by Sara | Oct 13, 2021 | News
I decided to rake a little break this morning and continue with my beach research to prepare for summer visitors. There is a great spot at the end of Nook Rd, it’s a bit of a scramble down. I just wished I’d brought some bags for all the pretty pink sea lettuce,...
by Sara | Oct 12, 2021 | News
We finally managed to plant the kowharawhara, perching lily or Astelia Solandri, in the fork of a big totara tree. I think it will do well there as one living in it’s neighbour is massive. Simon has stacked the first load of firewood for next winter and I remembered...
by Sara | Oct 11, 2021 | News
Bamboo is such a fantastic material for light garden structures. Thank you Robin, for letting us raid your garden. I certainly don’t want to grow any. It’s a perfect day for planting so two sorts of sugar snap peas are now in the ground and a picking space is mulched....
by Sara | Oct 10, 2021 | News
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...
by Sara | Oct 9, 2021 | News
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...
by Sara | Oct 8, 2021 | News
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...
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