MICKEY’S BLOG
In the days before Instagram, Mickey kept a regular blog of snippets from Glenmore House.
You may enjoy looking back through them!
Bundles of beans….
Several months ago, the ti-pis were bound high up with flax, in anticipation of winding tendrils. And now, we have bundles of beans, just in time for...
Festive garlands….
With booty like this at stake..... We've come up with a new kind of Christmas decoration! Our house verandahs are now festooned with paper bags tied up with string! I'm not sure if it will work....we've certainly never tried to contain quite so many bunches of...
Summer trickle….
Slowly it begins....we've had just a very few trusses of small vine-ripened tomatoes to date, as well as a handful of beans; but these are the very first cucumbers and it looks like the annual bean feast is about to...
Bench of roses….
Early summer morning and the kitchen bench is smothered in roses tipped from my basket....
And then….
There were tomatoes! The first of the season. I guess they'd be described as 'vine-ripened' in the shops, which is just the way the come in the garden!
Early Christmas cheer….
Market stall, The Society inc. Flea Market on Saturday morning. What a lovely treat to see so many friends, and a joy to share the pavement with delightful sparks of creative energy. It was a fun morning (though I fear that like everyone else, I spent more than I...
To the flea market….
I'll also be taking my favourite Moroccan baskets (the ones I use all the time in the garden for weeding & deadheading), balls of flax twine (the best presents always come tied up with string) and a colander full of hardworking nail brushes - the ones all...
Marmalade to market….
Of course, I'll have lots of jars of Seville Orange Marmalade at the Christmas Flea Market on Saturday as well - it wouldn't be Christmas without it (not in this household...
Treasure hunt….
It began months ago.....tracking down the perfect coir pots.... And taking cuttings of my rose-scented Pelargoniums. So that I have pots to sell at Sibella's Christmas Flea Market this coming Saturday 7 December: The Society inc.18 Stewart Street Paddington: on...
Good companions….
Companion planting is a term that alludes to so many different ideas; whether planting specifically for the purpose of controlling (or confusing pests), bringing in good bugs, or the likelihood of one or more plants benefiting from the other's presence. But I also...
New potato season….
When I chalked the board late on Thursday evening for Friday's Kitchen Gardening lunch menu, I knew I was taking a risk.....I hadn't had a chance to go digging in the potato patch to see if there was actually anything there! So you can imagine my sheer relief when...
Special event….
Visit READS in Queen Street, Woollahra to learn about a very special Kitchen Gardening Event in March next year! Or attend the 'My Kitchen Garden Talk' today, 1 December,...
Sample basket….
A sample basket of Glenmore goodies, ready for Woollahra's 'It's All About Food' event tomorrow, Sunday 1 December. A little collection of essential kit; marmalade, plants, herbs and flowers.... Into the car and off we'll go! I'll be on a speaking panel with...
Magnolia grandiflora….
What a magical specimen of a thing! I was given the most amazing bunch last week by a gardening friend and can't believe I didn't get around to photographing them until only one was left standing! These flowers are intoxicating....their perfume so delicate yet...
Rag hangers….
Ready to hang the next batch of Essential Work Dresses! (Yes, it took ages but I hate allowing a good selvedge to go to waste, let alone an almost-perished leftover length of mangle cloth!). In a sludgy taupe, grey-blue and natural summer-weight linen. They are all...
Phils overalls….
Part of me thinks the best part of the day was Phil's overalls....he always wears the coolest ones you can imagine! ps if the images don't show up in your feed for the Kinfolk Dinner post, just click through to the actual blog on the website - I forgot to process a...
Kinfolk dinner….
When Sydney-based photographer Luisa Brimble contacted me and came to visit earlier this year....she had stars in her eyes and an event on her mind. That it would turn into the first ever Australian Kinfolk Dinner, with Kinfolk Magaazine founder & co-owner...
Kinfolk memento….
Sorting mementos from the garden, for the Kinfolk Dinner: Sunflower seed, nigella pods, poppy & sorrel seed, rosemary, lavender and the leaf of a rose-scented pelargonium. Little parcels of the Garden at Glenmore, for guests to take home...to treasure, to sow,...
Kinfolk day….
And the sun is shining for the first time in more than a week! It's going to be a busy...
Salad leaf posy….
Given the crazy weather we've been experiencing of late, the pickings in the garden are a little lean. But its still a thrill to pick a posy of leaves and flowers to contribute towards a leaf salad. Land cress, coloured chard & sorrel, nasturtium & chive...