Continue reading “Finding the Wood through the Trees”I’ve inherited my love of gardening from very distant relatives. Assuming I am a ‘rational animal’ that is – because I have my doubts!
Finding the Wood through the Trees
Gardening and Community
Continue reading “Gardening and Community”While busily sorting two areas of my garden today I apologised out loud to a beetle scurrying around my paintbrush. You see I had disturbed his entire composting community in order to access these fences for staining and he was at a loss for where to now call home.
Three Trees and a Rock
Continue reading “Three Trees and a Rock”At the top I perched on the large rock for a rest and was unexpectedly hit like a ton of bricks by a thought.
More Than a Twig
So extensive was the build and remedial work on our site after the earthquakes, that not a single plant remained. It’s been
hard workgreat to start with a blank canvas but also means we are currently devoid of height in our garden. Here’s what I’ve had to consider in choosing suitable trees for our site.
Garden Vignettes
Continue reading “Garden Vignettes”When water trickles away instead of reaching the plants; and the pea straw slips down the slope and the cross-wind snaps yet another flower stalk ….
Feet Planted in Two Lands
Continue reading “Feet Planted in Two Lands”As a photographer I see value in documenting ‘life’ and appreciate that some projects can take a painfully long time to come together. We have been waiting for this rebuild for 9 years!
Impatient Gardener
Continue reading “Impatient Gardener”This is not a garden to save me time – it is one to help me savour time.
Remote Gardening
Continue reading “Remote Gardening”The purchases were carefully placed into every available space of the car so there was no option but to shove our parents in at the last minute.
