The drop to level three couldn’t have come sooner. Not only for the health and wellbeing of all the kiwis who have put in the hard yards to get us to this point, but also, I was beginning to get desperate for all the things I needed to carry on gardening as normally as I can. The moment we dropped to level three I put … Continue reading Supplies are on the way!
I have a long list of things I absolutely need as soon as we get out of lockdown level 4. Level 3 is still pretty high security but it frees up what can be bought – it doesn’t need to be essential but it needs to be done in a contactless way. I’m figuring if I make my list big enough my local friendly hardware … Continue reading The Long List of Things I Need
For the last wee while I have been Big Picture Thinking, with my drive to get spring ready. But now we are in spring and as the garden wakes from its winter dormancy I’m finding things are moving fast. There is no room for standing there waxing lyrical about big projects and collective tasks required to complete things. The time has come for a list … Continue reading Small Picture Thinking
Except it is for me… I need it. But here in lockdown level 4 the local shops aren’t selling it. All I can hope is we nip this thing in the bud – and all signs show we can, and we are, so as soon as we drop a level, I can race out to the hardware store and contactlessly grab some cement. For many … Continue reading Cement is not essential
That heading has so many emotions all tied up in it: “Hooray the warmer weather is on the way” “…But I’m not ready…” “Ohh so much hope and expectation – surely it will be a good season” “I’m so excited for all the possibilities” “Brace yourself for all the work” “Yay Yay, Yay, and Yay!” The push in the garden this winter to get to … Continue reading Spring starts this week
Ok, it is Tuesday, and I may have started without you, but I think I have formulated a vague plan for the week to get ahead and become spring ready. According to my countdown to spring giveaway over on my Facebook page, there are only 8 days until spring. Eek… Time is pressing on. Even the benefit of being confined to home during this latest … Continue reading Plans for the week
After months and months of a relatively normal existence, we find ourselves once again in lockdown. I trust that our country is doing the right thing to keep us safe as Delta attempts to darken our door. In the meantime, here I am stuck in my most favourite place in the world – my home and garden beside the sea. I got an inkling something … Continue reading Well, that was a surprise!
And it certainly isn’t waiting for this gardener! I have been in and out of the garden this week, but I can say without a shadow of doubt, I’m not progressing with my spring preparations as quickly as I’d like. It isn’t like I’m not achieving things, because I’ve ticked off some pretty big items off the to-do list. I just underestimate just how far … Continue reading Time waits for no man
I hate it when a week disappears out from under me, doesn’t it know I have plans. Some of the week was spent not gardening because the weather was awful – we had a huge storm – right in off the ocean. We didn’t suffer too much damage compared to others, but a window blew off a cabin on the hill. Fortunately, it wasn’t broken … Continue reading Thursday already
Having completely missed my June garden video tour due to the work on The Palace, as well as ordinary gardening things, I decided I should make the effort for an end of July garden video tour. I was aiming for the last day of July but it was just too windy so I got up early in the still of the morning, in a chilly … Continue reading One Month Until Spring
