A time to sow and time to launch. Now you may have noticed that I haven’t been as bloggy this last year as in previous years as I have been a bit distracted. I have written this most amazing kids gardening book PLAY IN THE GARDEN and it will be released in good book stores in New Zealand on September 5th. So super excited! When … Continue reading Spring is a season of new beginnings
There is a lesson to be learnt here while winter gardening. If the sun shines – get outside and take full advantage because you don’t know how long it will last. We woke up to a lovely sunny morning and so I decided to do my Tuesday actual work stuff, which I got through quite quickly and then I pottered about the place doing bits … Continue reading And the sun shone brightly.
Since I bodged together my “anti-mouse seed protector device” convinced that it would keep my seeds safe, I have received a lot of helpful advice. However most of it was pointing out the error of my ways. And it turns out my “anti-mouse seed protector device” is actually quite useless. Although it did make me feel good thinking I was doing something to take the … Continue reading Apparently I need a snake
Those pesky mice, I am sick to death of them and their meddling ways. Well they have messed with me one too many times. I seem to have almost eradicated them from my shed as only one of my bait stations needed refilling today, but they seem to have withdrawn from what was once their safe haven and have retreated to the greenhouse for a … Continue reading THAT’S IT – I’VE HAD ENOUGH!
Well that is a bit of a stretch… I got half a day in a weak sun which spent most of the day hiding behind clouds. It could have been worst – it could have been raining or even worst – being stuck inside all day, again. So as soon as I was able, I had my gumboots on and disappeared into the garden. Sort … Continue reading I got my day in the sun….
Actually that’s a bit harsh – possibly quite harsh. But I have had my shed broken into and there was damage and things have been taken, and they have left their poop in my shed and so now it stinks! There could have been more than one, I’m not sure, but I have seen them loitering around. I lay the blame fairly and squarely at … Continue reading I feel ever so slightly violated
Sometimes it feels like my life is being narrated by the blogging ideas going on in my head. A lot of the time it is just a short simple thought that really doesn’t have the substance behind it to be padded out to a full blog, or something more interesting happens that is perfect for an entertaining post that also satisfies the desire to create … Continue reading Odds and Sods
