tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post5328935224201170455..comments2024-03-19T10:47:46.531+10:00Comments on My Dry Tropics Garden: The Harsh End Of The 2015 Dry Season ... My Dry Tropics Garden Journal ... Week 40, 2015.BernieHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-22978298868242271522015-10-11T13:11:40.129+10:002015-10-11T13:11:40.129+10:00Sue, you got to see our dry tropics area in the mi...Sue, you got to see our dry tropics area in the middle of a proper dry season. You're most welcome to link to my post. Next time you're up this way, make sure you do get in contact so we can catch up. That would be lovely.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-3461105384513763482015-10-11T11:50:16.951+10:002015-10-11T11:50:16.951+10:00dear Bernie, I'm so sorry about your garden st...dear Bernie, I'm so sorry about your garden struggles. I recently visited Magnetic Island and now I really understand your situation so much better. I'm preparing a post and I'll put a link to your blog. (I would have contacted you to see if you were around, but had no time in Townsville)Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-61918703024478700672015-10-10T09:01:03.913+10:002015-10-10T09:01:03.913+10:00Hi Annette. I'm a born and bred Bowen girl my...Hi Annette. I'm a born and bred Bowen girl myself, so I know the dry and windy conditions you will be getting down there. First of all, I'll answer your question about the shadehouse by describing where mine is. <br /><br />Mine runs down the entire western side of my house but it is banked completely on one side by a rock wall which you cannot see in the photos because of the ferns. BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-72959371664120385322015-10-06T22:49:59.150+10:002015-10-06T22:49:59.150+10:00Hi Bernie, my name is Annette.I've recently mo...Hi Bernie, my name is Annette.I've recently moved back to Bowen..I've been lucky enough to move into a home where I'm aloud to work on the gardens..... Not that there is any grass or gardens left.I happened across your blog,while searching for best places to put a greenhouse. Perhaps you could help me,please.? Full sun or shade? under poinciana trees,that cover the front and back yardAnnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954622082688184106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-39801701221716148792015-09-30T21:32:44.042+10:002015-09-30T21:32:44.042+10:00Yes the shade garden is my haven right now, Lorrai...Yes the shade garden is my haven right now, Lorraine. Thank goodness it remains intact with some lovely plants providing great colour and foliage. I know rain will come eventually, but I think the wait is going to be a long one!BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-36992395333464502672015-09-30T20:25:29.704+10:002015-09-30T20:25:29.704+10:00Oh dear Bernie ~ What a time you and your gardens ...Oh dear Bernie ~ What a time you and your gardens and even the poor starving critters are having. I hope you get much needed rain during your upcoming 'wet' season. May the marauding critters move on to greener pastures.<br /><br />I'm glad to still have your shade garden ~ Love and hugs ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-2143553128499250192015-09-29T15:33:27.761+10:002015-09-29T15:33:27.761+10:00Thanks Chris. We had started thinking about throw...Thanks Chris. We had started thinking about throwing pellets out for the marauders. Apparently you can get wallaby food now. I think perhaps pigeon peas might be a better alternative though. I'm not keen on buying loads of wallaby food in a bag. Have never tried growing pigeon peas but it's a thought when the rain does come, although we've worked hard at clearing out all exotics BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-82262215084423585742015-09-29T15:00:42.695+10:002015-09-29T15:00:42.695+10:00I'm fairly certain that's a boy, and an Ea...I'm fairly certain that's a boy, and an Eastern Grey Kangaroo. I used to always call mine Wallaby's too, until someone quizzed me on it - so I did some research and realised Wallaby's are completely different. There are also Wallaroo's, which I never knew about before - a cross between a Wallaby and Kangaroo. And they're all ferocious on gardens when there's no feed inChris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-24564049540649091632015-09-29T09:58:30.737+10:002015-09-29T09:58:30.737+10:00Diana, they're considered a medium-sized walla...Diana, they're considered a medium-sized wallaby. The males grow to a length of around 85 cms and weigh anything up to 27 kg, while the females are smaller, reaching around 72 cms and weighing up to 15 kg. Usually they dine on grass and leaves, but when our long dry seasons hit they become opportunistic feeders and will munch through almost any plant. I've given up on planting anythingBernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-66239924863299304102015-09-29T08:26:18.017+10:002015-09-29T08:26:18.017+10:00How big are they? Looks as if they might have a su...How big are they? Looks as if they might have a substantial appetite.