As I have sunken my teeth into a large project, with a couple of minor projects on the go, a few projects I’m champing at the bit to start, and a veggie garden that is largely under control as it approaches winter, there aren’t many short and sweet activities going on at all. Aside from hoeing and weeding regularly, which is helping the vegetable patch … Continue reading The last week of May
This takes us to the final phase of what I got up to this week. It got a little muddily towards the end of the week. The wind died down to just a gentle puff which was lovely. The first time it happened I remember this weird feeling of something being missing, as the sound of the wind whistling through the cracks and crannies in … Continue reading The state of the Garden Part Four of Three (or possibly four)
I have been doing this gardening thing all wrong. For years! A simple action, that I had been putting off for ages, to write on the bags of potatoes the best way to eat them, resulted in the most delicious crispy oven baked chips I have ever had the privilege of cooking and eating. Ordinarily my chip making endeavours would result in soggy chips that … Continue reading The penny just dropped – I need to garden like a cook!
While I was off spending time with family and making marmalade, dramatic things were happening in my garden. The temperatures had been falling all week and it was getting really cold. It had been so mild for so long that the thought of a frost didn’t really enter my head as a possibility except as a vague risk that would destroy my peppers and make … Continue reading We had a frost – and I missed it!
Finally after years of attempting to grow melons – I have succeeded. Admittedly they are on the small side – the very small side and if you compare it to a shop bought one they look like ping pong balls beside bowling balls. But I grew them so they are perfect! And this time, when sliced in half they actually looked like what they should, … Continue reading I think that is what you call success…
Boy I have been working really hard in the garden. After I considered and then quickly discarded the idea of hiring a bulldozer, I sat down and wrote myself a list – a very long list, of all it would take to return my garden to a state I could be proud of and in the process restore my passion. It has taken what feels … Continue reading Finally order has been restored.
My poor raspberries… Oh how I neglect you. Last year I moved my raspberries from the orchard, to the veggie patch as you really need to keep a constant watch over them, especially at harvest time, when you really need to pick every day. At the moment it takes all my greatest efforts to get to the orchard as there are two paddocks with the … Continue reading I feel like I have been dragged through a raspberry bush backwards!
Today we had an eruption, but it was a bit of a “go nowhere” eruption – it was only a big ash plume – no rocks the size of mini’s being tossed or bubbling hot lava and the main bit was over before it started. Exciting, but not terrifying! For the last couple of days the weather has been verging on something that resembles summer. … Continue reading It’s okay … We’re alright … It was only a mild volcanic eruption!
I am almost there. There is only one bed left to sow. Everything else is planted and sown. All the beds are full and should be displaying a “No Vacancy” sign. Although most beds don’t look full as the seedlings are still quite small and are surrounded by a sea of soil. As a beginner gardener I would have taken care of this and crammed … Continue reading I’ve bean procrastinating!
