Slaving over a hot stove on a hot summer day isn’t my idea of fun… well actually – it kind of is. But that is what I have been doing. Â Processing the harvest. Now that the holidays are a thing of the past and the beach sand has been well and truly shaken from our shoes, the garden is getting more attention than it has … Continue reading Too much and yet not enough
BANG – it’s autumn. It is like someone has just flipped a switch. I woke at my usual time, although admittedly for the last week or so I have been sleeping a little longer, and was shocked to find it dark and cold. This isn’t how it is supposed to be. We are supposed to be easing ourselves into the cooler weather, not confronted with … Continue reading I thought about putting on socks!
The kids have finally gone back to school and the weather has naturally turned to being the ideal summer weather. It happens every year. Iffy weather prevents the kids getting into really enjoying the summer holidays and then they go back to school and it is perfect! But to be fair we did have some nice days in January. And so far in February we … Continue reading I think there has been a misunderstanding: I wanted pickles not prickles!
A round of Christmas doos, a nativity play, excessive amounts of shopping (and we’re still not done) alongside the general management of life has meant not only has the garden been neglected, but so has the talking about it! So in summary – the grass is longer than ever, there are more weeds than veggies, my spuds got blight and we have continued to eat … Continue reading It may have been silly to promise to blog every day in the silly season!
Normal blogging will resume imminently. The rain has stopped but the ground is still really soggy. I went into the garden to have a look but was daunted by what I saw. Not that I was able to do anything about it, if I wanted to, as outer-garden commitments are demanding attention and must have their needs met. That and I’m getting a bit knackered. … Continue reading We need to interrupt this gardening saga for real life to take over.
It rained again all day. The puddles were so deep in the car park of a store I visited, I took my shoes off and rolled up my jeans and sloshed through the water to get back to the car barefoot! But the garden is in the same state. It is really waterlogged. Two days of solid rain have caused that. Funny enough I still … Continue reading Madness in the night.
I woke up this morning to rain. And it felt cold with it. It wasn’t really cold, it was 21°C, it just felt like it because it was so grey and miserable. Gardening was not possible – well… a determined fanatic would get out there and do something, but today that fanatic was not me. On other occasions it would have been, but not today. … Continue reading Are you sure it’s summer?
Encouraged by comments to re-look at the irrigation but with a smaller hose to increase the pressure, I set about investigating the irrigation bits and bobs that are most commonly available as individual pieces at most hardware stores here. I went on to the company website to look at my options and found a really cool application where I could load in my garden dimensions. … Continue reading Well that was a waste of time.
I had the best idea. I want to make it easy for my lovely friend who will be looking after the place over Christmas. She isn’t a gardener, but is looking forward to spending some relaxing time in the country. The thing is, it will be the height of summer and so the garden will need a lot of water. To make sure her holiday … Continue reading Epic fail.
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!
