thursday and why aren't I painting them RIGHT NOW, etc?! Because I'm procrastinating with this lovely, time-consuming post instead. Ahhh!
5. Teepee trellis
6. Cubby house → Well, the neighbours' cubby/treehouse backs onto our fence (blocking sunlight, boo!) and the annoying teen has spray-painted WESTERN BOYZ in primary colours on the back 'cos he so tuff.
7. Paths, pathways ← I've planned a staggered pathway up the side and I have brick patterns circling in my head. These ones are circling uppermost at the moment.
This is very similar to the side of our house: shady and damp.
I'll basically copy this but possibly with pavers hewn from sandstone.
I've laid 'parquetry' like this before...
but it's prone to pooling water and harbouring slippery moss. (You can break up squares of brick like a chess board though, and every second square can be used for planting herbs. A really cool way of containing plants prone to rambling, and less of an eyesore than a blank expanse of brick.)
8. Whirligig
9. Seat ← A wrought iron chair near the clothesline and a decrepit cane chair for pussycat down on the lawn.
10. Gate ← For our own property one day, I have my heart set on these old woven wire gates. Aussie classics that remind me of my childhood.
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11. Scarecrow
12. Topiary → I don't like topiary but I'm enjoying trimming neat hedges so they eventually grow together, so... same thing?
13. Bird bath ← Three.
14. Mural
15. Wind chimes ← They were already here. Wooden and vine-congested = they don't chime.
16. Bells ← I hung a string of triangular Indian bells from the frame supporting the passionfruit vine, but tiiin bells rusted.
17. Shadow stick
18. Sundial
19. Solar calendar
20. Bunting ← We're sort of choosing fabric for bunting but I don't like that "Olivia's 4th Birthday Party photo spread featured in Vogue Living" look, if you know what I mean; where the cupcakes co-ordinate with the bunting and the plates are just-so in pretty pastel colours. It's all just too too. Other than that, I love bunting!
21. Bird boxes ← One in the aviary, two waiting to be placed in trees in Spring.
22. Possum boxes ← Must do this 'cos I never see possums round here. It'd be a way to know for sure if they're here. The animals in the roof don't sound quite like possums.
23. Gnome ← He guards my newly planted native Australian daisies.
24. Flags ← Faded Tibetan prayer flags. Soft and pastel-coloured since I washed them. The bunting would replace these.
25. Feature tree ← Pre-existing. Burgundy Eucalypt at top of slope; ginormous other kinda Eucalypt at the bottom near the aviary. Crepe Myrtle. Another two out the front.
26. Feature rock
27. Pond ← Full of papyrus plants and not much else. A pre-existing folly that leaks. I want to repair and refill it. Also four other tub-type ponds with tadpoles and frogs.
28. Wishing well
29. Fairy hut ← Not yet but I've bought green fairy dust (ultra-fine glitter labelled "Fairy Dust" in a delicate and tiny glass jar) and a raw chunk of amethyst that looks otherworldly - for an abandoned fairy colony my niece Sophie is soon to stumble upon. (We've planned a special fairy day together.) Can't wait to construct fairy village but am tossing up between bound twigs w. leaf roofing, or adobe abodes constructed from terracotta DAS, walls etched and dashed with glitter...?
30. Plant in pot ← Got heaps!
Elsie helping me pot some of them a few months ago.
31. Native bees ← No hives; just a few buzzing round the native lavender.
32. Weather vane
33. Sculpture ← Small ceramic bird on a swing hanging from wire from the ornamental pear tree out the front. Made by sister's friend.
34. Windbreak
35. Compost heap ← Huge and functional.
36. Flax corridor
37. Maze
38. Rope ladder
39. Swing
40. Animals ← 1 cat, 1 dog. Pre-existing budgies in pre-existing aviary. We want chooks. I would love to have some ducklings and two pigs too.
41. Running water
42. Rocks ← Encircling pond.
43. Territories
44. Stepping stones ← Have removed the paving stone from the pebble garden in the front and will replace it with two flat pieces of sandstone. Having just the one is a bit of a stretch for older people like Mum who asked if I could change it, little knowing I'd already decided to.
45. Dreamcatcher
46. Places to run ← Dogs and kids love running round the circular garden bed in the back, and there's a fun side bit to run up and down too - where the staggered pathway's going to go.
47. Sandpit
48. Tadpoles ← Heaps and heaps of tadpoles. Found three tiny frogs the other day. (I always hear them at night bok-bok-bokking to each other.) Also found a gelatinous froth of new frog spawn.
49. Gunyah
50. Buried treasure ← I am so into this idea. I'll do it! I have an old steel cash box I could sacrifice for the greater good too.
Taken from here.
I was just going to send this list to radiosilents but decided to post it here instead, so here you go, Amy.
Happy gardening, all you Northerners in the sun. We are in the middle of Autumn pruning and garden tidying here. Todd and I are still planning our 'crops' (our organic - incl some heirloom - seeds should be arriving this week) and redesigning the garden before winter makes it harder and more unpleasant to till and toil out there in the backyard.
HAPPY EASTER also to you, dear reader! It's 5:30pm and I still haven't eaten my Red Tulip bunny. Time flies; it's 6:30pm now and the bunny's still all in one piece.
Features for Your Garden (esp. for kids)
1. Entrance name
2. Arch
3. Fence ← Pre-existing property fences (wooden palings one side, green Colourbond steel the other) but my flights of fancy lately have been low anti-dog fencing (soz, Kenji) for Todd's rows of carrots. I like these ideas I found online:
Up-ended bottles. Nice, different, unusual!
