This growing season hasn’t been the easiest and having the Christmas holidays right in the middle of it all can be a tad problematic, with all the shopping, partying, the end of year rush and general festivities and craziness.  Add to that the terrible weather that just won’t settle down into the never ending blue sky summer we have been expecting and it takes … Continue reading Christmas Blessings
It would seem I’m always doing other thing these days, although I can honestly say the weather is what is keeping me from the garden at the moment.  The rain has been horrendous.  Not of epic flood proportions but it is like you are being watched over by a practical joker who likes to pour buckets of water over you the moment you leave the … Continue reading Blast from the Past: I’m supposed to be doing other things.
I am upside down, back the front and a day behind where I belong. Add to the discombobulation of international travel I have absorbed so much new knowledge my head is all in a whirl. I have made so many new friends, and many that weren’t more than thumbnail icons to me, yet I felt like I already knew them, so faces and names came … Continue reading Garden Bloggers are the nicest people
It is a bit of a shock to wake up a little discombobulated and look out the window and see snow falling. It took me a moment to figure out where I was, then the long 36 hour Monday flashed before my eyes. After a frantic week in the garden, making sure everything was in order and easy care so Hubby the Un-Gardener can look … Continue reading Season Swap.
Although the weather is still playing unfair, with gloomy grey skies, trapping hot muggy heat beneath the clouds, Â This isn’t festive weather, we prefer our heat a little drier and our skies a little bluer. Â But Christmas is coming and the show must go on. The garden is flourishing in this humid weather and you can almost see the plants grow before your eyes, but … Continue reading How we do Christmas – kiwi style!
Now that spring is being all springy and doing what it should, I have been out in the garden getting it all ready. Â I have been digging and weeding and weeding and digging and a lot of sowing and growing. Join me in a short tour of my veggie patch to check out what I have been up to. Come again soon – there is … Continue reading Come and see what is going on in my spring garden
If you look at stereotypical images of spring it is always blue skies and perfectly formed flowers and blossoms, delicate seedlings and maybe a gentle shower or two. I would have a hard job capturing any image that even remotely resembles this spring ideal. Winter won’t let go! It is cold – not spring chilly, but harsh winter cold. It is wet – not spring … Continue reading Winter, you have had your turn – go away
October is only two and a half days old and it is already a month of extremes. The first day was gorgeous. The sky was blue and the sun shone brightly and you could almost feel the summer in the air. The extended daylight savings hours had me out there pulling out weeds right into the evening hours. It felt amazing and I found myself … Continue reading Spring turmoil
I am watching rain going across the hills in the distance sideways and now it is so heavy I can’t see the hills at all. Seriously, when is all this going to stop! There is water everywhere. The ground is sodden and I don’t think it can take much more. In the last three days we have had over 40mm of rain, but not that … Continue reading Holding out for a pea!
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
