This site is to simply document interesting plants and growing techniques. It is a reference for me but hopefully you may find some of it useful somehow.

I grow a wide range of plants in what generally would be called a cold temperate climate in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney NSW Australia about 1000 metres above sea level.

The weather can get pretty crazy here. We have many intermediate seasons and temperatures can vary from hot dry summers with several weeks at around 35+ degrees C in January down to about 1-2 weeks of snow at around 2-6 degrees C in July mid winter.
After another warm spring transition period in September/October with electrical storms, in November we often have a lot of rain and even sometimes snow again.

I’m especially interested in food produce including fruit and herbs.
But I also have a long developed interest in plants such as species orchids and many Australian natives.

Along with my own garden and others that I help develop and maintain about the place, I am also involved with the local community gardens. I have included updates mainly in photos of what is happening with developments there as well.