Historically May has been my least productive month. I prematurely convinced myself that it is close enough to winter that I might as well just settle down in the warmth and cosiness of indoors and wait for things to get better outside. The thing is, May isn’t really that bad in the grand scheme of things and it should really be spent finishing off projects … Continue reading Making May Count … Again…
… And hunkering down when it’s not. It has been a difficult week. There were days when the sun shone down on us like it was spring and days that felt like winter was making us pay for some unknown slight. Today seems like a bit of both. It is very cold, yet sunny, which is quite manageable for a spot of gardening except the … Continue reading Making Hay While the Sun Shines
This week couldn’t have been more contrasting if it tried. The first 3 days was constant rain, high winds with frequent gusts up to or at 150 km/h, hail coming in sideways and fast, and some thunder and lightning thrown in for good measure. Needless to say, no gardening was done then at all. And while 150 km/h seems like a lot, it didn’t cause … Continue reading A week of two halves.
A few weeks I asked this question in jest in response to the winter weather conditions. I now know exactly how bad it could be. We have just been through a terrible storm and it would seem it isn’t called the ‘wild west coast’ for nothing! Now I’m not naïve and I knew there would be strong winds, I just thought I’d have at least … Continue reading How bad can it be?
I was trying to think of something funny and witty for my title. But soggy is not good, but is the present state of my garden. I’m not really all that happy about it. I got so used to finally having lovely hot summer like days – even though it was technically autumn. I revelled in the fact it was too hot to sleep and … Continue reading Soggy is the new ….
To be completely honest, it hasn’t been all bad. The last couple of days have been ok. Monday was one of those amazing blue sky days and today the fog. When it eventually lifted it gave us a nice-ish day with only one heavy shower late in the day, just to ensure the ground that had begun to dry out on Monday stayed on the … Continue reading Bear with me while I moan about the weather.
And I wasn’t ready for it. I had my eye out for it, as everywhere south of us had snow. We never get snow, but I don’t know if I should be happy about this or not. I’ve never had the opportunity to build a snowman in my back yard and it seems like it would be a fun thing to do. The boffins had … Continue reading It can’t be a frost outside, winter is still three days away!
We are now closer to the start of winter than we are to the end of summer, and just to prove the point wintery weather made its presence felt as if to taunt us like some kind of bully. “I know you don’t like me, but I just don’t care. And to show you how mean I am I’m going to throw a storm at … Continue reading Investing in a colourful future
Well that was a close shave. After all the warnings from the Civil Defence via the media, we were all set for Cyclone Pam to wreak havoc, and after all the tragedy it caused in Vanuatu, it left a lot of us a little worried. But it sailed passed us with no more damage than our ordinary storms. There were trees down, choppy waves and … Continue reading Is there such thing as too many tomatoes?
I woke up this morning to my wonderful family bearing gifts. This isn’t something they do often – just once a year. I got loads of cool stuff but they saved the best to last. A shiny new Gardena 6 hose Automatic Water Distributor and a Timer too. How could they have known it was my heart’s desire? It could have been how I blogged … Continue reading I have to be the luckiest gardener in the world!
