The Flowers of Summer
19 January, 2019
Our garden is still a little bit sparse on the ‘pretties’, but I’m slowly getting more in. Here’s a colourful splash of some of our summer flowers.
Tag: Gardening
Water Wise
18 January, 2019
Rainy Things We have had a bout of glorious rain. Well, before the part where it got stinkin’ hot again. It had been weeks since we’d had more than a humid, light spit, so we are rejoicing. We hadn’t had proper rain since Christmas. It’s always hard to believe that we could be praying for … More Water Wise
The Vegetables March on
22 December, 2018
There seems to have been an endless stream of vegetable seedlings being planted and somehow they’ve been finding places to go. I’m actually amazed at how great the Vege Garden is doing considering recent circumstances. The Little Fulla and I dug up more lawn along the front of the Cedar Pen and planted three more … More The Vegetables March on
A White Christmas?
25 November, 2018
We’ve had an unusual cold snap. Outside it was 11degC (it had gotten down to 2degC overnight) and frigid rain was falling. It isn’t autumn or winter here. I found myself making Christmas decorations with the fire going and listening to ‘White Christmas’, 10 days out from the first month of Summer, and I thought, … More A White Christmas?
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