About 10 days ago, I finished planting out the new garden bed. Hurray! Now I get to sit back and watch as the plants grow and fill out the space, and hopefully things will be looking more lush in spring. Yes, I know the lawn is already looking lush (Husband…). All the plants I used … More New Garden Bed (Part 7) – Fully Planted
I am pleased to announce that I am finally getting a fabulous feijoa crop again. After a couple of years of snowfalls that repeatedly damaged my five small feijoa trees, I have managed to coddle them back to a happy, productive state. I am also quietly pleased that my trees are doing better than my … More Fabulous Feijoas
I had been dissatisfied with my black plastic compost bin for a while; it just wasn’t doing the job. It came with the house, so I tried to use it , but I kept dreaming of having a bigger compost bin that actually worked properly. I was eyeing up wooden compost bins on Trade Me; the … More The Matter of Compost Bins
We are two months into Autumn and I finally had time to and got bothered to rake up the leaves. Raking is not one of my favourite things. I would much rather play with the leaves. At least this time I have a bigger compost bin to fit all my leaves into; no more squashing … More Autumn
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