Mowing in style – you can’t beat it!

The bassets are only interested in play.  Mowers are noisy and move and they play havoc with their nerves.  They are also very wary of anything that takes away the long grass that they love to play in. We on the other hand love things that are noisy and move,...

Boys toys bring welcome relief

This all might sound a bit strange after yesterday’s post about the erratic growth in our lawn but we’ve welcome relief on hand with the ultimate in boys gardening toys.  It’s taken a great deal of research, consideration of specifications,...

Green, green grass……

Just so I could sing the Green Green Grass of Home like Tom Jones (although I think I’ll skip the deep voice and hip wiggle) getting a lawn has been a priority for us here at Domestic Executive HQ.  I think MT has more deep and meaningful reasons for having a...

Drive gardening – don’t you just love it?

Just like the thistles invading the back garden the weeds are taking over the drive.  In the past I would have whipped out the weedkiller and zapped them to death with poison.  However with two sniffy bassets and run off into the neighboring land I can’t bring...

Night skies to enjoy

Tonight we were celebrating.  It’s been a sunny and calm day and we had temperatures of 24 degrees celsius at 7pm this evening.  A rare thing indeed.  We celebrated with dinner on the veranda watching the sun go down. It’s fair to say that the balmy...