With the summer holidays fast approaching the lawn becomes more than the grassy area between the house and the garden. Being the only flat area of land we actually have, it is quite useful. It started out flat and grassy before the house. And to be honest it stayed that way until I created the garden. I needed to remove a good layer of earth … Continue reading Spreading the love
It is all go in the garden and we approach the summer. Most of my seeds have been sown and there are some that still need to be done. I’ve tried to stick with the plan, so I have all that we need to last the year. With our needs taken care of I can start to think of the needs of others in a … Continue reading Sowing Plants for Monarch Butterflies
I have to say in this fine country we are completely blessed with people full of passion and added to that exceptional resources, which have come together to make the kiwi gardening experience what it is – something amazing. Many of our established garden brands are built on such vision and invention and to be honest as a humble gardener I don’t think we fully … Continue reading A proud history
Ok, so I spent ages planning my garden and working out where everything will go based on it’s ultimate size and spacing requirements. I often tell people, once you have planned your garden then that’s pretty much it – if you want extras, don’t squeeze them in, extend your garden or pop them in containers. And that still pretty much applies. But, when Yates, my … Continue reading I need more Broad Beans!
I wasn’t in my garden in my comfy garden clothes taking care of the weeds and work mounting at a great rate of knots in this mild winter weather. Although that would have been an awesome day for me. I wasn’t in the big shed assembling the greenhouse, which would have been fun and exciting to see it all come together – alas no this … Continue reading I have had such a lovely day.
For those of you who don’t know… I’ve written a book. A proper one. A year’s worth of my blogs and stories from a garden blogging competition has been turned into a book. Its called “The Good Life four glorious seasons in my country garden” and has been sponsored by the company that ran the competition: Yates – the most respected seed company in Australia … Continue reading Boy have I got news for you…
