What a difference a day can make. It has been a typical spring week with dramatically horrible days hounded with strong winds, rain coming in sideways and a drop in temperature that can make us believe we are back in the depths of winter – almost but not quite, but after a few warm hopeful days a temperature plunge can call for a little melodrama. … Continue reading Getting Stuff Done
It has been a turbulent week, but not in the way I was expecting. Going by the weather forecast I was set to be indoors or in my raincoat all week. But they got it very wrong. It did rain, but most of it was at night or when I was too knackered to garden anyway so it has been fine by me. Most of … Continue reading It’s done
Although it is already 4 days old. Mid spring is a turbulent month and is not one to be trusted. It toys with our heartstrings, showing us just what is possible and then dumps bad weather upon us as if to say” …but you can’t have that yet”. If the reminders that pop up on social media are enough to go on this season is … Continue reading A new Month
While I have proven I am excellent at procrastination, I have confirmed without a doubt I have mastered a new skill – under estimating things. I think I always knew it because there have been a multitude of projects where I completely believe I’ll have it whipped up in an arvo, only to find it takes 3 days and the help of Hubby the Un-Gardener … Continue reading Still planting
Well the boffins were wrong – it didn’t rain at all this weekend, in fact it hasn’t rained in ages and the top 10 cm of unmulched, unplanted soil is bone dry. We haven’t had any significant rain in a couple of weeks and what we have had is that misty stuff that doesn’t sink in. The boffins are suggesting showers this weekend but to … Continue reading Half In Half Out
This is traditionally the ‘IT’ weekend. The one you long for and work towards all spring. The average last frost date. Which just happens to fall on a long weekend and so that just makes the whole thing even more exciting. Every year I am determined to spend the week before tying up all the odds and ends. I expect I’ll be building structures and … Continue reading Countdown to the Big Garden Weekend of the Year.
This was week has been a mixed bag of things that has made life all sorts of busy. But for the main part the garden is now mostly good and ready for the planting out stage from next weekend. There are two beds with malingerers that need to be evicted and eaten and one that needs a flower removed so it can be prepared for … Continue reading A Chore and A Tour
October is such a gauntlet to run for us. With birthday’s, school holidays and then the obligatory back to school haircuts, stationary kit refresh and new shoes, the garden can become a little neglected. Not intentionally, but life can get in the way which can be quite challenging as we are in the heart of spring and things need to be done. Fortunately, I’ve been … Continue reading Queen of Hearts
‘… with pretty things all in a row…’ Well maybe not all in a row, but there are a lot of pretty cool things in the garden right now. Check them out: Come again soon – it feels like the garden is changing every day. Sarah the Gardener : o) NB: click on the images for the chit chat about them. Continue reading ‘How does your garden grow….’
How on earth did we get this far through the year already? I have been waking up, working hard, and going back to bed again and each day drags us along in time… I can barely keep up. If the year would go at my pace we would still be somewhere around June. I would be leisurely keeping up with everything that needs to be … Continue reading October already?!
