I am getting older today.
My garden is getting younger though as I've now got seeds, and am doing a seed fundraiser for Garden Club. We are hoping to get to 100 packets and then the profits can go to running our club, that has been going for over 65 years. This year will be the 66th!
So since last update I have been busy making umpteenth feijoa crumbles. Dad has been diligently picking up the fallen feijoas so the lawn is clear to mow. He picks up EVERY single one, no matter how small. I have given them away to friends, neighbours, family and even garden club members who often already have feijoas.
I cleared the last lot last night but who knows today may yield some more.
In other news comfrey tea barrel has been emptied and restarted again. I've had to add some citronella incense to it to repel any bugs, and might add neem oil to the mix. Also geranium leaves. Because it can get smelly.
Tangelo tree has fruits, even though half has been cut down because of borer, luckily I have a dwarf tangelo on flying dragon rootstock in a large garden tub waiting in the wings.
I've rearranged the pots a little and had to tidy up everything in anticipation of the Cylclone Vaianu that just missed us and devastated the Hawkes Bay instead. It's always a joy to rearrange things though as I like everything to be pleasing to the eye as much as I can, and to make the garden easier to work in, but it all takes time and will never ever be finished, as plants change with every season.
This reminds me I am getting older today and mum wants me to be happy. I still have sad days but being in my garden makes me happy and after so long neglecting it I have rediscovered my garden mojo, so I cherish the time I'm able to spend recovering from two years of caretaking. Plants are so much easier than humans as they are constantly rejuvenating.
So if anyone asks me what I'm doing with my life I say I am not drifting, I'm grounded and doing my garden. Eventually it will bear fruit and have so much abundance that I can't keep it all to myself and offer it to you.
