Welcome to the second installment of my gardening journey over the last decade. In the last post we explored the first half of the Norties where I started out as a home gardener entering a competition and found myself being propelled on an incredible journey I couldn’t have foreseen from those early days. (If you haven’t read it yet you can check it out here … Continue reading End of a decade – Part Two of Two
As the years go by, I much prefer to let the days wash over me and just make the most of what is in front of me with a bit of planning for next season and beyond. But marking down time with the passing of a calendar can be a bit stressful, it makes us aware of our age and adds a degree of pressure … Continue reading End of a decade – Part One of Two
Sector 4 is all fruit so no planning needed there – all I have to do before the season changes is evict the aging three year old strawberries and replace them with their offspring runners to keep the production of delicious berries at an optimum. So that leaves the back row that forms sector 5. If you take the two raspberry beds (27 and 28) … Continue reading Garden Planning – the Final Push
Sector three was once the outer edge of the garden. I’m not entirely sure how it has become part of the heart of the garden, but I think I may need a fence. I’m really pleased with my sector systems as it helps break down my large garden on so many levels – weeding, watering and feeding a sector a day makes the insurmountable achievable. … Continue reading Planning the Garden – Sector Three
It is now close enough that I am excited but also extremely nervous. I haven’t flown anywhere significant by myself since I was young and fearless and headed off to London alone for my big OE. It was the first time I’d ever been on any kind of plane and was an adventure that offered the thrill of a roller coaster. It’s what kiwis do … Continue reading Did I mention I was going to America?
Often when you buy garden tools like spades and hoes, they come with a blunt end or maybe it’s just the cheap ones I buy. Often I am so keen to get using them in the garden I just get stuck in and start trying to dig in the earth with them. But the proper thing I should have done is taken the time with … Continue reading Sharpening my tools
My last blog was all serious and a bit of a worry. This one is much more upbeat. All the while that I have been pacing myself with my blogs, keeping up with my gardening endeavours and not spending too much time on the keyboard – taking away from gardening – and more importantly – family time, I’ve been nominated for some awards. I wanted … Continue reading And for my second blog of the day we are going to have a celebration.
I have been absent for quite some time. Sorry. I haven’t been doing nothing, I have been blogging – just not here. I created 53 blogs over 95 days outlining the ups and downs of spring and early summer veggie growing. For my efforts I picked up a minor prize of a couple of gardening books. Yay! Well it would have been rude to go … Continue reading Where the heck have I been?
The problem is I love my garden. I’m not the greatest gardener in the world and my garden can best be described as “rustic.” But it is my little slice of paradise that I can indulge myself, taking comfort from the knowledge that my family are being fed food that is not only healthy, fresh, has a low carbon footprint, low air miles, is cheap … Continue reading I feel like I am walking a fine line in a balancing act and may spread myself too thin.
I haven’t been busy in the garden – in fact I have done nothing at all. It is winter after all so I guess I’m allowed a few days off. Although I have ordered my seeds for spring so they should arrive soon. I just wanted to quickly share the good news. I won the Blogging / Gardening challenge I had entered! Yay. I worked … Continue reading Fruits of my Labour!