Vintage plate edging.
Finally a reason to buy cheap vintage plates I love but
don't want to eat off. (I'm thing-y that way.)
4. Signs ← I've started some. OK, one. No, wait - three. And I'm painting seven for the secret garden and they have to be ready by Thursday and why aren't I painting them RIGHT NOW, etc?! Because I'm procrastinating with this lovely, time-consuming post instead. Ahhh!
5. Teepee trellis
6. Cubby house → Well, the neighbours' cubby/treehouse backs onto our fence (blocking sunlight, boo!) and the annoying teen has spray-painted WESTERN BOYZ in primary colours on the back 'cos he so tuff.
7. Paths, pathways ← I've planned a staggered pathway up the side and I have brick patterns circling in my head. These ones are circling uppermost at the moment.
This is very similar to the side of our house: shady and damp.
I'll basically copy this but possibly with pavers hewn from sandstone.
I've laid 'parquetry' like this before...
but it's prone to pooling water and harbouring slippery moss. (You can break up squares of brick like a chess board though, and every second square can be used for planting herbs. A really cool way of containing plants prone to rambling, and less of an eyesore than a blank expanse of brick.)
8. Whirligig
9. Seat ← A wrought iron chair near the clothesline and a decrepit cane chair for pussycat down on the lawn.
10. Gate ← For our own property one day, I have my heart set on these old woven wire gates. Aussie classics that remind me of my childhood.
11. Scarecrow
12. Topiary → I don't like topiary but I'm enjoying trimming neat hedges so they eventually grow together, so... same thing?
13. Bird bath ← Three.
14. Mural
15. Wind chimes ← They were already here. Wooden and vine-congested = they don't chime.
16. Bells ← I hung a string of triangular Indian bells from the frame supporting the passionfruit vine, but tiiin bells rusted.
17. Shadow stick
18. Sundial
19. Solar calendar
20. Bunting ← We're sort of choosing fabric for bunting but I don't like that "Olivia's 4th Birthday Party photo spread featured in Vogue Living" look, if you know what I mean; where the cupcakes co-ordinate with the bunting and the plates are just-so in pretty pastel colours. It's all just too too. Other than that, I love bunting!
21. Bird boxes ← One in the aviary, two waiting to be placed in trees in Spring.
22. Possum boxes ← Must do this 'cos I never see possums round here. It'd be a way to know for sure if they're here. The animals in the roof don't sound quite like possums.
23. Gnome ← He guards my newly planted native Australian daisies.
24. Flags ← Faded Tibetan prayer flags. Soft and pastel-coloured since I washed them. The bunting would replace these.
25. Feature tree ← Pre-existing. Burgundy Eucalypt at top of slope; ginormous other kinda Eucalypt at the bottom near the aviary. Crepe Myrtle. Another two out the front.
26. Feature rock
27. Pond ← Full of papyrus plants and not much else. A pre-existing folly that leaks. I want to repair and refill it. Also four other tub-type ponds with tadpoles and frogs.
28. Wishing well
29. Fairy hut ← Not yet but I've bought green fairy dust (ultra-fine glitter labelled "Fairy Dust" in a delicate and tiny glass jar) and a raw chunk of amethyst that looks otherworldly - for an abandoned fairy colony my niece Sophie is soon to stumble upon. (We've planned a special fairy day together.) Can't wait to construct fairy village but am tossing up between bound twigs w. leaf roofing, or adobe abodes constructed from terracotta DAS, walls etched and dashed with glitter...?
30. Plant in pot ← Got heaps!
Elsie helping me pot some of them a few months ago.
31. Native bees ← No hives; just a few buzzing round the native lavender.
32. Weather vane
33. Sculpture ← Small ceramic bird on a swing hanging from wire from the ornamental pear tree out the front. Made by sister's friend.
34. Windbreak
35. Compost heap ← Huge and functional.
36. Flax corridor
37. Maze
38. Rope ladder
39. Swing
40. Animals ← 1 cat, 1 dog. Pre-existing budgies in pre-existing aviary. We want chooks. I would love to have some ducklings and two pigs too.
41. Running water
42. Rocks ← Encircling pond.
43. Territories
44. Stepping stones ← Have removed the paving stone from the pebble garden in the front and will replace it with two flat pieces of sandstone. Having just the one is a bit of a stretch for older people like Mum who asked if I could change it, little knowing I'd already decided to.
45. Dreamcatcher
46. Places to run ← Dogs and kids love running round the circular garden bed in the back, and there's a fun side bit to run up and down too - where the staggered pathway's going to go.
47. Sandpit
48. Tadpoles ← Heaps and heaps of tadpoles. Found three tiny frogs the other day. (I always hear them at night bok-bok-bokking to each other.) Also found a gelatinous froth of new frog spawn.
49. Gunyah
50. Buried treasure ← I am so into this idea. I'll do it! I have an old steel cash box I could sacrifice for the greater good too.
Taken from here.
I was just going to send this list to radiosilents but decided to post it here instead, so here you go, Amy.
Happy gardening, all you Northerners in the sun. We are in the middle of Autumn pruning and garden tidying here. Todd and I are still planning our 'crops' (our organic - incl some heirloom - seeds should be arriving this week) and redesigning the garden before winter makes it harder and more unpleasant to till and toil out there in the backyard.
HAPPY EASTER also to you, dear reader! It's 5:30pm and I still haven't eaten my Red Tulip bunny. Time flies; it's 6:30pm now and the bunny's still all in one piece.