I love showing people around my garden. It is my pride and joy. Although sometimes it is more like a petulant child who refuses to brush his hair before going out in public. There is always a shirt tail to tuck in and laces to do up. Normally when people say they are coming around I end up doing some frenzied panic weeding so my … Continue reading I have a special visitor.
There is still a lot to be done in the garden. I never really seem to be completely on top of it, and so when I venture out into the garden for my daily session of green fingered goodness the decision of where to start can often be overwhelming. The grass I didn’t mow last time because it was too hot, a few days later … Continue reading Sometimes decisions are made for you.
According to the calendar we are in the middle of summer. I have mixed emotions about this as if half of summer has just gone, then we have been ripped off big time because the weather has been completely rubbish. Although historically the first half has always been rubbish, with the second half of summer coming in with its sweltering heat and blue sky days … Continue reading Smack bang in the middle.
I kind of suspected things weren’t all hunky dory below ground. The manky state of things above ground was a kind of given. My garlic harvest for the second year running will be sent to the compost bin without even seeing the inside of the kitchen. I did contemplate briefly rummaging through the dismal pile for any that could remotely be considered edible. I’d even … Continue reading Oh well, there always next year.
Getting back into the garden has been easy. It is the deciding what to do that has been the hard part. Everywhere I look something demands my attention. There are weeds everywhere and so the places I have managed to tend to stand out like pristine examples of a well managed garden. It’s not actually. But the contrast between where I’ve been and where I … Continue reading Comings and Goings
Well it will be soon. I’ve been down to the far end to check out the orchard. Things are looking great for an abundantly fruity summer. Not long now. If I’ve planted things right, we should have fresh fruit right through into the autumn. Let me show you…. We’ve never really had a plum harvest before. I am so excited by the abundance of … Continue reading Everything is just peachy
Ok I’ve put it off far too long. I need clarity. I need resolutions. This January is drifting off from its New Year’s mooring and 2016 has set sail. I appear to be dithering about on the gangway wondering what I should do to enhance my trip. I know I am going somewhere this year, but how am I going to do it with style, … Continue reading Navel Gazing
I am confused. I don’t know if I am Arthur or Martha. I don’t know what I was thinking. This explains a lot but then also leaves me wondering. I have made a bit of a mistake with my spuds. For the last few years I have had a system that works really well for me. Looking out over my garden from the shed end … Continue reading If it works for you – don’t change it.
This weekend was a long weekend and today was the holiday day to celebrate Auckland’s 175th birthday. We seized the opportunity to go bush for a couple of nights. I’m not such a great camper and much prefer the creature comforts, but the bush is beautiful and the river was clear, deep and warm. It was a great adventure, but sleeping under thin fabric on … Continue reading To get water: Hammer, Hammer, Saw, Saw
There is nothing like having a garden group come to visit the garden to ensure it is in tip top condition for their arrival. So I have been working ever so hard to make the garden lovely. The grass was mowed, I tidied the greenhouse and the shed and I even tidied behind it, not that anyone looked, but they might have! I even incurred … Continue reading Looking Good
