Now I know I promised not to moan about the weather again after our particularly soggy summer. But it would seem autumn isn’t playing fair either. In the 10 years we have been here, we’ve never seen it like this. And just to add more drama there is more heavy rain expected today and then a repeat again next week. Hopefully the boffins have it … Continue reading Stop I say… I can’t take anymore
This weekend was the culmination of months of worry and fretting. Since the spring, I have been a participant in the Celebrity Challenge of The Great Pumpkin Carnival. My Giant Pumpkin seedlings were planted with care and pampered with love in the hopes of being able to come out victorious. In particular, I really wanted to be able to say I had beaten an Olympian … Continue reading A gigantic success of sorts.
Oh my goodness I am super excited. I have tried for so long to get this crop to germinate. I often look to my pantry inspiration and have successfully grown popcorn, peanuts, chickpeas and kidney beans, among other things. It is always good to grow things you eat a lot of And so when I went into the greenhouse today I was so delighted to … Continue reading They’re up!
The efforts to restore the garden back to some semblance of order are coming along nicely. My hands are looking more like gardener hands and at the end of the day I feel the need for a soak in a hot bath to ease my weary muscles. All is as it should be. Check out what I’ve been up to: it is quite exciting. Come … Continue reading Burning with Fire.
Walking into the garden today I was greeted with that delightful aroma of freshly cut grass. It is like a lingering scent of summer as if to say, but wait – the season isn’t completely over yet, there are still things to be done and still things to be had. And there are indeed plenty of things to do. I have to look at things … Continue reading Sowing and Reaping.
I have been liberated from my keyboard, which is just as well because I think I’ve worn it out. You can almost see straight through the spacebar to the workings underneath! But my super secret project has been delivered – all 50,000 words, and a few thousand extra for good measure and loads of great photos and now I can turn my attentions to my … Continue reading Back into the garden
The garden has been on my mind a lot lately. I am within days of handing in my super secret project, and even though I need to pour all my efforts into the final touches and stay focused for just a bit longer, my mind is wandering out to the garden. Thoughts pop into my head – “oh I must do this…” and “I can’t … Continue reading On it, not in it
… But it is doing it without me! My super secret project is still keeping me indoors bashing out words on my keyboard and I looking out my window at another clear blue sky day and sighing. It is perfect gardening weather…. sigh. My poor garden is definitely entering the neglected phase. But I tell myself only 10 more days and then I can … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Autumn is doing what Autumn does
Over the last seven days I have written well over eight thousand words and my fingers actually ache. But it wasn’t all slaving over a worn keyboard – indulging in breaks in the garden where I got to feel the sun on my face, got dirt stuck under my nails and did some good honest digging. The garden is what seems to be behind all … Continue reading Pictures will have to do
I’m relatively new to growing flowers. In the past I just saw them as frivolous accessories that were more of a luxury in the garden and demanded just as much attention as the delicious edible goodies that were a much better use of my time. This was quite a harsh sentiment and now I look at things a little differently. Flowers in my garden are … Continue reading How flowers get their colours.
