The answer to this is ‘Yes it could’. There is plenty of room for improvement. We barely set things right after the last storm and here we are again with an even bigger one, that was even more destructive as there was wind in its midst. I am grateful to say we survived the storm unscathed.   For the most part the winds were blocked by … Continue reading Could this summer get any better?
Firstly… we’re ok. There has been an extraordinary amount of rain in our neck of the woods this week. So much so the word unprecedented has been bandied about quite freely. But it isn’t everyday you see people wading through the airport up to their knees or water cascading over motorway barriers like a infinity pool or sloshing about inside buses. Sadly this has been … Continue reading It’s been unprecedented
This is not how I meant to start the year. I have dropped the ball and started to fall by the wayside. But I had a very good excuse. I somewhat foolishly decided it would be a good idea to open up my garden to the general public so they could see what I had done. I had no real plan – a sort of … Continue reading Epic visit
I am determined not to moan about the weather this year, but to be honest it leaves me no choice. We got home on the 4th of Jan, and it has done nothing but rain or be gloomy and bleak. To be fair yesterday was nice and today was nice-ish, but the weather is closing in as cyclone Hale is heading our way. Hopefully it … Continue reading Caught between two storms
In the Northern Hemisphere, the opportunity for a fresh start seems to make more sense. It is the middle of winter, and everything is dormant or done and as the year gets going things wake up or are restarted. Here, down under, we are in the swing of things. My garden is full, as is my life. I couldn’t be busier, but we take a … Continue reading A new start?
I can say that, for this week, progress has been made. But it feels a little like it was hard fought for.  Aside from easing myself out of a boom and bust yo-yo cycle where I do too much one day and pay for it the next, (this doesn’t seem to be swinging so wildly between the stages of frenzy and inertia so much anymore, … Continue reading Juggling the Heat
As I mentioned in the last update, I have a wonderful garden club coming to visit the garden next month, and I need to make the corners look nice. I think in the face of everything else I was in a little bit of denial as to just how bad I’d let those corners get.  Looking at it through the eyes of others and how … Continue reading Not Panicking Yet
And just like that we are at the start of a new year, with the festive holiday season behind us and the months ahead stretching out like a blank canvas. Aside from a smattering of dates beginning to fill the calendar, the year is full of hope and potential and possibly plenty of achievement and reward. I haven’t set any ‘resolutions’ this year for the … Continue reading Rinse and Repeat
To mark the last day of January I filmed a quick garden tour to show the state of the garden as it stands, as representative of the middle month of summer.  To be honest, I’m quite pleased with it, all things considered. On a hot, bright sunny day, everything looks wonderful, if not a little heat exhausted.  Sit back and enjoy my garden like … Continue reading The Last Day of January
If I am to learn anything from this month is to lower my expectations.  This is not a normal month where life ticks by with the ebb and flow of a reliable routine.  It is filled with holidays and opportunities to hang out on the beach, or to visit or be visited. Not many people work normally for a large chunk of this month and … Continue reading January – A month in review
