Firstly… we’re ok. There has been an extraordinary amount of rain in our neck of the woods this week. So much so the word unprecedented has been bandied about quite freely. But it isn’t everyday you see people wading through the airport up to their knees or water cascading over motorway barriers like a infinity pool or sloshing about inside buses. Sadly this has been … Continue reading It’s been unprecedented
So much for a glorious long weekend building structures and then planting out the plants that are to be supported by them all season long. Well after the debacle of the cucumber frame, I went to bed scratching my head and excited about the following day. What could be better for a gardener than to have the official last frost date, a public holiday and … Continue reading Birthday Surprise!
I don’t know why I was surprised when we returned from a day out to find the garden flooded again. I wracked my brain to try and remember was the ground sticky when we’d left, or did the inundation happen in the 7 hours we were gone. It had been a horrible night previously. The wind howled like some demented banshee and kept me awake … Continue reading Asparagus is my Rainbow
As we say here in New Zealand everything is Sweet As, which means its pretty good. Earlier this week I made a video and the garden was in such a lovely place – the grass was low, the weeds were mostly gone and the soil was dry. I was able to plant and sow and things were sweet as. It was also a cheeky nod … Continue reading Sweet As
Cyclone Donna. There are no words…. It started raining spits and spots at lunch time yesterday – about 20 hours ago. It isn’t expected to stop until 6pm tonight – so about 8 more hours to go. It could be worse… sigh. Come again soon – I was looking forward to this winter, now I need to dig deep to find the joy of gardening … Continue reading Not again!
This is taking all my self-control but the garden is a no-go area right now. The grass is long, there are weeds, there are things that could be harvested, poorly looking plants and old crops that need to be cleared away. And it is killing me! The sun is shining and under normal circumstances it would be perfect autumnal weather. But thanks to Ex-Cyclone Cook … Continue reading Keep off the Grass
Now I know I promised not to moan about the weather again after our particularly soggy summer. But it would seem autumn isn’t playing fair either. In the 10 years we have been here, we’ve never seen it like this. And just to add more drama there is more heavy rain expected today and then a repeat again next week. Hopefully the boffins have it … Continue reading Stop I say… I can’t take anymore
While summer is still many moons away, I have taken a few steps that create a tenuous thread that links the cold wet miserableness of today with the hot, heady endless days of late summer. I sowed my pepper seeds. I normally do this with great fanfare on the 1st of August, however this year I was somewhat detained by the warm sea and sun … Continue reading It is still early days but…
