After all the due care and attention that I gave the bassets last week, they are now fully recovered and back to their usual high jinx. Except this time there’s been a twist in the plot. Yes, this charming looking little basset busy sniffing in the early... I’m not sure it’s a good thing when this happens to your Bok Choi. One day they were growing leaves and the next moment I turn and look they are sprouting flowers. Pesky things. There is plenty of growth in the potager right now on account of the... I never thought I’d reach the dizzy heights of domesticity when I would rustle up a tray of muffins for visitors for morning coffee without a moments thought. But today was a special day as I had a visitor – a friend of a friend who has recently moved... Last night was something of a watershed in our house building adventures. We are now the proud owners of a Gold Award New Home as judged by the Master Builders Association. We were thrilled for our Architect and Build Company Moss Brothers Wellington Wairarapa ... All around the local countryside there are pink ribbons hanging on trees. This is not a symbolic gesture of support to fight breast cancer but a more practical and visible indicator of local pest control. In the main it’s to show where the local environment... 