When I am outside in the garden and there is no one else at home I like to have my mobile phone with me just in case someone tries to contact me. If I am wearing jeans then it is not too difficult to keep my mobile with me because it fits easily into my pocket. The problem is when I am wearing clothes that don’t have pockets and I don’t like putting my phone down just in case I forget where I put it. It’s times like these where some type of mobile phone holder would really come in handy! The … [Read more...]
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Growing Salvia Plants for Easy Summer Colour!
Salvia plants add wonderful colour to a summer garden. They require only moderate watering, they can handle extreme heat, and they flower for months. Summer in Australia tends to be very hot and dry. Where we live temperatures close to (and sometimes over) 40 °C (104 °F) are not uncommon during the summer months. This extreme heat can be hard on our garden so we try to choose plants that can tolerate these conditions. Plants that require lots of water don’t tend to last too long in our … [Read more...]
Links I love from March
Whether you’re into craft, baking, or gardening (or perhaps your into all three) you’ll want to check out these great links from March! For this month’s Links I Love I just had to share a photo of the marigolds in my vegetable garden! Originally I bought them to help deter bugs in the veggie garden. But now I love them because they are so pretty. Most of the vegetables are dying back because of the cold but the marigolds are still going strong! Actually I think that I planted them a bit … [Read more...]
Links I Love from July
Welcome back to my regular Links I Love series where I share some of the great links from the previous month. In this post I will be having a look at some of my favourite links from July! Before I start I thought I should tell you about this month’s Links I Love photo. The photo is of the Forever Marilyn statue that was installed in the centre of Bendigo near where I live. The statue was on loan from the US to help the city celebrate the Bendigo Art Gallery’s Marilyn Monroe exhibition. It … [Read more...]
Links I Love from January
There are some really great websites out there that share some amazing ideas. Here are some of my favourite Links from January 2016. Well we are well and truly into February and the while the weather is still hot we are getting cooler nights which are quite nice. The nights have been wonderful for having a BBQ dinner outside so we will be making the most of that before the weather changes! Another thing that we have been enjoying lately is some fresh watermelon from the garden! We have … [Read more...]
Links I Love from September
If you need some inspiration to get creative check out some of the cool links that I found during September. Whether you love food, craft, or gardening there are some great links that you just have to see! Now that the weather has warmed up there is plenty to do in the garden and I am really enjoying it. Actually even when I have other things that I should be doing I find it hard to resist heading outside to do some weeding or planting in the fresh air! Even though I have been busy in the … [Read more...]
Links I Love from August
From mouth-watering recipes to DIY jewellery and other cool craft here are the Links I Love from August! Well it’s that time again when I share some of the great links that I came across during the last month. Lately I have only been posting these every two months but I am now please to say that I am back on track and I will be sharing my favourite links every month. This post looks at the cool stuff that I saw online during August. As I do with all of the Links I Love posts, I am … [Read more...]
Links I Love from October 2014
Is it just me or does it feel like the closer we get to Christmas the faster the weeks go? I can’t believe that we are almost up to the middle of November already! Before we get too much further into November I had better show you some of the great links that I found online from October 2014! As usual the links focus on simple everyday things that cover interests such as crafts, gardening, and of course baking (I spend too much time looking at food blogs!). I love looking at these types of … [Read more...]