I had it all planned. I was going to be spring ready and hit the season with seed sowing, a lot of blogging and a bit of You Tube. It was going to be awesome, a new season of gardening all wrapped up with a social media bow. It was going to be great. But it has to wait, maybe next week, hopefully not the … Continue reading Oh what a night!
A time to sow and time to launch. Now you may have noticed that I haven’t been as bloggy this last year as in previous years as I have been a bit distracted. I have written this most amazing kids gardening book PLAY IN THE GARDEN and it will be released in good book stores in New Zealand on September 5th. So super excited! When … Continue reading Spring is a season of new beginnings
We have lambs… And we have daffodils… Did I mention we have lambs? It must be spring soon! Now I have been thinking about my potatoes. I have four varieties, as per usual, although my technique for selecting them has been a little different from usual. Normally I go to the garden centre and get one that can be harvested in time for Christmas, in … Continue reading In all but name…
Spring is due to start very soon and I am so excited, but there isn’t all that much for me to do. In my drive to clear all the beds over the winter, it has left me with not a lot to do. Experience has taught me not to get over enthusiastic with the seeds as they all have their special time to rise and … Continue reading This is a strange time indeed
In preparation for the coming of spring, I – like the birds – have been doing a bit of nesting. The beds are almost cleared. It is just the brassicas; the in ground mixed bed, although that is allowed to wait as it is my demonstration garden that I use to teach new and discouraged gardeners how to get it right, all through the season. … Continue reading Grand designs
Sowing the seeds of love, we’re off to a seedy start, I’ve sowed the seeds to a new season… I could go on, the clichés are endless! Entering into August puts us one month closer to spring and the weather is beginning to play with us. One week it is warm and sunny and we haven’t had any heating on in the house for a … Continue reading Some ideas on Pinterest may seem like a good idea at the time…
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!
While I have a scientific background from too many years ago that I care to count, I would like to reassure you that I haven’t been dabbling in genetic modification in my garden shed. I have been doing some good old fashioned digging. The digging in itself, while back breaking and a bit laborious, has been a welcome escape to my week. It is the … Continue reading One becomes two and two becomes one – a tale of two berries
In the last 30 days we have had 26 days of rain and of those 14 had over 5mm. To be completely honest with you I did round up two days from 4.8 to the nearest whole number. One day even had a whopping 50mm. All in all we had 206.6mm of rain in the 30 days I decided to do my 30 beds in … Continue reading Rain delays play
When you’re not in it, your thoughts of winter are images of endless, cold, wet and miserable days. But once you are there in the heart of the cold season, sometimes it surprizes you and you get some days where the sky is blue, without even the hint of a rain cloud. The sun shines brightly and warms everything, not in the shade, to a … Continue reading And today is going to be…..
