Spring, kind of

It’s supposed to be spring here now but just like the rest of 2020 it’s not going to plan 

The weather has turned very chilly, in fact we have had snow in many parts of the country!

But I have my hot house and finally we have sprouted some seeds  top pic plus zucchini 

And baby tomatoes in the next one 


One lot of beans have gone ballistic but the other two pots are still just dirt. So we wait 

The are done fig cuttings a friend struck. I was gifted them and placed them in the hot house. Busting into foliage 

The grape cuttings were not a total loss. I have five and they too were brought into the hot house to protect them 

I found out they are sweet Muscat a white variety 

I’m thinking three to go for the Christmas present and I’ll keep two for me 


As I’m typing this the rains have come again 

So definitely a stay inside day with the fire going

We are still! In lockdown 

Can only travel five kilometres from home unless for work groceries or medical 

Wearing thin now I can tell you. But with this weather I guess we wouldn’t venture out too far anyway 

Stay safe and well

See ya xxx

On the home front

I’m still here. 

We are still in stage four lockdown 

So not heaps going on right now 

It’s been very very wet and the ground out the back was soaked. So I couldn’t get to my veggie garden 

Today we went in, me without shoes as per normal, 

And harvested what we could and ripped out anything that had gone to seed to be fed to the steer and sheep 

We got a heap of silverbeet, or rainbow chard some people call it 

A few head of cabbages 

The last of the onions

I think I’ll cook them up with the cabbages and then freeze it in portions

The last of the lettuces 

We will have that for a our dinner tonight 

With the left over roast lamb 

My wonderful friend who works in the nursery industry always buys extra seedlings from her work and drops half  off to me on the way home 

So I’ve planted out the tomatoes in the big pots. 

I’m hoping to get early crops from these six and then if my seeds germinate I’ll share my seedlings with her 

And that will mean we will have successive cropping to last all through the summer 

Well that’s the plan 

Still need to put these in the garden but I’ll have to finish weeding it first 

Hopefully by the end of the day or tomorrow at the latest 

Inside the craft room is still waiting on tradies to be able to come but we are hoping in the next few weeks that will happen

I’ve been working on a few things that I can’t show you just yet! 

But I’ve been also making these trauma teddies 

Which one I have a few more and we are able to go again I’ll drop off

To charity 

So that’s caught you all up 

I’m starting to struggle with all this covid stuff mentally 

And physically 

I never imagined just how much good the swimming was doing for me 

And getting out everyday to see my swim friends, who are all in the same boat as me swimming 

To help with pain and injury.

The support is a huge part of the swimming not just getting out of the house 

Hopefully soon restrictions will ease 

And slowly we will get to a level of some kind of normalcy 

But for now. Stay safe and well 

See ya xxx 

Third times the charm

My seeds have arrived. So I’ve gone out and planted some 

Let’s hope the wild winds have stopped now

They say third times the charm so fingers crossed 

Still in lockdown 

The sun is out today and it would of been perfect to wander the nursery looking at all the pretty plants. 

Hopefully soon life can return to some sort of normalcy stay safe and well

See ya xx

Wordless Wednesday

A slow Sunday

Today the weather has been better than it has been for a while

It was still windy and overnight we had very strong winds

I check the hot house and all pots were still intact so my hard work had payed off 

I don’t normally bring in flowers as I believe if you really love them you will let them bloom in your garden 

But with the winds being as strong as they have been, flowers are not lasting long so I though I might as well bring 

Them in to enjoy 

The lavender, of which There are two varieties, smell lovely 

The daisies are blooming wonderfully

I even brought in some Camilla flowers. So I have them floating in bowls of water 

Hubby spent the day cleaning up right out the front. 

He had been putting things that needed to be thrown out and things that needed to be stockpiled until he 

Found a permanent spot for them 

And after getting rid of it all he mowed the grass 

The good thing about all this wind is the ground is drying out 

It looks much better now and the smell of mowed lawn is the smell of spring I think 

So life is ticking along 

We have had video calls from our granddaughters and that always is a bright moment in our lives 

Hopefully soon we will be able to hold them again 

The day is staring to get grey again 

Hopefully we won’t get too much more rain 

How your weather? 

Stay safe and well 

See ya xxx

Hot house mess

Two nights ago we had very strong winds 

Tress came down all over power went out for many so yesterday I approached the house house wearily 

It was still standing and I silently send out a word of thanks to the universe 

That was until I got inside.

The side shelves had been knocked of with all the flapping of the sides and the seedling trays all over the floor. 

I was guttered 

So I messaged hubby to bring me some cable ties when he got home from  work and I set about cleaning the mess 

I think I was able to save many of the pots. It was lucky I had given them plenty of moisture st and didn’t spill

So today I set about preventing an occurrence 

I cable ties the shelves. I’ll go back and cut off the excess 


This tie has bricked the tent flapped so much so I’ve retired if for now. I will add an extra one fir safety 


I’ve placed planks on with side to hold the tent down. I’ll add a couple of bricks to just be sure 


I’ve re seeded watered and set up again 

It’s these little things that can set you back and break your heart. But a gardener always tries again. 

Still waiting on seed delivery from diggers so I’ll be able to 

Replace what I ran out off seeds for

Stay safe and well

We still have a few more weeks of stage four lockdown to go

See ya xx

A glimpse of things to come

Beautiful blue sky today. And no rain 

So I thought I’d wander around the garden and see what’s happening 

A few roses are blooming although the plants are still bare 



Lots of little flowers are starting to open I’ve forgotten what they all are but they are very pretty and gladden the heart after the dreary winter days 







Pretty sure these are daisies 

Doesn’t really matter they are a welcome splash of colour 

The lavender smell lovely and the bees love it 







The baby plants we put in last year are thriving, unfortunately so are the weeds. Way too wet to tackle them right now.  But a must do job as soon as it drys out. 


A native I bought on special. Lots of buds waiting to burst open. Some have and they are the cutest little flowers 




So that was just some of what’s blooming right now. As the days warm up more will spring to life 

A garden is a promise. A hope of better days. And we all need that right now 

Stay safe and well.

See ya xx