Rainy Day Activities As much as it is tempting linger in my pjs, hovering around the heater feeling sorry for myself as I watch yet more rain pelt against my windows, I really need to do something gardeny to feel motivated. The rain is really getting me down. According to the historical forecast, and I had to look it up because all of the wet … Continue reading Rainy Day Activities
Firstly… we’re ok. There has been an extraordinary amount of rain in our neck of the woods this week. So much so the word unprecedented has been bandied about quite freely. But it isn’t everyday you see people wading through the airport up to their knees or water cascading over motorway barriers like a infinity pool or sloshing about inside buses. Sadly this has been … Continue reading It’s been unprecedented
This is always the most challenging time of year in life and in the garden. As we get closer to Christmas, the pressure mounts. The start of the month is fraught with the tension of end of year deadlines that must be done before everything shuts down for the year. As a result, computer gardening and ordinary computing muscles its way to the top of … Continue reading Seasonal stuff
I don’t know why I was surprised when we returned from a day out to find the garden flooded again. I wracked my brain to try and remember was the ground sticky when we’d left, or did the inundation happen in the 7 hours we were gone. It had been a horrible night previously. The wind howled like some demented banshee and kept me awake … Continue reading Asparagus is my Rainbow
I have to say it is taking all my inner strength not to load post after post complaining about the weather. So, I have been looking for the bright side. Finding up beat and exciting things to share. Doing things to bring sunshine into my world like making lemon honey, the joy of sowing seeds and taking a disproportionate number of photos on the rare … Continue reading Sod it!
Cyclone Donna. There are no words…. It started raining spits and spots at lunch time yesterday – about 20 hours ago. It isn’t expected to stop until 6pm tonight – so about 8 more hours to go. It could be worse… sigh. Come again soon – I was looking forward to this winter, now I need to dig deep to find the joy of gardening … Continue reading Not again!
Now I know I promised not to moan about the weather again after our particularly soggy summer. But it would seem autumn isn’t playing fair either. In the 10 years we have been here, we’ve never seen it like this. And just to add more drama there is more heavy rain expected today and then a repeat again next week. Hopefully the boffins have it … Continue reading Stop I say… I can’t take anymore
I woke up this morning and there was this strange bright orb sending laser beams onto my face making it hard to see back out the window. It took a moment or two to remember what it was. Oh yeah – the sun. We haven’t seen much of that about here lately. It has rained every day for 22 days, oh except that tease on … Continue reading OK that is it! I have had ENOUGH!
