This is a strange time of year. Daylight savings has ended but it is still warm-ish and we are wandering about our days feeling it should be later than it is, which strangely gives us more time in our days. It won’t last and soon enough we will get used to the new ebb and flow of time and know exactly where we are and … Continue reading March and A Week Garden Tour
(A paid post with the good people from GARDENA NZ) Historically, back in the day I was a bit of a malingerer, I would be slow to clear away the seasons end. Not because I was lazy, but to acknowledge the season was over was too much to bear. I’m just as bad with my Christmas decorations and this year they made it to Valentine’s … Continue reading Tidy up time
With the last of the summer holidays ebbing away, there was only one thing to do… squeeze in one more day away to do something you love. So, I packed up the family for an early start to what has to be one of the coolest gardens around. Hamilton Gardens. I’ve been before, but it isn’t a just do it once kind of a place. … Continue reading All the gardens under the sun!
“You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.” Gandalf – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring I only had two hours in the Shire of Hobbiton and I was surprised to learn Hobbits are amazing gardeners. At the crossroads of Tuck Borough and East … Continue reading “Hobbits really are amazing creatures”
It’s the first round of seed planting for the season. This will be the 4th season I have put a seed into soil and anxiously awaited the results. I am hoping that this year will be the best year, as now I have something very valuable that I didn’t have when I first started out: “The benefit of hindsight” and all the experience and wisdom … Continue reading Today is a monumentally exciting day!
If you recall my last blog where I proudly presented little red goodies from my winter greenhouse, well since then things haven’t gone according to plan. The tomatoes were great – oh so sweet and yum, Oh how I missed you, fresh tomato. It doesn’t hurt that this is my all-time favourite tomato. It’s a wee cherry style called Strawberry Tomato. They were being sold … Continue reading I nearly killed Hubby the Un-Gardener
I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately planning my summer garden, contemplating the kind of garden I would love it to be, drawing inspiration from other blogs and You Tube and sorting out my seeds. I’ve been reminiscing over veggie gardens I’ve grown before and making a note of things I really need to remember for this year: things like 7 Zucchini plants are … Continue reading You can have anything for dinner – so long as it includes something from the garden – even in the middle of winter!
…. But something exciting happened. The postie delivered my seeds! It’s like all my Christmas’s have come at once – even though I know what is in the package. It’s all about what the package represents: Summer and all the sights, smells and flavours it has to offer. As I sit here, wrapped up warm, watching the heavy rain come in horizontally and listening to the … Continue reading I wasn’t intending on blogging again so soon….
I haven’t been busy in the garden – in fact I have done nothing at all. It is winter after all so I guess I’m allowed a few days off. Although I have ordered my seeds for spring so they should arrive soon. I just wanted to quickly share the good news. I won the Blogging / Gardening challenge I had entered! Yay. I worked … Continue reading Fruits of my Labour!
It’s been three days since I last put my fingers to my keyboard and came up with a tale about my garden. The gardening competition finished on Sunday and my last blog (number 112) was posted on their site. The winners will be announced on the 4th July – wish me luck! I must say it has been nice not to have to blog every … Continue reading Winter Spuds
