1st May in my Garden

“Never cast a clout until May be out!” The temperature is without a doubt the coldest I’ve known at this time of year although Hawthorn is out and May is here. Cold winds are blowing from the east or north. At least some of May flowers have come...

My Garden 2015

Monday March 23rdI did my first spot of gardening this year on surprisingly warm 12th and 13th March after the binmen had finally emptied my garden wheelie bin of the clematis I chopped down the day after the bin had been emptied for the final time last year, which...

My Garden 2014

 A chronicle following the progress of my new gardenSunday March 16th Well I doubt there will be much to write about now, having had my garden stripped of most of my established plants, but I am sure that the little plants put in by the landscaper and those that I...

The Garden Project

 Day 1 – Demolition Man has arrived with his helpmate, Builder’s Bum! Look out Eucalyptus, your hours are numbered!Scary stuff, watching a tree coming down in one’s own garden. I’m glad that they seemed to know what they were doing. The...

My Garden 2013

Jan 7th 2013 — Not really a New Year resolution, more that I took advantage of an opportunity to have a garden tidy up, before the weather returned to norm. It is quite mild, so I got dressed before going down to sort out the dogs, instead of keeping on my jim jams...
Duncan and Dulcie Dunnock

Duncan and Dulcie Dunnock

Duncan and Dulcie Dunnock are a good pairthey’ve bred here for years in our bush over there.They fly round and round our garden all day longfeeding their chicks who are making quite a song. They feed on the ground scrabbling amongst the shrubs,I suppose that...