Knowing the garden has good access to water is one of those things that takes a weight off my mind for the season ahead. The water tanks are in a good place going into summer. They aren’t completely full; I think we have more storage capacity than our small roof can capture. Maybe we should have moved a bigger house onto the land! But I … Continue reading This is turning out to be a strange season
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?!
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
