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Production all round

Production all round

Splitting firewood, spreading mulch from same tree and baking a huge cake and muffins has occupied most of the day. Most trees are now mulched The cake was far too big when there are no visitors. I reckon I could easily feed 16! Very yummy with creme fraiche And the...
A little salad

A little salad

The very first mesclun salad greens have come up strongly. No slugs and snails or other bugS so I’ll be able to add them to a salad over the next few days. Some of the newly planted herbs are doing well and the chervil is just starting to emerge. The llamas came for...
Puawhananga, native clematis in flower

Puawhananga, native clematis in flower

A beautiful sunny afternoon, still very wet underfoot and the dogs and I all got extremely muddy weeding. We saw puawhananga flowering on a number of plants glistening in the bush near the kauri trees. The llamas were very happy browsing at the top of the hill. The...
A walk on the beach

A walk on the beach

After too much internet and zoom we went for a walk on Reotahi beach. No seaweed but Brocky found a huge log and then we found him a more reasonably sized one. There were some magnificent epiphytes on the cliff edge. We found some on the side of the road that still...
Who’s in my bed?

Who’s in my bed?

Well I suppose I just have to put up with her and go to sleep anyway. Sigh! Everyone got to sleep eventually with Sorrel relocated to our bed. We had a very productive day. Got everything planted successfully, harvested bamboo for a trellis for sugar snap peas and had...