Where did things go wrong? I am standing in the gap between years and looking back to figure out how I should go forward. One big reason the garden wasn’t the sole focus of my world was last year there was a lot of travel, which enabled the slide into dodgy weedy edges. The travel was exciting and mostly work related – if not mine, … Continue reading Where did things go wrong?
Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and festive season salutations! As the first Monday of a fresh new year, it feels like the perfect time to start afresh. It always feels a little odd to be calling a fresh start when we’re in the middle of a growing season – but it is what it is, and … Continue reading Is it too late to say Happy New Year?
New Month, New Things To Do A pinch and a punch for the first of the month. I couldn’t have been more aware of the passing of time this winter. I feel like spring is closer than normal due to some commitments we have in August. So, I’m pretty much counting this winter as a two-month thing. Unfortunately, I have higher expectations for what I’d … Continue reading New Month, New Things To Do
It’s over, move on. January is the strangest month. It starts in holiday mode. There is absolutely no expectation to do anything remotely productive, unless it is for personal gain, like indulging in a hobby. And as the middle month of summer, it is – most of the time – too hot to want to do anything anyway. I can’t cope in the heat, especially … Continue reading It’s over, move on.
In the Northern Hemisphere, the opportunity for a fresh start seems to make more sense. It is the middle of winter, and everything is dormant or done and as the year gets going things wake up or are restarted. Here, down under, we are in the swing of things. My garden is full, as is my life. I couldn’t be busier, but we take a … Continue reading A new start?
I delayed sending out my Happy New Year message. I wanted to take the perfect picture to go with it. However the New Years Day dawn didn’t have the same glorious magic as the Boxing Day morning did. There was a storm brewing. But the summer dodgy bit of weather is normally over before you know it, so I waited. But this was something more … Continue reading New Year – it is what it is
Caught in the ‘in between’ week, this year, with just days to spare, and a whole new year set to take its place. It isn’t difficult to begin navel gazing and thinking about how next year is going to be so much better and how I’ll do things differently. But at the same time I’m not all that keen for a fresh start as I … Continue reading Is change afoot or will it be the same old same old?
I spend all winter dreaming of my perfect garden. I put things in place to improve on last year. Mistakes were learnt from. I carefully selected seeds and dug sodden, cold dirt and carefully removed all trace of weed so this one would be the best season ever. The plants are planted with care and start to really get going and there is a hint … Continue reading Someone stuck a festive period in the middle of my growing season.
We are midway through the best summer holiday in years. The main reason is the sun has blessed us with its presence. Last year the break at the beach was memorable because of its absence. In exchange we spent the summer in the company of wind and rain, which was actually a bit dreadful. Coming home to the garden was awful. The warm wet weather … Continue reading The happiest of New Years to you
