Normally at the this time of year there is a reluctance to except the winters arrival. With every drop in temperature I moan and complain. As the nights draw in, long gone are the leisurely evening antics in the garden – weeding and watering in the lingering heat of the day. Now gardening tends to wind up in the late afternoon, usually extended by torch … Continue reading Only three weeks until winter
I can be a bit forgetful at times, which is why I try to be so good with my plant labels and by writing down what I’ve done at the end of each day. When I’m not using my automatic water distributor and want to perk up one crop I set the alarm on my phone or that garden can be watered rather more than … Continue reading Blast from the past: Summer is a white rabbit.
Not wanting wish away my summer but I really need to think about winter. The summer garden is in full swing and doing its thing. The tomato inundation has begun and it is such a pleasure to enjoy fresh at its best. The basil is positively flourishing and having both complimenting each other side by side on the plate is a delightful indulgence. If there … Continue reading Thinking about cooler days.
Early last spring I picked up some raw shelled peanuts from the baking section. I’d done it before so I was kind of excited. I wasn’t going to bake with them, I was going to grow them. I love growing peanuts, because they are such a fabulous talking point in my garden. Visitors are often quite astonished that not only, this is how they grow, … Continue reading I grew peanuts! How cool is that?
We have just one week before the unavoidable happens. We slip into ‘that’ season. The one where nothing much grows. It is so easy to sit back and do nothing and let this season wash over like some kind of horticultural hibernation. But where we are, we are blessed enough for mild weather. Having said that mild can still be cold. Well, cold for us. … Continue reading Winter can be deceptive
It is a bit of a shock to wake up a little discombobulated and look out the window and see snow falling. It took me a moment to figure out where I was, then the long 36 hour Monday flashed before my eyes. After a frantic week in the garden, making sure everything was in order and easy care so Hubby the Un-Gardener can look … Continue reading Season Swap.
Sowing the seeds of love, we’re off to a seedy start, I’ve sowed the seeds to a new season… I could go on, the clichés are endless! Entering into August puts us one month closer to spring and the weather is beginning to play with us. One week it is warm and sunny and we haven’t had any heating on in the house for a … Continue reading Some ideas on Pinterest may seem like a good idea at the time…
In the last 30 days we have had 26 days of rain and of those 14 had over 5mm. To be completely honest with you I did round up two days from 4.8 to the nearest whole number. One day even had a whopping 50mm. All in all we had 206.6mm of rain in the 30 days I decided to do my 30 beds in … Continue reading Rain delays play
When you’re not in it, your thoughts of winter are images of endless, cold, wet and miserable days. But once you are there in the heart of the cold season, sometimes it surprizes you and you get some days where the sky is blue, without even the hint of a rain cloud. The sun shines brightly and warms everything, not in the shade, to a … Continue reading And today is going to be…..
Hello ever so slightly shorter gloomy winter days. Well we have passed the winter solstice – the shortest day. No longer will the day be so abruptly ended at 5:11pm! With each passing day we will begin our descent towards summer. Each sunset will bring us a minute closer to the warmer sunnier days of a perfect summer. Because this season is going to be … Continue reading Goodbye long gloomy winter days…
