I just wanted to quickly fill you with what I’ve done in the garden so far this year, and to be honest it didn’t feel like much, but when it came to writing it down I created a mountain of words and so decided for everyone’s sake it would be better to break it up a wee bit. If I had my wits about me … Continue reading The state of the Garden Part Two of Three (or possibly four)
Officially it is the first week back in the garden after the holidays. Last week didn’t count even though I did loiter in the garden a little, but as the first week of the year it was only a half one and to be honest I wasn’t up to gardening much as I have been struck down with a nasty head cold that has plagued … Continue reading The state of the Garden Part One of Three (or possibly four)
Things haven’t been off to a great start. 2019 ended promising with the early discovery and treatment of the Tomato Potato Psyllid. Last year, due to the holidays I found it too late and I fought a brave and brutal battle, but one by one my tomato plants succumbed to its enemy and I was left without a tomato harvest as they had barely found … Continue reading Word for 2020: Overcomer
Of all the garden tools at my disposal the one that works the hardest is the hose. It is the font of all hydration that is not heaven sent. Actually, all the water here is heaven sent, but the hose delivers the water that was captured upon the roof and then saved for… I was going to say ‘saved for a rainy day’ but while … Continue reading An Ode to the humble hose.
The days are long, the sky is blue and the temperatures are soaring. It is the perfect combination for the veggie garden. I am seeing a harvest and am completely delighted. There were a few points in time when it didn’t look like I would get there and while it isn’t as prolific as I would have liked due to the lateness of the planting … Continue reading Food in Hand
This is a funny little vegetable. I’ve always grown it in my garden because it is easy to grow and you can’t have a burger without a slice of pickled beetroot. Oh and pickled beetroot sandwiches on white bread and a thick smear of soft butter. Oh the flavour of my childhood. Because to be honest, that is how I’d always had them. Pickled in … Continue reading The delights of beetroot
With the last of the summer holidays ebbing away, there was only one thing to do… squeeze in one more day away to do something you love. So, I packed up the family for an early start to what has to be one of the coolest gardens around. Hamilton Gardens. I’ve been before, but it isn’t a just do it once kind of a place. … Continue reading All the gardens under the sun!
I am back in the garden again. It isn’t like I didn’t go anywhere, but over the Christmas and New Year break, I took a holiday of sorts. We have such a beautiful spot here by the ocean, so we decided to share it with our friends and for a week it became a summer campground, minus the expensive campsite fees. I enjoyed the company … Continue reading New Year New Garden
After 87 days from idea to realisation, we are now all moved and settled in to our new place. Well not quite settled in. We are living in a caravan with all our worldly possessions scattered about the place waiting to be rearranged in a orderly fashion. We may be there for a short while, the house arrives, all going well in early March or … Continue reading A Sea Change
There is a strange sense of peace. I am ready to leave the garden. Which is just as well as we are out of here on Thursday. It has only been 85 days since we made the decision to make the move. It feels like a lifetime, but also at the same time it feels like it was only yesterday. Parts of me still feel … Continue reading Last days
