May and June Garden News

 

May was not a terribly busy month gardening.

We started off visiting Logan Village Garden Club to give a presentation for their friendship day.

The drive there was quite unpleasant due to heavy traffic but once there we found the club to be very welcoming and friendly.

I gave the ‘Clever Gardening’ presentation which seemed to be enjoyed by all.

The club put on morning tea and lunch which was very nice.

Did not sell many plants.

The big job of the month beside general gardening was to remove a Macadamia tree which had died, to make matters more difficult the tree had been strangled with a massive ‘Queen of the Night’ Epiphyllum climber.

I then hired a stump grinder, well that was hard work as it was a big heavy machine that kept bogging.

This climber was very hard to remove as it was very thorny and covering the tree.

I had to buy a new chain saw as my little one could not handle the Macadamia trunk.

June turned out to be very busy as I set about trimming the fruit trees and ended up taking 20 big trailer loads to the dump, thank goodness our dump is free.

We had a small visit from Mt Gravatt Probus Club. And I gave a presentation to a small group at Carina Senior Citizens Club.

Then the big job started.

I had to replace the rotted wood beams in my Amorphophallus shade house with metal which turned out to be a bigger job than expected and when I finished that I noticed that the Orchid shed beams were rotten and the shade cloth worn, so then I started on that.

Every bit of wood was rotten and all bolts were rusted, I only wish I had a dollar for every time I went up the ladder.

I replaced all the side timber with hardwood and put metal beams through the center then replaced the shade cloth as I bought a new roll from the Shade Centre at Brendale.

After finishing that I noticed the timber on the benches was rotten so I have had to replace those.

I am exhausted after this undertaking.

Just some garden photos.