You only really get one chance at a new start. And while we have been here since January and work started on the garden in May when the container that held our worldly possessions was emptied into the house and removed, today is a new start. Probably the last opportunity to call something a new start in my new garden. For me it is the … Continue reading A Notable Situation
We are firmly on the down hill run to spring and the final weeks of winter are imminent. Ordinarily this fills me with excitement and a large portion of my being is jumping with joy. The rest of me really wants to apply some kind of seasonal hand brake. There is still too much to be done. I have my lists and a loose sense … Continue reading Boxed in
While we were away, I did do a lot of thinking about what needs to be done to get the garden ready for the spring. I have a fixed vision in my head of how I want it to be and it is shaping up nicely. But things were also happening behind the scenes. I’m not all that great with my spatial awareness as shown … Continue reading Lists of things to do
I have a mountain of earth to move. It equates to 6 truckloads of good quality swamp-like soil from ‘up near Froggies’ near where we used to live. I feel confident it will be a fabulous growing medium for my new garden and it appears to be weed free. It has been hanging about for a couple of months now and nothing nasty has reared … Continue reading Moving Mountains
I feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew, and my eyes are bigger than my stomach but I really want what I want, so I will work hard to get there. My garden is huge. Last time it was built up slowly over 10 years. This time I want it all done in 10 weeks. Actually I have longer than that … Continue reading Progress
We recently headed on down to the local Fieldays event for farmers and rural types. I’ve been meaning to go for a decade. We’re rural types and with over a 1000 exhibitors and all things country it seemed like the perfect thing for us to do. It was a lovely day out, but my head was all about the garden, and my wallet – in … Continue reading Paving Paradise
I am champing at the bit to start moving soil, so I can start planting out my winter crops. But I seem to have an inbuilt self-integrity mode that just won’t allow me to cut corners in the garden. I just can’t cheat on myself. A bulldozer is not for fine work – it’s not subtle. It does a great job of clearing the ground, … Continue reading The Great Leveller
Sometimes life sweeps you away with what you are doing and you barely notice the passing of time. That was how this June has been so far. A hive of activity with the days disappearing into a blur. I am not entirely sure how we have found ourselves one third of the way through this month. The weather was magnificent and the garden called to … Continue reading Building beds
Nature abhors bare earth and who am I to argue with that. So not long after the bulldozer finished bulldozing I set to work laying out my garden. It is such a momentous thing. I have been dreaming about it for months and months. Fortunately, the vision in my head is flexible as it has needed to morph into something else a couple of times. … Continue reading Laying down in beds
It is always the way – you just get to sink your teeth into an exciting project and something comes along and throws a spanner in the works. We had a productive couple of days with the bulldozer sorting out my land. Gone are the undulating lumps and bumps. All but the merest hint of Kikuyu grass is gone and the base for my garden … Continue reading Looking to the future
