http://diyhomeandgardening.com DIY home repairs, easy gardening and more. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:00:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The flower of the day is the blue bearded iris from my backyard. We bought this plant from a nursery in the Dandenongs years ago in a pot and since then it has multiplied and grew all over the garden. Its wonderful because they're easy to grow and don't need ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/10/02/bearded-iris/ The flowers for the day is the Waratah or Telopea which are in blooms at the moment across the country. Unfortunately they do not flower all year round but when in blooms they make a showy display of big, bold and beautiful bouquet. I have 3 growing in my backyard; this ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/09/29/big-bold-beautiful-waratahs/ My shower fan has been playing up for the last few days. It wasn't spinning like how it should be and sometimes even not at all. Time to get up there to find out what the problem is all about. My first thought was that it just needed a clean. It ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/09/19/cleaning-out-the-shower-fan/ I've been meaning to get a ladder for chores around the house for the longest time. The ladder I had in mind is one of those multi-fold ladder that can be folded into different shapes for different jobs. Truth is I've been holding back on buying one because I was ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/08/14/multi-fold-ladder/ I had nasty draft blowing into the garage from the door behind. Not only did it bring in cold wind in winter, it also brought in the dust in the summer. Since I'm housing some heavy machineries in the garage now I needed something to stop the draft. And it was ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/07/20/installing-a-door-seal/ I managed to plant out those bearded iris that arrived last Friday. I was very busy over the weekend but I managed to find some time to plant them out because it's not a good idea to leave them in the bags they came in. Since I only have 1 rhizome ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/06/30/planting-bearded-iris/ Remember those beautiful bearded iris I ordered on the internet? Well guess what? They've arrived! YAY! Actually they stuffed up the delivery and sent it to my neighbor at work. Lucky they didn't return it and finally got hold of me to go pick them up. Here they are! There are ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/06/27/my-bearded-iris-have-arrived/ After digging up the dahlia tubers in the last post I have some used potting mixes left over. Usually I would throw them into the compost mix to be mixed up with the rest of the compost but it's not a good idea to put too much of used potting ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/06/17/recycling-potting-mix/ Its officially winter and the weather's gone really cold. Most of my flowering perennials have gone into hibernation including the dahlias. They stop growing, their flower buds shrink and dry off, the leaves start to yellow and mildew has started to grow on them. Here's my potted dahlias, yes I know ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/06/16/digging-up-dahlia-tubers/ I've finally found a place that sells all the different bearded irises I wanted to get and it's an online store based in the Dandenongs. At first I thought of visiting them to get my bearded irises but they're only open half a day on Saturday and closed on Sunday. ... http://diyhomeandgardening.com/2008/06/15/ordering-bearded-irises/