by Sara | Oct 5, 2021 | News
After torrential rain in the night (cats needed to be dried off with towels) the sun is shining and dogs and llamas are happy. We have the bedroom door open again. A wet day meant we got the bedroom curtains up and the copper fire surround in place. More planting...
by Sara | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Firing warning shots at the marauding pukeko seems to work. They will also take off when the dogs bark or Lovage stalks them. The log splitter started first time after two years in lockdown! We had a great soak in the hot tub last night before torrential rain set in....
by Sara | Oct 3, 2021 | News
The totara sure know it is spring time. The new growth is so luscious it looks like flowers. We went to a very disappointing Plant Market yesterday, mainly expensive house plants, not what I was looking for. So I went to Tikipunga first thing this morning and came...
by Sara | Oct 2, 2021 | News
A very strong bean structure, built by the resident engineer genius, to withstand the mighty winds is now in place on the garden bank. I had exactly the right number of scarlet runner seeds to plant. Just hoping they will cope with clay under a very skinny layer of...
by Sara | Oct 1, 2021 | News
Mr. Brock was convinced there was a possum in the huge puriri tree, he was probably right. Clary went to have a look while I weeded the bank. It was idyllic weeding in the shady bush for a couple of hours and a break from the wind and dust up by the house. Thought I...
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