My trees and this blog are one year old
In August last year, I planted two trees at about the same time as I started this blog. Now the trees and this blog are just over a year old. A good opportunity for some stats 
ffeathers
WordPress says that ffeathers has:
- 62 posts
- 184 comments
- 184 tags (hmm, interesting but meaningless coincidence)
- 17,216 total views
- 7,584 blocked spam comments (thank you Akismet)
The most popular post is The agile technical writer with 1,247 views.
Today, someone found ffeathers by Googling for:
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I hope you found what you were looking for
Prickly Paperbark
Yesterday, another person came here searching for:
paperbark tree information on growth
So in your honour, here’s some idea of what a Paperbark tree does in a year.
The Prickly Paperbark was a tube, about 40cm high, when I planted it in August last year. Now it’s nearly 2 metres high and quite robust. (It needs to be robust, to survive the onslaught of weeds, floods, cold and heat that our garden inflicts upon it.)
 Prickly Paperbark a year ago, at 40cm |
 Prickly Paperbark now, at 198cm |
It has a very pretty trunk and bark already. The diameter of the trunk is almost 3cm at its thickest part.
Prickly Paperbark close-up
Old Man Banksia
The Banksia has not grown much since I last measured it in April this year. It’s approximately one metre tall, and battling an ever-changing environment. Since I planted it, a couple of tree ferns have muscled in on the territory.
 Old Man Banksia last year, at 17cm |
 Old Man Banksia now, at approx 1 metre |
Still, it is putting up a gallant fight. Its trunk is almost 2cm in diameter and it always has a lot of new growth, although much of it goes sideways in an attempt to find the sun.
Old Man Banksia close-up
As well as my two favourites, we planted around 20 native trees and shrubs last year. Spring has sprung, and we’ll be shopping for more soon. Death to all agapanthus 
Congrats on your blog’s anniversary!
Sarah Nguyen
11 September 2008 at 2:41 pm
Thank you Sarah
ffeathers
12 September 2008 at 8:35 am
Death to all agapanthus!!! What’s up with that? Are you referring to this beautiful agapanthus – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agapanthus?
Congrats on the 1 yr old blog. I am learning to embrace Confluence.
Shannon
myheart4him
25 September 2008 at 1:38 am
“… this beautiful agapanthus.” — heh heh, yes that’s the one.
I’ve got nothing against it in its own right (well, not much anyway
) but it’s a bit of a pest here in Australia. It’s not native, but it does aggressively well and smothers the indigenous plants. Its root system tends to wreak havoc on the rock faces too.
I guess you could respond with much the same thing about me. I’m not native to Australia. In fact, both the Agapanthus and I come from the same part of the world
Have fun with Confluence. I hope it’s hugging you back!
ffeathers
27 September 2008 at 8:08 am