We are now just passed the middle of the middle of summer. Although strangely enough the weather in the first half of summer is always a bit rubbish and the second half is generally much more settled. But we tend to get it all wrong – the holidays are in the first half and the kids go back to school in the second… But anyway, … Continue reading OK Garden – what can you teach me?
Ten days into the new year and I was hoping to be able to give you my list of New Year’s Resolutions that would revolutionise the way I garden making it efficient, motivating and inspiring and have that satisfying “Duh… while didn’t I always do it like that?”. But I’ve got nothing. The thing that springs to my mind most frequently when I think about … Continue reading Goal setting for the garden
A lot of things are demanding my attention in the garden at the moment as the festive season neglect is slowly coming to an end. I’m torn between doing a systematic overhaul one bed at a time so the garden is back to where it should be in an orderly fashion, or running about tending to the most urgent things first. The problem with this … Continue reading Hot buttered toast with a good blob of Black Currant Jam
With the New Year upon us, I have had little time to care for the garden as well as I’d like. Technically we are still on holiday so days spent leisurely tending the garden for all my hearts delight is replaced with a quick dash into it to do what needs doing urgently and harvesting all that is ready. The time is spent enjoying time … Continue reading The signs are changing
Not wanting wish away my summer but I really need to think about winter. The summer garden is in full swing and doing its thing. The tomato inundation has begun and it is such a pleasure to enjoy fresh at its best. The basil is positively flourishing and having both complimenting each other side by side on the plate is a delightful indulgence. If there … Continue reading Thinking about cooler days.
We are in the midst of a heat wave. It is just too hot to sleep properly, too hot to sit and do nothing and more importantly, too hot to garden. The heat is making me a little grumpy at Hubby the Un-Gardener, but he just doesn’t understand the depth of my frustration. I really want to garden and going out there would ordinarily be … Continue reading A Bit Corny
I always plant too many zucchini plants. I can’t help myself. Those rose coloured glasses combined with teeny tiny seedlings and the gluts of summers past become a distant blur. So each summer I am faced with the same problem – too many zucchini. We have eaten them in so many different ways, but every now and then you feel like you need a little … Continue reading Too much zucchini? Make cake.
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.
There is still a lot to be done in the garden. I never really seem to be completely on top of it, and so when I venture out into the garden for my daily session of green fingered goodness the decision of where to start can often be overwhelming. The grass I didn’t mow last time because it was too hot, a few days later … Continue reading Sometimes decisions are made for you.
According to the calendar we are in the middle of summer. I have mixed emotions about this as if half of summer has just gone, then we have been ripped off big time because the weather has been completely rubbish. Although historically the first half has always been rubbish, with the second half of summer coming in with its sweltering heat and blue sky days … Continue reading Smack bang in the middle.
