Encouraged by comments to re-look at the irrigation but with a smaller hose to increase the pressure, I set about investigating the irrigation bits and bobs that are most commonly available as individual pieces at most hardware stores here. I went on to the company website to look at my options and found a really cool application where I could load in my garden dimensions. … Continue reading Well that was a waste of time.
I had the best idea. I want to make it easy for my lovely friend who will be looking after the place over Christmas. She isn’t a gardener, but is looking forward to spending some relaxing time in the country. The thing is, it will be the height of summer and so the garden will need a lot of water. To make sure her holiday … Continue reading Epic fail.
Today is such a different day from yesterday. It is so hard to get your head around how different things can be in such a short space of time. Which was just as well it was a nice day as there was a lot going on today and very little of it was in the garden. I was able to go out and have a … Continue reading Hardly a breath of wind
After a morning doing mundane things like shoe shopping for kids, I threw myself down on the sofa, exhausted and found myself in a zone that was too comfortable. I had to make a conscious decision to get out there and do things or nothing would get done! So I pulled on my gumboots and headed out into the garden. The logical project was sorting … Continue reading And then there was a cracking sound…
The rain that has been persistent for most of the week – and not gentle fluffy drizzle, but the fat dropped deluge type that is often accompanied by thunder and lightening has finally stopped long enough for us to remember it is almost summer. But not without a final burst this morning. Once it was no longer soggy and the sun had dried off most … Continue reading A sea of green… mostly
I have been dreadfully preoccupied lately, mostly in the garden, dealing with things. I feel like the little boy sticking his fingers in the dyke, plugging new leaks. Although it is often not stopping leaks but creating them as I have been watering the garden based on which bed needs it most, gets it first. The same goes for the weeding. I really need to … Continue reading Sunshine and Sweethearts
It is all very dramatic in my garden. Actually it’s not that dramatic. Just as I was getting on top of everything and feeling on top of the world, I had a bit of a reality check. When you have delightful school age kids they bring home all sorts of lovely things – artwork, certificates, permission slips, friends and they are all very welcome. But … Continue reading A plague and an explosion!
Oh my gosh, what has happened to a large chunk of my life? Oh I know – it has been lost in the garden with days and days of endless toil, falling into bed late at night too exhausted to lift a finger and type a single letter! After losing a few weeks to illness, and then some more trying to get back on top … Continue reading Three weeks have gone in the blink of an eye
I have been busy recording the garden before it all gets planted out…  having said that I probably should have been digging as there is still a lot to do. I hope you enjoy the video. Come again soon – I’ll be the exhausted one who will have hopefully finished all the digging, weeding and planting! Sarah the Gardener  : o ) Continue reading Check out my latest You Tube video…
The last frost free day is generally regarded as this weekend, which coincidentally has a public holiday tacked onto the end. So the weather is coming around to a warmer way of thinking and it was a mild 15°C (59F) overnight and so I felt confident enough to leave my tomatoes outside all night in a sheltered place for the final stage of their hardening … Continue reading We are nearly there….
