Today is a fabulous day. After months of being gardenless, it is all about to change. I have dreamed of this moment and can hardly believe it has come. The container with all our worldly possessions has gone. I made the brave call to book the truck to come and get it before we had even begun to empty it. I work better with a … Continue reading Breaking ground
The garden is on the move again! Now the house is kind of under control and in the hands of a good builder, the time is right to focus on other things and in particular the garden. For the last 117 days I have bemoaning the fact the caravan and the container with all our worldly possessions contained within are smack bang square in the … Continue reading Temporarily Temporary
In the final days before I can get stuck into the garden there was one more thing I wanted to know about this new place, so I can garden wisely. And that is the climate. We’ve only been here almost 4 months, but boy have we seen some weather! In the early days it was the height of summer and the heat seemed to radiate … Continue reading Come rain or shine
Things are racing ahead now, just like the year is. How have we reached May so quickly? It doesn’t seem that long ago we were just embarking on this hair brained scheme. But it can’t have been that hair brained. I’m sitting here in a house, overlooking an amazing view. Ok, so the plumber is still plumbing and the electrician still has things to do, … Continue reading Moving House
Aside from us coastal newbies, that is… It is always good for a gardener to know who will be sharing the land with you. I got off relatively easily at the last place in the swamp, as there weren’t all that many things trying to take advantage of my good efforts. There were slugs but not many snails. But these were easily taken care of … Continue reading Who else lives here?
Great news, the sun is shining, the builders are back, and things are happening. Although it was a little chilly this morning. It has just dawned on me that I’ll be building my new garden in the winter. Well, I always knew it, but from the balmy warmth of summer, all my imaginings were of nice days. There will be nice days, once any frosts … Continue reading Just add loads of the good stuff
With the trauma of the recent storm behind us and any bad weather ahead of us already firmly blamed on the fact it is the school holidays because it always happens that way. The moment they go back in a couple of weeks the sun will be shining and it will be the best conditions we will have seen in a long time. The house … Continue reading Chunky to Tiny
A few weeks I asked this question in jest in response to the winter weather conditions. I now know exactly how bad it could be. We have just been through a terrible storm and it would seem it isn’t called the ‘wild west coast’ for nothing! Now I’m not naïve and I knew there would be strong winds, I just thought I’d have at least … Continue reading How bad can it be?
When you think about human health, what we need to keep us going seems simple in some respects: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, water, vitamins, and minerals. But these can come from varied sources and our diets are a wonderful combination of so many things, so we get what we need. I remember from my school days being taught that if all else fails, a boiled egg … Continue reading What’s on the menu?
Over the last week we got a bit side tracked from the study of the soil, what with Easter and April Fools – I think my 24 carrot gold seeds were a bit too subtle… maybe I should have spray painted 24 carrots gold! Anyway…. The other exciting distraction over the last week is the house has arrived, but I’ll share more of that with … Continue reading Welcome in
