Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
A day for remembrance, thought and contemplation…..Anzac Day’s pruning of the rosemary has become my own little tradition. It just so happens that the day coincides with appropriate timing for this necessary task, and the happy result of a few hours hard...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
So……what to do on a very cold, verywet Saturday? Get propagating!!! I’ve been trying to get around to it for weeks, so it seemed the perfect opportunity to rug up & get on with the job. As the climate has ricocheted between hot & dry...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Fragile, scented white ginger in morning’s first light….
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
I so enjoy the fragile shell-pink petals against the sturdy iron-bark slabs of the potting shed. Any blooms produced by this rose in the autumn are truly a bonus and greatly cherished. Unlike spring when there are dozens, a single out-of-season bloom is utterly...
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
Autumn has arrived….
Sep 18, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, The Garden
What delight to find this bloom on my morning’s brief garden ramble…(post watering the veg!). The season is truly on the turn; the earth grateful for the recent rain and the morning grass heavy with dew. Now the beans need harvesting twice a day, the...
