We have not had the heating on nearly so much in the last week so it’s definitely picking up weather wise. It doesn’t take away from the fact that October was the coldest it’s been in New Zealand for 25 years. I have high hopes for the rest of... I think my photography mojo was left in the overhead locker in an Air New Zealand plane. Although I’ve snapped away since being back from our big trip my hearts just not been fully in it. I’m forcing myself to go out every day and fine things to... Everyday I’ve been doing my anxious mother hen impression checking on the seeds I planted last week. Watching and waiting to see the signs of seedlings breaking cover through the light dusting of soil I pushed over them. The first shoots started coming... For a while I thought that the Spinach in my potager was going to be my second flop crop. After my disappointment with the broad beans I didn’t want any more growing failures right now. After all my spinach plants had battled through the winter being chomped... There has been high excitement across our local community with the news that a farmers market was opening up in Upper Hutt. Although there are a growing number of markets across New Zealand Upper Hutt is definitely one of the pioneers in the revolution for locally... 