I think it is safe to say I know what I’m doing in the veggie garden, well most of the time. I have discovered over the course of time how different crops respond to the different seasons. I’ve had summers full of drought, flooding and high winds and I have also had the perfect summer – only once, way back early in my gardening journey. … Continue reading The wonder and surprize at first time gardening
I don’t know why I read the weather forecast and expect it to be true, because it never is. The boffins are probably in their office with some kind weather map that they throw darts at so they can figure out what to tell us each day. To give them a little bit of credit the sunshine they promised was there in the morning with … Continue reading I’ve been lied to…
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.
But it took a lot of hard work and I’m pretty knackered. So it’s now safe to say I am fully over my melodramatic outburst of the other day. In fact let’s just pretend the whole sorry episode never happened. After a mow and some hard work the garden is now looking like something to be proud of. I’ve pruned and tied in my wayward … Continue reading Good news, I have fallen back in love with my garden
The sun shined almost all day today. Once I was forced to shelter in the greenhouse and the other time the drops were so fat I thought that is was probably set in for the day so I came inside, scrubbed up and made a cuppa tea. Then I looked out the window to see blue sky again. This is the craziest weather. The boffins … Continue reading A weed by any other name
I’m sitting here beside a roaring fire, watching the rain beat against the window, but all is not lost. It has still been a productive day. This afternoon I defrosted the freezer. It isn’t a task one would choose to do on a freezing cold winter day – but it was a bit of a necessity as it had iced over so much is was … Continue reading I had a marvellous day, doing the most mundane thing!
A wee pop up from my calendar popped up today: Go and take a photo of the garden. It’s a little something I started last month. I am determined to take a photo of the garden – as it is, warts and all, with no pre photo rushing around and primping and weeding. But I am a bit forgetful so I need to put a … Continue reading Mother’s day is a moveable feast at our place!
It’s not really possible to plant ‘all year round plants’ directly into our ground – unless they are suited to being submerged for a couple of months! It has been suggested I grow rice in the off season. Normally around this time of year the ground is a soggy boggy mess but this year I thought it would be different. It had been dry for … Continue reading What is that splash of red in among the daffodils?
…. But something exciting happened. The postie delivered my seeds! It’s like all my Christmas’s have come at once – even though I know what is in the package. It’s all about what the package represents: Summer and all the sights, smells and flavours it has to offer. As I sit here, wrapped up warm, watching the heavy rain come in horizontally and listening to the … Continue reading I wasn’t intending on blogging again so soon….
