I headed back into town again today to revisit the NZ Flower and Garden Show to take all the photos I forgot to take the other day. Once again it was a lovely day with the rain held at bay, but very humid and very hot. I can only hope it continues for the rest of the show, but the boffins are suggesting there will … Continue reading Showing off the show
Yesterday I participated in something pretty amazing. I was invited to join the judging team for the New Zealand Flower and Garden Show. It was a real honour and a privilege to be involved in this way in such a prestigious event in the New Zealand Gardening Calendar. The show in its current form is in it’s second year and while last years was inspirational, … Continue reading Delivering Gold
I don’t know if I’m being too hard on myself, but the garden isn’t finished yet and there is only a week left of spring. Considering there was nothing there at all in mid May I am being hard on myself, but then again, I am so close to the end it seems possible to get there if I garden like there is no tomorrow. … Continue reading I’m running out of spring!
Although that headline makes it sound like everything is going horribly wrong, which couldn’t be further from the truth. Things are going really well; however I am racing to get it all finished before I run out of spring. In the haste of it all the only real thing I am lacking is time. So today I took a quick tour of the garden and … Continue reading Five good things going on in the garden
Since we moved here back in January there was an important member of the family who came with us. However we weren’t able to bring all of his bits and pieces with us and had to leave them behind. We are pleased to see they didn’t go to waste and the lovely new people who bought our house soon made the most of them by … Continue reading Nev’s back
This is the most common comment we have heard when we tell people we have moved to the west coast. And I have to admit that at times it can be very blowy. Like that time our house was up on jacks having its foundations put in and we ended up facing 212 km/h winds. But that was a one off – a one in … Continue reading It will be windy there
A spoonful at a time! While most of the garden is still very new and either recently planted or still to be planted, there are some crops that have been in for ages. The onion and the garlic were the first to go in and have been there since mid-winter. The old adage, plant on the shortest day and harvest on the longest is a … Continue reading How do you eat an elephant?
It has been two weeks since I left my garden for a gorgeous spot on the coast and it has taken that long to start to feel comfortable with caravan living. We have slipped into a school term routine, so it no longer feels like we are camping and it seems all the more real that we are doing a peculiar thing that will be … Continue reading Wrapped in plastic
Everything is changing, but for now it stays the same. It is a really weird time where we know what we want but have absolutely no control over it. All it takes is one person to buy the house. We’ve had a bit of interest, but in the meantime all that can be done is to carry on. And the garden is doing just that. … Continue reading Change
With less than a week left of spring, it is pretty much safe to say the garden is all but done. There are a few bits and pieces left to do, like sort out the flowers – but they don’t really count and only one of the Cannellino beans came up and that just won’t do. You can’t survive the winter on the heart-warming minestrone … Continue reading Final Stages of Spring
