I have a confession. I have been holding out on you. But I wanted it to be a surprise. You see after the big storm back in April, when the house was still up on jacks, while the foundations underneath were being built, that brought with it 212km gusts straight off the ocean, I realised I’d have to adjust my vision for the garden a … Continue reading Spring is Knocking on the door
I think this is as close as I will get to a Did…Dah… moment. There are still a few empty beds, but I’m working on it. The grass is cut, most of the plants are in, it hasn’t rained in ages and the boffins were wrong about the rain this Saturday – it completely bypassed us. Just as well I chose to ignore them. However … Continue reading Almost there
Gosh, how have we found ourselves here on the Eve of Christmas. This season has whizzed by in the whirl of excitement, anticipation, joy, busyness, a touch of disappointment – my beans haven’t come up, wind, rain and sunshine. Time has been spent in the garden, in the kitchen and pounding the streets looking for perfect gifts. It is a hectic time of year in … Continue reading Merry Christmas
Sometimes when you are working so hard on something, that all you can see is what is ahead of you, all you still have to do. The wood becomes lost in the trees. So you put your head down and your butt up and you keep pushing through because you know if you keep at it you will get there in the end. The thing … Continue reading Pretty as a picture
I love showing people around my garden. It is my pride and joy. Although sometimes it is more like a petulant child who refuses to brush his hair before going out in public. There is always a shirt tail to tuck in and laces to do up. Normally when people say they are coming around I end up doing some frenzied panic weeding so my … Continue reading I have a special visitor.
We had a window of lovely weather on the weekend, but then it turned to custard. The boffins have predicted cold, wind, rain, thunderstoms and hail, but every time I check the forecast again, it seems to have been shifted to the next day. I’m hoping they don’t know what they are talking about. The rain that we are getting now is just in short … Continue reading Come and wander through my garden.
I had always assumed Australia was a hot dry arid place with killer snakes hanging out of every tree! Not that I’d ever spent significant time in Australia to form these opinions for myself, aside from a bit of urban wandering in Sydney. Most of my ideas came from what I’d seen on the telly and encouraged by the fact that the country is host … Continue reading The Blue Mountains are indeed blue!
Oh my gosh, what has happened to a large chunk of my life? Oh I know – it has been lost in the garden with days and days of endless toil, falling into bed late at night too exhausted to lift a finger and type a single letter! After losing a few weeks to illness, and then some more trying to get back on top … Continue reading Three weeks have gone in the blink of an eye
Make a big cuppa tea, sit back and relax and step into my world for a quick look around. Come again soon – August is just full of so many exciting things to do, I don’t know where to start! Sarah the Gardener : o ) Continue reading The July garden isn’t looking too bad for winter
