What rain? I must have imagined it.

After two days of heavy rain and unforgiving wind, the weather has settled back down to what it was before as though the rain aberration didn’t even happen at all.  It’s gone all hot and muggy which is making any extended activity under the midday sun a bit of a chore.  I feel really lazy, but I think it’s the heat that is zapping my … Continue reading What rain? I must have imagined it.

Sometimes I ask myself why I bother gardening…. Alternative title: A joyful return from holiday.

Having a holiday in the middle of the growing season is possibly the craziest thing that happens to gardener.  But we all do it. – Well most of us.  We set up irrigation systems to make things easy for the minder and offer any veggie that come ripe to the temporary caretakers of our seasons work. But the only person who is truly passionate about … Continue reading Sometimes I ask myself why I bother gardening…. Alternative title: A joyful return from holiday.