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[SHADEGARDENS] intro

Hi all

This was a surprise!  I subscribed to a list and got a welcome inviting
me to introduce myself plus a box full of mail.
Intro: Tony Flynn retired mechanical fitter living by the beach in the
Bay of Plenty. New Zealand.
I do not have the large garden some of you seem to have. One in England
and one in Normandy. Phew!!
1/4 acre of the usual Kiwi garden. My interest in shade is an area
approx 8 x 4 metres at the back (south) side of the house. That's the
shady side for those in the Northern hemisphere. It get the afternoon
sun. It was very uninteresting , so I built a framework over it and
covered it with shade cloth. 50% I think.
The idea was to have a place to grow something different.  We have a few
ferns which are ok 2 Hostas  very slow. Impatiens which runs rampant.
Herbs parsley and mint which are flourishing. Polyanthus coming on
slowly. A Nikau palm that will probably grow through the roof in a few
years.
Any suggestion welcome. The El Nino has given us the longest, hottest,
driest
and windiest  summer for years. Scarcely any rain since November and
none in sight.
One last thing. Why do you people have so much trouble with deer? Here
the wild deer keep well back in the bush as every Kiwi bloke has an old
303 rifle.
They would be in the pot almost as soon as they pocked their nose out.

Cheers

Tony Flynn Grandad. Retired at the beach. Bay of Plenty New Zealand.
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