<br />Tantalising to battle to get the new beds to fill in. Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-22283137510908579502015-09-29T07:48:22.995+10:002015-09-29T07:48:22.995+10:00Thanks Rusty Duck. These things do go in cycles a...Thanks Rusty Duck. These things do go in cycles and we haven't had such a dry year in a while. We are now officially in an El Nino period and that means the predictions for the coming wet season are really not all that favourable, but I'm holding on to the hope that there will be some decent rain. Only about four months to go!! BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-17261529103211844592015-09-29T07:42:44.252+10:002015-09-29T07:42:44.252+10:00We all have our crosses to bear when it comes to g...We all have our crosses to bear when it comes to gardening, John. There's always some negative no matter where you might garden, and yet we carry on. We are at heart the most optimistic people arent' we?BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-64561052796354020142015-09-29T05:27:52.389+10:002015-09-29T05:27:52.389+10:00Oh Bernie, this is terrible. I can wholeheartedly ...Oh Bernie, this is terrible. I can wholeheartedly sympathise with the wallabies as we have deer and they have the potential to be just as destructive. So far they have stuck to the periphery of the garden but they are getting braver. They leap high fences and even if I had the money to do it, why would I want to live in a prison yard? <br />I do hope the rains come soon this year. I guess a lot rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-59514181155258561162015-09-29T03:46:07.825+10:002015-09-29T03:46:07.825+10:00Thanks for sharing your situation with all of us. ...Thanks for sharing your situation with all of us. I will try to remember this post when the weather and the critters are doing bad things to my garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-90569529653710837142015-09-28T15:57:07.463+10:002015-09-28T15:57:07.463+10:00Thanks Missy. I have to say this has been the wor...Thanks Missy. I have to say this has been the worst gardening year for me for quite some time. I can remember a particularly long dry season back when we first moved here, but at that stage I didn't really have much time for gardening. The garden definitely went into survival mode back then and we lost a few plants. The predictions so far are not all that favourable for an early wet BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-85714064757698077932015-09-28T15:48:42.844+10:002015-09-28T15:48:42.844+10:00In the time I've been following your blog, thi...In the time I've been following your blog, this would have to be the worst year. We had a huge drought not long after we started our garden at Karalee and went into survival mode for a couple of years. As you say, most plants do recover, but it's an agonising wait. Let's hope this year's Wet comes early.Roslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940119240313980400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-1529528269217309512015-09-28T10:25:03.228+10:002015-09-28T10:25:03.228+10:00Pauline, I should be used to gardening in the dry ...Pauline, I should be used to gardening in the dry tropics by now, but some years are just harder than others. In saying that however, we've had worse. We've had a few years of drought before, but my memory dims as the years pass. I know the rain will eventually come, but the waiting is hard sometimes. BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-18606413453345600902015-09-28T10:23:43.055+10:002015-09-28T10:23:43.055+10:00It's all horses for courses, Margaret. Your p...It's all horses for courses, Margaret. Your problems are just as heartbreaking as mine. I know there will be rain, but the waiting is going to be excruciating.BernieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435004798656616711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-57825074099202628542015-09-28T10:17:49.063+10:002015-09-28T10:17:49.063+10:00Oh my word. I will never complain about the elemen...Oh my word. I will never complain about the elements again!. Thank goodness you have your lovely shade house for solace, I hope things turn around soon.I will put a link to your blog on my website, and share this around. Pauline Conollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05441524043025451627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053337601505232620.post-65268593478642948762015-09-28T10:16:10.777+10:002015-09-28T10:16:10.777+10:00I shouldnt ever complain about garden problems aga...I shouldnt ever complain about garden problems again but probably will :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com