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Random Garden #1

The patch of garden we call Uluru was front and centre for its TLC today, much like a car that needs its regular service, it was time for Uluru to have its grease and oil change. Why random? Each part of the garden has a name. Ruprecht created a spreadsheet that randomly gives us the name of the next focus of attention in the garden, much like the roll of a dice. Clever Ruprecht! This spot of maintainance took me the grand total of 30 minutes!

Uluru is part of the more natural, rugged area of the garden. A pile of dirt, one huge gum tree and overgrown with bracken is what greeted us in 2013. A very unexciting patch of the property and rightfully neglected for a few years.

Our first job was to debracken the area. Our second job was to neglect it. Slowly self seeded plants took over from bracken and suddenly it was bush.The pile of dirt became our Uluru and a random was born.

Anyway, today was Uluru's turn and I marvelled at how changed this once sad and sorry part of the garden is. The new growth is a mix of healthy native shrubs and some particularly pretty trees. I suspect the trees are seeds from one I planted in the garden, with the birds thoughtfull pooing out seeds all over the property. Peppered throughout the new plants are native orchids who make an all too brief appearance during summer.

Right on the boundary of this area is one of our benches (bench #3 in an earlier blog) and Kata Tjuta is slowly establishing itself on the other side. I can't wait til this area is as lush as Uluru, but if garden teaches you anything, it is patience. We do have bush tucker though! A rogue tomato plant is making its presence felt and is doing well despite the lack of water. This area isn't treated to Ruprecht's extensive watering system. It has to survive by itself.

I unfortunately disturbed a bandicoot in my brief encounter with Uluru. It was enjoying the tranquility and shade of this spot, but I got a delightful view of it as it ran down the path into another thickly shrubbed area. I suspect it was running from Saxon but it needn't have worried. Saxon's not so good at giving chase anymore. She didn't even see it go.

Tomorrow is another random. I hope it's only a half hour job too. So much to watch and enjoy in this garden, and so little time to do it!