Seaside Daisies

It seems absurd that a plant called Seaside Daisy thrives so far away from anything that could be remotely identified as 'sea'. 1000 metres above sea level and hundreds of kilometres to be exact.

Yet this little star has been a long time favourite of mine, and I was greatly encouraged to see it appear in so many cold-climate gardens when we took in the Crookwell Garden Festival in November last year.

Before we went to electric fencing to deter our hungry kangaroos, the only little plot of garden I had been free to cultivate at Bountiful was the strip that runs along our front verandah - and this only after we fenced it, having lost the first lot of tasty plants to our hungry co-inhabitants.

These plants, including numerous Seaside Daisy seedlings have flourished, but I did have my heart in my mouth when we stepped out in faith and removed the wire fencing.

Ready to be recycled - we will have some animal friendly paddocks so this will come in handy when planting trees to give them some shade.

The other little garden bed we have was looking pretty sore and sorry after the sweltering summer heat, though just a touch of rain had seen some green begin to appear in the form of pesky weeds.

It was therapeutic to pop the radio on and listen to the world go by as I cleared the weeds and prepared the bed for its new little community of seaside daisies. It was fascinating that as I dug, I encountered a few unexpected little friends ...

Our dam was recently chockful of tadpoles - I just didn't expect to see tiny frogs in my dirt!

This garden bed has other lovely surprises built in under its surface in the way of winter bulbs, so hopefully there will be a post down the track where I can show off what has pushed its way upward through the wandering Seaside Daisies. For now though, the garden is tidy, the seedlings are in and we wait for the growth to happen. The teapot is calling.

Have you been planting anything recently? Do you have co-inhabitants who take a shine to your gardening efforts?

Today's song could be a theme for life in general, not just gardening: Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands by The Delltones. Those lovely deep tones came out of a guy called Pee Wee? You see the irony when he stands up 😏