When I spotted these old clay field pipes on Trade Me last week I immediately started to imagine an eye catching feature in my garden with these pipes neatly arranged to accommodate my first crop of strawberries. The temptation of it all was just too much. These days I’m tempted by the “simple things” in [...]
As much as I love working in my vegetable garden there are times when it takes back stage. The 25th of April – Anzac Day is one such time. Above: My father Leslie Hamilton Dunn served in the 21st New Zealand infantry battalion 1939-45 and fought against Erwin Rommel’s troops in Egypt. Above: My great [...]
Now that you’ve decided to start a vegetable garden one of the first and very important questions facing you is, “where is it going to go?” Here are a few points that will hopefully make things easier and ensure your gardening experience is an enjoyable one. Aim for maximum sunshine. Regardless of the size of [...]
When my wife returned home this evening and saw what I was doing out the back she was some what concerned and asked why was I digging this sinister looking hole in the lawn. I assured her that she need not worry as this was just the beginnings of a second vegetable garden. I think [...]
With Easter fast approaching my timing is spot on for writing about cute little bunnies like this. This photo was taken a couple of weeks ago when I discovered that “Peter Rabbit” and his two siblings had taken refuge under our front deck. Unfortunately for this trio I wasn’t the only one observing their comings [...]
At the time of writing this post, the 4 feijoa trees in our back lawn are laden with a bumper crop of fruit. As children growing up on the farm, we literally ate bucket loads of feijoas as almost everyone had trees in their garden. Often you couldn’t give them away as there was an [...]
From time to time every gardener has to decide what to do with that favourite spade or rake that has given up the ghost. What happens to your garden tools when they have reached the point of “not working” anymore? Unlike myself I suspect 99% of gardeners just “turf them out”. Some years back whilst [...]
