I have been doing a bit of tweaking to my irrigation system. It needs to be working perfectly so Hubby the Un-Gardener won’t kill my plants while I am away in America. I still fear for the wellbeing my plants, but I have to trust him. There will be lists. Extensive lists, and possible regular checks ups from across the seas. The irrigation trolley was … Continue reading Modify
My irrigation system is fully functioning! Wahoo! As we already know I am a doer. I learn and figure things out by doing. So when confronted with huge manuals to go with the water computer and the water distributor, it kind of freaked me out a little. Since we got a more modern telly that can do all sorts of things except make a cuppa … Continue reading It is raining, but I don’t care!
This weekend was a long weekend and today was the holiday day to celebrate Auckland’s 175th   birthday. We seized the opportunity to go bush for a couple of nights. I’m not such a great camper and much prefer the creature comforts, but the bush is beautiful and the river was clear, deep and warm. It was a great adventure, but sleeping under thin fabric on … Continue reading To get water: Hammer, Hammer, Saw, Saw
In the depths of winter last year I found love, and fell quite deeply into a covetous desire of want and longing. And the object of my new found affection was a seemingly miraculous device that would improve my gardening experience no end. And this wonderful item that would change my life: a Gardena Automatic Water Distributor. Oh what a wonderful thing. You can read … Continue reading Finally I can play with my new toys
I woke up this morning to my wonderful family bearing gifts. This isn’t something they do often – just once a year. I got loads of cool stuff but they saved the best to last. A shiny new Gardena 6 hose Automatic Water Distributor and a Timer too. How could they have known it was my heart’s desire? It could have been how I blogged … Continue reading I have to be the luckiest gardener in the world!
Well not all of them – not that I have that many worries, but I have been deeply concerned about the upcoming summer and the need to keep my garden hydrated. The first spot of good news is my laptop has been fixed – under warrantee and I have a brand new motherboard, whatever that does. But it must be pretty important or they’d have … Continue reading All my worries are over!
