After a year or two of dormancy, and sad goodbyes - Uncle Danny, Mum, Toyota Funcargo..Book Fridge, I'm slowly reawakening the garden.
The hedges need trimming, but otherwise the lawn is still being mowed and am keeping up with maintanence. I harvested 3 trayfuls of grapes, which had a bumper crop this year.
Update - Leyton trimmed the hedge with the power trimmer, so all the hedges are now razor sharp and rectangular/boxy.
I have a new car! That can fit loads of plants and sacks of compost!
Dusty now has catnip, which she duly squashed, and some catmint.
Lobelias are brightening up my pots, and I've put in more spring onions, courtesy of Taiping.
New books include 'We can do Hard Things', 'Cats with Jobs' 'The New Zealand Road Code' and a pile of circulating library books. I made thai buttercup soup.
Watermelons are on sale by the road.
Garden Club is gearing up for another year.
I drove to the Honey Centre in Warkworth, and wanted to bring some bees back, but ended up with ginger honey and lavender beeswax. Glennis got crowned 'Queen Bee'. Fresh fruit berry icecreams are on sale in Swanson.
Makutu Link had an open day where I saw eels being fed raw eggs. My friend Nicole is now a jobbing gardener. I'm not accepting outside work currently...have too much housework to do.
Pat from Garden club turned 93.
All in all things are looking brighter for 2026. 😎
