Making the decision to ease back on The Palace which was taking all my time and energy at the expense of all the other spring preparation tasks has been a little liberating. It allows me to assess the rest of…
Read MoreI have been doing a bit of reflecting this week and decided I need a bit of balance in my life. I have been bursting a fufu valve trying to get the first garden in The Palace completed by the…
Read MoreAfter last year’s seed order postal debacle, I decided to plan the garden earlier this year, and get my seeds ordered in good time, just in case. Having said that, The Palace project has held me up a little bit,…
Read MoreLast week was pretty much a bust as far as being productive in the garden. I got in an hour in total, prepping one bed for the spring, and I’m glad I did that, as I was toying with the…
Read More… And hunkering down when it’s not. It has been a difficult week. There were days when the sun shone down on us like it was spring and days that felt like winter was making us pay for some unknown…
Read MoreThis week couldn’t have been more contrasting if it tried. The first 3 days was constant rain, high winds with frequent gusts up to or at 150 km/h, hail coming in sideways and fast, and some thunder and lightning thrown…
Read MoreI have been determined to get things straightened out ready for the spring. However, my biggest weakness is procrastination and the bigger the mess the more likely I will put things off. The most pressing need right now is the…
Read MoreIt has been a bit windy recently. There have been three storms in as many weeks. But this is expected from midwinter. However the thought there are just 40 days until spring has caused me a little consternation. It is…
Read MoreI feel for my poor strawberries. Before we moved to the coast I had repotted extra runners into pots, but at the time I had no reason to do it, I just didn’t want to waste them. Then when the…
Read MoreFor a deeply obsessed gardener there is no good time to go on holiday as there is always something to do or something to watch out for. But I took my hand off the controls at what seems like a…
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