unidentified weed

What is this? Can't see it in any weed sites. But it's scattered all through the grassier areas of my property, and has started forming its very nasty burrs, which are borne singly along long arching black stems. Hopefully lawnmowing this weekend will catch most of those burr-bearing stems before the burrs have developed sufficiently to be a problem.

seasons end, seasons begin - footy and gardening

What is it about plants, soil, water that is so tremendously soothing, even cathartic? Just found several photos (here, removing regrowth from base of olives) taken in the days after the second AFL Grand Final. Yes, the one in which Collingwood smashed a St Kilda that had so bravely, magnificently, forced a draw a week before.

what a full dam looks like!

After almost 100mm rain in a week, following dam-filling rains a months ago, our dams are officially full. Bottom dam is receiving overflow from the top dam and spilling into culvert beside road. Wondering how long it will last ...

All in the timing

Fruit trees? Veg? Fruit trees? Veg? What to prioritise, and how to get the best out of both, especially when only one of the fruit trees planted last year to live alongside veggies has managed to survive and kick into second-season life. (Bless you, nashi, planted for Lydia and her eager nashi appetite, and looking happy springing from your nest of shallots and silverbeets.)