Although this is mostly a gardening blog, since I have pets, and they are often in the garden, I’ve added a category for pet posts. Here is a picture of what my partner calls “The Vandals”, wandering around the backyard, enjoying their daily freedom. They are called the vandals, because they stole his lunch from [...]

This doesn’t need any more words from me………

Today, it was quite pleasant for Winter, and the wind wasn’t too bad, so the garden got a little of my attention. First I dug a small part of the veggie patch – some couch grass and weeds needed to be disposed of. They are now in the chicken yard for the chooks to turn [...]

Sometimes we want plants which aren’t suitable for our gardens, or even for our climates. I always wanted a date palm, and they are a little large for the garden I have. Recently, whilst walking around a local market, I discovered a stall selling dwarf date palms, which are only supplosed to get about 2 [...]

Hello Everyone, and welcome to my garden. I’ll try to post at least twice a week, and hopefully more often, unless life takes over, and uses up my time.   You know how it is! Yesterday was pruning day, although we didn’t manage to get it all done. The apple tree missed out on being trimmed [...]