tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post4445453303094774588..comments2024-03-23T20:46:29.245+11:00Comments on cloth and fodder: Curse of the periwinkleBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01698895263411758914noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-11230650053223375542008-11-20T19:40:00.000+11:002008-11-20T19:40:00.000+11:00Good luck with ripping out the periwinkle. Remind...Good luck with ripping out the periwinkle. Reminds of the time we started ripping out ivy from my parents house. Did you know that you can also pull the motar from between bricks with ivy? Tough stuff!<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed looking at the link to Kuranga too. I have never been, but I think I might need to make a trip soon. When we bought our house it was full of cottage plants (and the drought is gradually killing them off). Natives are the way to go.Lieslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392520536946879645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-14613443869628516672008-11-20T09:31:00.000+11:002008-11-20T09:31:00.000+11:00Katie: I know, it annoys me too when I walk around...Katie: I know, it annoys me too when I walk around our local area, and seeing whole blocks of land get flattened with all of their trees. There are still lots of non-native plants around, like we've got a big silky oak, and things like that. It's just a case of, when one thing dies then we replace it with something local. Yes, it's a very long term Grand Ultimate Plan indeed!!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698895263411758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-40763559581398864812008-11-20T08:53:00.000+11:002008-11-20T08:53:00.000+11:00Good luck with the project. They're big projects g...Good luck with the project. They're big projects gardens. It's been five years, but slowly mine is taking shape and I can see more clearly what I want done. Front is natives and a bit of the garden's existing plantings (I am a sucker for a little bit of garden history) and the back is edible and a wee bit tropical (again because of what was already there). I'm not one for ripping out serviceable happy plants for the sake of whimsy. I kind see people who knock down existing places to build McMansions in the same category. So, it's an eclectic mix that will never be what I'd choose if given a bare block of land, but it's got character.Kate Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731006032499344619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5992903126417582997.post-49979167995803036782008-11-20T08:17:00.000+11:002008-11-20T08:17:00.000+11:00Sounds fantastic! In my little house with bricked ...Sounds fantastic! In my little house with bricked backyard (augh! augh!) I will live vicariously and dream of a day when we can create an indigenous garden, too.Taccolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125105947330114081noreply@blogger.com