The Minimalist Gardener - Perth, Western Australia

25/08/2025

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09/04/2025

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09/04/2025

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26/05/2023

I'm so happy when my customers say "I want more native plants... Could you Please remove part of this and that patch of grass?" "Give it a nice shape".

Then banngg.. Done.!

That ex-patch of grass is now waiting for plants to come.

19/04/2023

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18/04/2023

Transplanting an almond tree.

What I love about gardening is that most of the time the solutions are apparently simple.

This tree was dying slowly and I gave it a second chance.

Please watch the video and learn what to do for the trees before planting them into the ground, especially when they are coming in pots.

This technique will help you keep your trees happy by enabling them to absorb nutrients during its lifetime.

Please react 👍❤️ and follow, that will motivate me to produce more helpful videos.

Cheers.

18/04/2023

On the 29th of March, I was landscaping at one of my clients' beautiful home by Baigup Wetlands, when I noticed pieces of egg shells flying off after I shovelled. I stopped immediately, fearing the worst.

I got down on my knees and gently moved soil with my hands, and found several eggs - some partially broken - as well as more pieces of broken eggshell, and five motionless baby turtles surrounded by a fine membrane that I assume was attached to the eggshell before the shovelling.

I identified their species immediately. It was the very one that, just weeks prior, I had volunteered to hopefully protect. A local species that is likely threatened. 😖

What a difficult feeling! Had I killed them?

Having been a premature baby myself, I wasn't optimistic. Instinctively, I made them a temporary nest in one of my client's buckets. If I had left them where I found them, and simply put the soil back over them, the fine membrane might not suffice. But even if they survived that, would they survive the predators between their nest and the river that they instinctively seek? Even if they survived the predators, they were fenced in, unable to exit the property and reach water on their own. I trusted my instinct.

My client was busy on a call, so I took them home and my partner helped me identify the best next step. We took them to the local non-profit wildlife hospital and they counted eleven (11) cuties. We left them in the most excellent care!

And here are the best news about ten (10) of them!

🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢

I hope that my unintentional disturbance of their nest, and all that ensued, gave them their best survival odds. 🙏

The WA Wildlife Hospital recently admitted a clutch of Oblong Turtle eggs from a disturbed nest. Our team had the pleasure of watching the little hatchlings all slowly emerge from their eggs. After a short monitoring period, the hatchlings were then returned to their natural habitat.

Please keep an eye out for these little guys around wetland areas as they often have to cross pathways or roads to reach the nearest waterway.