Over the last few days, I’ve done a significant amount of harvesting, which is surprising considering we are at the end of the first week of winter. The first session was more a case of storm damage. The peas had been completely bashed to bits, but they were attempting to rally, and I noticed some fat pods that needed picking. I was surprised how much … Continue reading Knowing when to stop trying
Thursday in the garden, according to the schedule is the small beds and containers around the dome. Technically it should include the dome itself and anything in it that needs a bit of love but today I had something else in mind instead of doing the dome. The first thing I got onto was something I’d been curious about for a while now. My kumara … Continue reading Well that was a tad disappointing
The garden is coming along nicely, although I would like it to be a touch faster, but there are only so many hours in the day. I’m still convinced I’ll get there. Having a teenager help, under duress, is filling the beds – slowly. I think Hubby the Un-Gardener may need to step up soon too. I’ll sell it to him like a pre summer … Continue reading Spuds and stuff.
The garden is on the move again! Now the house is kind of under control and in the hands of a good builder, the time is right to focus on other things and in particular the garden. For the last 117 days I have bemoaning the fact the caravan and the container with all our worldly possessions contained within are smack bang square in the … Continue reading Temporarily Temporary
It was a grey gloomy old winter day and like easing yourself into a swimming pool, once I got into the garden it wasn’t actually that bad. I hadn’t gone as far as to wear a beanie, but I hadn’t been in the garden long before I’d abandoned my jumper and gloves and was happily digging about in the cool, damp soil. I achieved … Continue reading Sweet Digging
But that’s not going to stop me trying. Last week I harvested my Yams (Oxalis tuberosa) and Kumara (sweet potato) and made a video about it. I knew from experience they weren’t going to be huge. The problem with the sweet potato is it is in a container. Containers are very similar to pot plants. I don’t do well with pot plants. Actually to be … Continue reading It would seem you can’t grow it all.
It is so easy to see life passing by when the seasons anxiously waited for, although some with greater excitement than others. And so we wake up today, firmly in the grasp of winter. Although having said that it isn’t too bad at them moment. It is gloomy, but not chilly and damp but not sodden. So far so good. This is a bit of … Continue reading And another season clocks in
While I was off spending time with family and making marmalade, dramatic things were happening in my garden. The temperatures had been falling all week and it was getting really cold. It had been so mild for so long that the thought of a frost didn’t really enter my head as a possibility except as a vague risk that would destroy my peppers and make … Continue reading We had a frost – and I missed it!
When I loaded the last story I found on my camera a load of photos that I had taken in anticipation of a full and exciting blog and then promptly forgot all about them. So I feel it is only right to give these photos their fifteen minutes of fame! The first and carefully staged photo is when I made the most incredible lemon honey. … Continue reading When life gives you lemons…
