Things I want to achieve in October 2025 September was a big month, I’ve worked really hard in the garden, focusing on long overdue tasks that had been left on the list too long because they were big or complicated. Most of these tasks will help in the long run towards making the garden low maintenance. For all the success I’ve crossing things off the … Continue reading Garden list for October
Things I want to achieve in October 24 October is the month where the growing season well and truly kicks off. The start of the month is generally a little panicked at my end getting the last preparations for the season done, to set the growing season up with a good foundation. It is when I question the size of the garden the most! The … Continue reading Garden list for October
Birthday weekend I am super blessed to have my birthday at the best possible time for a gardener. This weekend was Labour Weekend which is also the last frost date and it is safe for planting out the summer garden in my area. It is a moveable holiday and can vary by up to a week, so extra caution and common sense needs to be … Continue reading Birthday weekend
My ‘Did-dah’ moment I have been working on a project for a very long time. When I say working on it, I mean thinking about it. And when I say thinking about it, it is more of a guilt induced frenzy full of woulda, coulda and shoulda. I thought making the family give it to me as a Mother’s Day present would make it happen … Continue reading My ‘Did-dah’ moment
I have a really exciting opportunity coming up that will take me away from the garden for 20 days from the end of the month. It is garden related so there will be more on that later. But in order to prepare for an extended absence in spring – the busiest time of all the seasons I have had to be organised and work really … Continue reading I may have taken on too much
The garden has been so patient, waiting for me and the weather. Getting this garden planted out is really happening in fits and starts. Yesterday was so foggy, misty, and drizzly that it wasn’t worth going out. It was the kind of humid that soaks into your bones and I decided not to attempt it. The last thing I need right now is to catch … Continue reading Wait one moment, I’ll be with you directly.
Knowing the garden has good access to water is one of those things that takes a weight off my mind for the season ahead. The water tanks are in a good place going into summer. They aren’t completely full; I think we have more storage capacity than our small roof can capture. Maybe we should have moved a bigger house onto the land! But I … Continue reading This is turning out to be a strange season
(A paid post with the good people from GARDENA NZ) The thing I love about the garden is there is always something new to do or discover. But the knock on effect of this is there are some things that were once new to you that you just wouldn’t be without. And one of those things is irrigation. The garden is big and to water … Continue reading Sorting out the watering
Day one of giving kitchen gardening a higher priority was slow to eventuate. Life has this great habit of getting in the way. I either over did it in the garden and landed in a crumpled heap on the sofa, willing myself to get back up again some time before dark. It is the week leading up to being officially safe to plant the garden … Continue reading Fennel and Celeriac are great friends
Not in the garden – that still fills me with joy and keeps me busy – although just last week I had barely been out there as the temperatures dropped, the wind picked up and the rain came in sideways! It probably wasn’t as cold as in the middle of winter when I just accepted it would be cold and just wrapped up warm and … Continue reading Stuck in a Rut
