Labour Day is the traditional planting weekend in New Zealand but this year it was a bit wet and mucky so today’s been the day that we’ve followed in the footsteps of Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Percy Thrower and dare I say it Geoff Hamilton. OK, I’m... Commonly known as The Judas Tree our Cercis Siliquastrum is getting into flower. It’s a proliferation of pink flowers and really brightening up our garden. It’s a great distraction from the pile of top soil next to it! Today the sun came out and...
Yup, it’s been raining again. A full blown windy and wet Wellington storm blew in today and here’s the proof! We had 66.5mm today and most of it arriving at a horizontal angle. If you’re really keen you can keep tabs on our weather here.... I played hooky today from work and chores. I even left the bassets to their own devices in the barn and headed off for lunch and an afternoon at the coast. I was visiting a friend who I first met as my coach trainer and then my coach. She’s an amazing lady... It’s been wild Spring weather this week – lots of rain and lots of wind. Destructive wind that has rendered my washing line inoperable. It was a soul destroying moment to see it collapsed in a heap with my washing trailing on the floor. Not to... 