Ok, so there are 16 days left in May and I’m banging my head against a mid-month slump. It isn’t intentional but is I guess part of the reason I really need to make this month count – in the garden it is boring. There isn’t much to do at all. Certainly nothing challenging. So, I need to make it challenging and fun, so the … Continue reading I need a game plan
This post has been bought to you by the colour yellow, with a touch of blue thrown in for good measure. If you were to think of spring, the colour that immediately springs to mind is green. All that fresh new growth. The green is luminescent and vibrant and you can almost feel alive because of it. Its sense of well being and hope for … Continue reading Yellow
I have been dragged kicking and screaming into this new season. According to the calendar our autumn is officially three weeks old. But at precisely 11:28pm last night, the autumn equinox occurred. I wasn’t really aware of it as I’m not so keenly cognisant of an event that brings about the demise of my growing season as I am something that brings about the arrival … Continue reading Embracing Autumn
After weeks and weeks and weeks of cold weather (well aside from a brief trip to the sunny South Pacific, but that doesn’t count) I am ready for a change. I want to wake up and leap out of bed enthusiastically. Not sit there and shiver and dare myself to touch the cold floor. The calendar tells me that there is only 19 days left until … Continue reading Five things that say Spring is Coming! and one thing that says it isn’t.
I have continued on my quest to ensure I get things done in the garden every day. Although yesterday was a bit of a technicality as I purchased things for the garden rather than actually worked in it. I normally grow my daffodils and other spring bulbs in a multitude of buckets with holes drilled in the bottom. For a cost conscious gardener this is … Continue reading Scooping soil with a spoon
Today has been a huge day in the garden in more ways than one. I put in some hard yakka, but there was also an emotional edge to my time with my hands in the soil. Last year I asked the family to dig me a flower garden for mother’s day so I could fill it with loads of pretty things that smell nice. However … Continue reading Looking towards the future while remembering the past.
