It might sound sacrilegious this early in the season, but I found myself with a rather large bowl of strawberries in the back of the fridge. I had harvested a mountain of berries before heading out for the evening and with the intention of doing something with them the next day, like slicing them with my egg slicers and marinating them in mint and a … Continue reading New cordial from old strawberries
This week, to distract myself from the chaos in my world right now, I took part in the 7 day black and white challenge on my personal Facebook page. But once it was complete and I saw the collection I though I just had to share it here. The rules were: 7 Days, 7 photos of my life in black and white. No people. No explanations. … Continue reading Black and white
This is a bitter sweet moment for me. I love my garden, but life has a habit of creating change. Ten years ago we were living in the heart of Auckland city with a tiny house – the perfect kind for the first rung on the property ladder. We had two tiny boys and I was recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. We decided we couldn’t … Continue reading For Sale: Much loved garden… with house attached.
Sometimes you know you need something, but just can’t have it. So you try your best to make do and manage with what you can, but once you get your hands on something of quality then nothing else will do and then you make a way. This could apply to many things in the garden and the amount of times I’m made do with inferior … Continue reading You can’t beat a good mulch
I think this is as close as I will get to a Did…Dah… moment. There are still a few empty beds, but I’m working on it. The grass is cut, most of the plants are in, it hasn’t rained in ages and the boffins were wrong about the rain this Saturday – it completely bypassed us. Just as well I chose to ignore them. However … Continue reading Almost there
These days I tend to fall into the bed at the end of the day exhausted. I have been working hard. The spring has not been kind to me, but together we fall in to rhythm that seems to work well for both of us. Spring rains heavily leaving me pretty much locked out of the garden while I wait for the soil to dry … Continue reading Something to eat
The garden is coming along nicely, but don’t feel like I am in a position to stand back and look at it as a whole. It just overwhelms me with what still needs to be done. But taking the time to catch a breath and look into the finer details always makes me wonder at the marvel of nature that is going on in my … Continue reading Finer Details
It has been almost five months to the day since we lost our wee beloved Toast the Cat. And we have missed her terribly. I keep thinking I see her out of the corner of my eye, but alas no. It is a handbag on a table in a dimly lit room or the meow is the squeak of two latches creaking together in the … Continue reading Gardening alone can be lonely
Now the garden is all planted out… well mostly so it’s close enough, and the sector system is working well. I was able to whip around today’s sector in no time at all, leaving the afternoon free for something else. There are a lot of ‘something else’s’ to choose from. I have loads of cool projects ruminating in the back of my head, but before … Continue reading A clean sweep
I’m quite pleased with my routine schedule for the garden. In the past, I’d wander around aimlessly until I found a chore that needed doing, couldn’t be ignored anymore or was really easy and there was no real focus. The garden felt like an endless chore sometimes as by the time you look care of the weeds in the last bed, the first one was … Continue reading Sector Two
