Daffodils in the Southern Hemisphere - 2007

[annew]

Your garden looks lovely - is this your responsibility or Helen's?

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Anne, now that is a leading question if ever there was one.
Helen is responsible for ongoing maintenance simply because I am responsible for the farm (since there is only me and I have limited time, we are fairly mechanised these days). There is very little lawn to mow. We did a lot of the work to create it. I moved the soil and laid the path. We had stonemasons do the walls. The plants are a combined choice although Helen sneaks plants in occasionally. There are lots of azaleas, camellias, Japanese maples, tree peonies and alpines. Helen used to have quite a few dwarf rhododendrons but most have died in the drought. The alpines were mostly raised from seed. We used to have lots of pots in the backyard but Helen planted quite a few out in the garden. There are no pots in the backyard now that we have the shade house at the farm.
I do it hard out at the farm as our Galactic Headquarters is a farm shed (Shed No. 1)! We hope to build a new house at the farm soon and move there. It is more inner than our suburban home and is on the road where most of Canberra's larger plant nurseries are located. If I am out of favour I will have Shed No 1 to retreat to with all its creature comforts!! My biggest problem is that the Big Baby (aka Scott, our youngest son) gets into the pantry and refrigerator. 
I have attached some photos of the flowers we exhibited at the recent show. Photos were taken in better lighting conditions at Galactic Headquarters.

[Maggi Young]

Lovely babies, Graham, and liking the garden too. Have to ask, though, terminally nosy... what's your Day job?

[Mini-daffs]

Hi
Maggie the answer is:
Servant of the Crown with an interest in the colour purple and words!

[Maggi Young]

Aha! So you are Oprah Winfrey's Australian lawyer!!

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Maggie, really!!Government lawyer who drafts laws.

[annew]

All gorgeous! A day job, a farm (animals or just daffs?), a garden - that's serious time management!

[David Nicholson]

The colour purple threw me-I would have suggested a Bishop

Graham, I have enjoyed this thread immensely and I have learned a great deal from it

[Maggi Young]

The colour purple

  ... think The Color Purple.... film.... Oprah Winfrey... litigious (spelling??) loads of cash.... I stilll think it might be a job worth applying for, Graham!!

I am really enjoying all these little daffs but I think I am firming up an opinion.... I never met a triandrus type I don't adore!  Little sweeties, every one.

[David Nicholson]

The colour purple

  ... think The Color Purple.... film.... Oprah Winfrey... litigious (spelling??) loads of cash.... I stilll think it might be a job worth applying for, Graham!!

I am really enjoying all these little daffs but I think I am firming up an opinion.... I never met a triandrus type I don't adore!  Little sweeties, every one.

I failed to see the clue. Don't go the cinema much these days as I invariably fall asleep, went to the theatre last Saturday to see 'The History Boys' and slept through a good part of that too. Must be getting old!

[Maggi Young]

Cinema... visit....good grief, I don't do any of that... however, I am an avid reader of any Film and theatre reviews I can find 

[Mini-daffs]

 
Hi
Anne, the serious time management issue for me at the moment is trying to project management the various bits of building work and obtaining the necessary development approvals. A lot less miniatures flowered than normal because we didn't have time to weed them and because of the ongoing drought. The standards are also struggling because of the drought. That said I didn't have time to pollinate any more than I have. We need the house to provide water for the plants out at the farm.
The serious time management for Helen is all the paperwork that has to be done.

[Lesley Cox]

Hi
Maggie the answer is:
Servant of the Crown with an interest in the colour purple and words!

You mean you're the one who makes up all those lies that Howard tells? A spin doctor? (Have to protect my reputation as a sledger here)

[Mini-daffs]

 
A brief respite from miniature daffodils and the inquisition!!
David, the colour for law graduates at the ANU is purple. It may differ at other universities.
David, I hope you have not learnt the art of sledging from this thread!!
Lesley, David Adams has queried the utility of micro minis in another forum. He doesn't think anybody other than specialist daffodil growers would be interested in such small flowers and even then it is for their novelty value. I have seen some pretty small alpine plants in pots and troughs so I am far from convinced. I am yet to flower anything as small as our smallest N. tenuifolius in terms of flower size and height.

[David Nicholson]

David, I hope you have not learnt the art of sledging from this thread!!

Graham, no problems, Yorkshiremen can't be taught to sledge, it's bred in them that's what makes us God's gift to cricket BTW you have a magnificant garden.