Today is such a different day from yesterday. It is so hard to get your head around how different things can be in such a short space of time. Which was just as well it was a nice day as there was a lot going on today and very little of it was in the garden. I was able to go out and have a … Continue reading Hardly a breath of wind
After a morning doing mundane things like shoe shopping for kids, I threw myself down on the sofa, exhausted and found myself in a zone that was too comfortable. I had to make a conscious decision to get out there and do things or nothing would get done! So I pulled on my gumboots and headed out into the garden. The logical project was sorting … Continue reading And then there was a cracking sound…
The rain that has been persistent for most of the week – and not gentle fluffy drizzle, but the fat dropped deluge type that is often accompanied by thunder and lightening has finally stopped long enough for us to remember it is almost summer. But not without a final burst this morning. Once it was no longer soggy and the sun had dried off most … Continue reading A sea of green… mostly
I have been dreadfully preoccupied lately, mostly in the garden, dealing with things. I feel like the little boy sticking his fingers in the dyke, plugging new leaks. Although it is often not stopping leaks but creating them as I have been watering the garden based on which bed needs it most, gets it first. The same goes for the weeding. I really need to … Continue reading Sunshine and Sweethearts
It is all very dramatic in my garden. Actually it’s not that dramatic. Just as I was getting on top of everything and feeling on top of the world, I had a bit of a reality check. When you have delightful school age kids they bring home all sorts of lovely things – artwork, certificates, permission slips, friends and they are all very welcome. But … Continue reading A plague and an explosion!
I have been busy recording the garden before it all gets planted out… having said that I probably should have been digging as there is still a lot to do. I hope you enjoy the video. Come again soon – I’ll be the exhausted one who will have hopefully finished all the digging, weeding and planting! Sarah the Gardener : o ) Continue reading Check out my latest You Tube video…
The last frost free day is generally regarded as this weekend, which coincidentally has a public holiday tacked onto the end. So the weather is coming around to a warmer way of thinking and it was a mild 15°C (59F) overnight and so I felt confident enough to leave my tomatoes outside all night in a sheltered place for the final stage of their hardening … Continue reading We are nearly there….
We have had storm after storm after storm. When it wasn’t raining, it was blowing a gale and either way gardening was impossible. Add that to being knocked out for a good three weeks to ill health and the garden is way behind schedule. The last frost day is in about ten days and I am not ready! Whose idea was it to have such … Continue reading This has been the spring of my discontent.
…well maybe I’ll throw in a couple more rainbow beets as not all the colours have come out, but aside from that everything in the greenhouse is all there is going to be this season. Oh except for the beans and the corn which will be sown directly once the risk of frost has past – and I’ve weeded their beds. Oh and the successional … Continue reading Well that’s it – the last seeds have been sown.
The calendar has changed to October and overnight things seem different. The temperatures are noticeably warmer, the dreadful wind and rain of the past months – for all intents and purposes seem behind us and the freshly cut grass smells sweet, the birds are over enthusiastically chirping in the trees and the blossom petals are falling like confetti at a party. There is a new … Continue reading What better way to ring in the warmer weather – than in style.
