It has been a long week with a lot going on.  When we relocated our house back in April 2018 we made a few unconventional decisions. We decided if a bathroom or a kitchen needed renovating you would find the money to do it eventually, but the outside of the house is the bit that normally gets what money is left at the end of … Continue reading Slowly but steadily the week marched by.
The fruit section of the garden hasn’t always been a success. We won’t mention the failure of the new orchard… twice. I think I need to put together a serious plan before attempting again. It does hurt my soul to think that an abundant supply of juicy sun warmed peaches straight from the tree isn’t an option in my back yard anytime soon. The sadness … Continue reading The Berry End of the Garden
When you are in the garden you lose all track of time. I was out there the other day watering until 8pm. I wasn’t in the garden the whole time but in bursts of several hours and with the lovely long summer daylight hours it is so easy to blur an afternoon into an evening without realising it. It was actually quite pleasant. I had … Continue reading The state of the Garden  Part Three of Three (or possibly four)
I have been liberated from my keyboard, which is just as well because I think I’ve worn it out. You can almost see straight through the spacebar to the workings underneath! But my super secret project has been delivered – all 50,000 words, and a few thousand extra for good measure and loads of great photos and now I can turn my attentions to my … Continue reading Back into the garden
Finally I’ve been in the garden, and it was about time too! Slowly but surely I eased myself back into it like a swimmer trying to get into a freezing cold pool. I didn’t want to rush and set myself back.  However a neglected garden can be a daunting thing. Where to start? Do you tackle the produce that is ready to harvest, protect the … Continue reading The Late Spring Harvest
Oh my gosh it was so cold! The temperature plummeted this afternoon to 8.5°C. While that may not be cold by most folks standards, it is for us! Areas barely south of us (well areas at least 160km south east of us) got some snow. We always miss out on the fun stuff. We never get snow. Well aside from the brief flurry in 2010 … Continue reading I thought it was going to snow.
Time is against me. Â I have to pack all of July’s gardening chores into two weeks. Â And there is a surprising amount to do when you aren’t ambling your way through the month, dodging raindrops. Â When you are up against it, you work through the raindrops. I think I work best with a deadline. Â There is absolutely no room for procrastination which is my biggest … Continue reading Asparagus tips and raspberry posts
While I have a scientific background from too many years ago that I care to count, I would like to reassure you that I haven’t been dabbling in genetic modification in my garden shed. I have been doing some good old fashioned digging. The digging in itself, while back breaking and a bit laborious, has been a welcome escape to my week.  It is the … Continue reading One becomes two and two becomes one – a tale of two berries
Gosh – it is amazing how good you feel when you get a hard job done, and you have been putting it off for ages and finally you do a proper job and end up body sore, but when you look at all you have achieved you feel great. Well that’s how I feel. My poor old raspberries have had a hard life. I started … Continue reading Raspberries – Done!
My arms and hands are so sore I can barely raise my fingers to type out the letters. I spent a good three hours weeding the raspberries. I made great progress and nearly made it all the way to the end of the row. I was interrupted by the rumbling in my tummy, so I went inside for lunch and once I sat down my … Continue reading So close…
