Shirley’s Aussie Notebook雪莉的澳洲手札

12/05/2026

秋葵種子收成了，數數這個果實中結成了105顆種子！

今年大部分的秋葵都因為其他果樹長大遮蔽陽光，只剩下兩棵在結果撐市場。秋葵真的一點都不耐陰啊！

有了這次的學習，明年全部重在陽光下，期待結實累累！

03/05/2026

Classic Taiwanese style breakfast - the type you’d find on offer at many hotel breakfast.

This morning for us, homegrown peanut and sweet potato greens are included.

Just some cabbage to master and chickens to go (not that we are planning to🤣)

經典台式早餐— — 自己種的花生和紫蕃薯葉，只缺種高麗菜和養雞了😅

02/05/2026

找不到怎麼把喇叭褲管暫時改短，以後可以放長的作法，這是結合兩個不同教學的結果。

算還可以看吧！有其他好用的方法請留言喔！

01/05/2026

縫紉處女作
Never thought I would ever do machine sewing.
My virgin project, a cushion cover, up-cycling worn household items.
Here we go -

01/05/2026

家常牛肉麵，料好肉大塊、乾湯兩相宜！
加上自己種的小白菜就是最經典搭配了。
#有牛肉的牛肉麵

25/04/2026

多年前入手的桂花，一直被放在大樹下。車庫改建後終於有空間，今天趁著入秋第一場雨後，把它移到約7小時日照的位置，暫時安置在兩盆藍莓之間。My osmanthus had been tucked under a big tree for years. After our garage renovation, I finally moved it today—right after the first autumn rain—to a sunnier spot with about 7 hours of light, now settling between two blueberry pots.

希望它在這裡好好休養一個秋冬，春天帶來新的生長與花香 🌼 Hoping it resets well through autumn and winter, and comes back strong with new growth and fragrance in spring 🌿

21/04/2026

08/04/2026

Cool mornings have begun. The dream garden breakfast table is being set.

24/03/2026

Plant Sale at Mt Coo-tha Botanic Gardens this coming Sunday!

FBBGSA is doing monthly plant sales on the last Sunday of the month (sorry to those who came last Sunday). We will be there from 8.30 am till 11.30am outside the Visitors Centre at Brisbane Botanic Gardens Mt Coot-tha. Plenty of choices and some freebies when you buy other plants. With Easter around the corner there will be space (time and ground) to jazz up your garden - outside, in balconies or indoors! Check it out!

05/03/2026

Let nature feed itself - learn how and why chop-and-drop is one of the easiest way to keep your garden happy.

New to composting? Start here → 10 Composting Methods Every Home Gardener Should Know Chop and drop is a composting approach that works directly within planted areas. Instead of removing plant…

03/03/2026

Burying Food Scraps: Direct, Localised Composting in Soil

New to composting? Start here → Start here: Composting Burying food scraps is perhaps the simplest form of composting. Instead of managing a bin, worm farm, or layered bed, organic waste is placed directly into the soil, where microbes, insects, and soil organisms break it down in place. There is no contained system and no attempt to produce a batch of finished compost....

New to composting? Start here → Start here: Composting Burying food scraps is perhaps the simplest form of composting. Instead of managing a bin, worm farm, or layered bed, organic waste is pl…