It is always the way – you just get to sink your teeth into an exciting project and something comes along and throws a spanner in the works. We had a productive couple of days with the bulldozer sorting out my land. Gone are the undulating lumps and bumps. All but the merest hint of Kikuyu grass is gone and the base for my garden … Continue reading Looking to the future
Today is a fabulous day. After months of being gardenless, it is all about to change. I have dreamed of this moment and can hardly believe it has come. The container with all our worldly possessions has gone. I made the brave call to book the truck to come and get it before we had even begun to empty it. I work better with a … Continue reading Breaking ground
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
In the final days before I can get stuck into the garden there was one more thing I wanted to know about this new place, so I can garden wisely. And that is the climate. We’ve only been here almost 4 months, but boy have we seen some weather! In the early days it was the height of summer and the heat seemed to radiate … Continue reading Come rain or shine
Things are racing ahead now, just like the year is. How have we reached May so quickly? It doesn’t seem that long ago we were just embarking on this hair brained scheme. But it can’t have been that hair brained. I’m sitting here in a house, overlooking an amazing view. Ok, so the plumber is still plumbing and the electrician still has things to do, … Continue reading Moving House
Not only did the last frost cause the demise of my peppers, but the luffas took a hit as well. They are a little slow to get started but once they get going they really get going. All of their bed companions have long since been composted. They are left hanging on a season weary trellis, daring the frost to come and finish them off. … Continue reading Loofing Luffas
Arbor Day is a long held tradition in this country. People have been planting trees to mark the occasion since 1890! There was even a time when people were given the day off school and work to go off and plant trees. These days it often slips by unnoticed except by a few intrepid gardeners determined to restore habitats and biodiversity. Arbor Day on June … Continue reading The best time to plant a tree is now.
I feel like I’ve been flogging a dead horse for the last few months and this morning’s heavy frost was the final straw. We are 10 days out from winter so I’m just kidding myself. The peppers weren’t going to give me my bumper harvest anytime soon. They needed to come out. Due to the dreadful summer we had the peppers never did very well … Continue reading It’s time to call it quits
Things have been so slow in the garden this week. Mostly because it has been raining. I am determined not to complain or bleat about this state of weather so I have gone out into the garden today and found some bright side stuff so I can feel good about my gardenless week. I’m sure next week will be better. I have an exciting project … Continue reading Five photo Friday
As we say here in New Zealand everything is Sweet As, which means its pretty good. Earlier this week I made a video and the garden was in such a lovely place – the grass was low, the weeds were mostly gone and the soil was dry. I was able to plant and sow and things were sweet as. It was also a cheeky nod … Continue reading Sweet As
