Personal Gardening Consultant (Dad) explained that the reason why my seeds aren't germinating is because I'm setting them up on my porch, which faces West. I now have them along the side of the house facing North, which is apparently much better for that. The things you learn.
Two siblings expressed interest in using my Diggers Club membership, and possibly sharing orders of bulk wildflower seeds. Yay!
Biggest recent undertaking has been the removal of most of my ornamental pear trees from the back yard. Three out of seven remain, though I have a taker for one. Brother has used four to fancy up his garden as part of getting his house ready to sell. My back yard now resembles a dirt pit, but on the plus side, nephlings had a great time digging and playing there on the weekend.
Plan is to replace them with citrus and avocado trees (I want evergreens because the trees will eventually function to block a neighbouring house's line of sight into our yard should that house ever be sold to someone who actually uses the second floor, and because I think evergreens do a better job of making that space lush and green). I need to map out which citrus varieties I want to complement those I already have in pots. In an ideal world I want fruit harvesting to be spread over as many months as possible.
Unfortunately Dawson's, which Personal Gardening Consultant says is his pick for the best nursery in Perth, has such a long waitlist for avocado trees that they have declined to add me to it. I have a few leads for other nurseries that may stock avocado trees.
Potted dwarf citrus out the front are looking good, buds are continuing to inch closer to flowering.