There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. ~ Alfred Austin

Veggie Patch Therapy
“Joy is a flower that blooms when you do”. – Unknown Yesterday, I had a glorious, uninterrupted, full day in the garden. I ticked every item off my to-do list and even managed an extra load of tasks. But, the reason why this was possible was not so happy. Husband was laid up with a [...]

Illuminated Garbage
“In Beverly Hills, they don’t throw their garbage away, they make it into television shows. ~ Woody Allen I was driving home from my morning school run when I noticed it on the side of the road. It was an abandoned, presumably broken, electric chandelier. To be fair, it wasn’t really fancy. No crystal [...]

Finally, Planting!
One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. ~W.E. Johns Most unusually for a garden blog, I have not planted anything these last few months. Just as I was going to rename my blog to something like “Rants-about-the-heat-and-drought” the seasons seemed to shift and the cool break has arrived. [...]

Up-cycled Potting Bench
Every 9 months or so our local council has a kerb collection. For those of you not familiar with this practice, it’s the opportunity for every house in the street to bring out all our un-wanted, un-donateable, un-sellable crap and park it on our front verges. It is then collected by tag teams of bobcats [...]
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