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Only three weeks until winter
Normally at the this time of year there is a reluctance to except the winters arrival. With every drop in temperature I moan and complain. As the nights draw in, long gone are the leisurely evening antics in the garden…
Read MoreBlast from the past: Summer is a white rabbit.
I can be a bit forgetful at times, which is why I try to be so good with my plant labels and by writing down what I’ve done at the end of each day. When I’m not using my automatic…
Read MoreThinking about cooler days.
Not wanting wish away my summer but I really need to think about winter. The summer garden is in full swing and doing its thing. The tomato inundation has begun and it is such a pleasure to enjoy fresh at…
Read MoreI grew peanuts! How cool is that?
Early last spring I picked up some raw shelled peanuts from the baking section. I’d done it before so I was kind of excited. I wasn’t going to bake with them, I was going to grow them. I love growing…
Read MoreWinter can be deceptive
We have just one week before the unavoidable happens. We slip into ‘that’ season. The one where nothing much grows. It is so easy to sit back and do nothing and let this season wash over like some kind of…
Read MoreSeason Swap.
It is a bit of a shock to wake up a little discombobulated and look out the window and see snow falling. It took me a moment to figure out where I was, then the long 36 hour Monday flashed…
Read MoreSome ideas on Pinterest may seem like a good idea at the time…
Sowing the seeds of love, we’re off to a seedy start, I’ve sowed the seeds to a new season… I could go on, the clichés are endless! Entering into August puts us one month closer to spring and the weather…
Read MoreRain delays play
In the last 30 days we have had 26 days of rain and of those 14 had over 5mm. To be completely honest with you I did round up two days from 4.8 to the nearest whole number. One day…
Read MoreAnd today is going to be…..
When you’re not in it, your thoughts of winter are images of endless, cold, wet and miserable days. But once you are there in the heart of the cold season, sometimes it surprizes you and you get some days where…
Read MoreGoodbye long gloomy winter days…
Hello ever so slightly shorter gloomy winter days. Well we have passed the winter solstice – the shortest day. No longer will the day be so abruptly ended at 5:11pm! With each passing day we will begin our descent towards…
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