~ What We Are Growing, Breeding, Cooking, Crafting At Our Place ~
Posted in Flower Garden, Orchard, Vegetable Growing on Feb 11th, 2012
Last weekend was the Brightwater Summer Show. We were asked to put in some entries to help make up numbers. My dahlias, & most of my garden, were looking quite sad after a windy storm followed by a week of dry. I picked a bucket full but was told most were not “show” flowers. […]
Posted in Flower Garden, Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Oct 12th, 2011
We have 2 orpington x wyandotte hens, Sylvia & Shirley, who decided it was a better life over the fence living with our little Pekin bantams in the house garden. I raised them from our own eggs last year & they talk to me every time I venture outside. We have fun & games finding their eggs, […]
Posted in Crafts, Flower Garden, Poultry on Oct 6th, 2011
In August I showed you the garden cloche hubby made for our raised vegetable garden. He’s been working in the shed again, on rainy days, making me some mini cloches. As always, cleverly constructed from recycled timber (kwilla from a discarded pallet). Last year I had quite a battle trying to get my dahlias growing, […]
Posted in Flower Garden, Orchard, Poultry, Vegetable Growing on Jul 27th, 2011
I thought you might find it interesting how we make compost here. Hubby is a gardener so he ‘brings home his work’. We have a tractor mounted chipper & every weekend he shreds the weeks work. Any that is guaranteed non-poisonous is used as animal bedding.. in shelters & chook houses. Later of course that […]
Posted in Flower Garden on Jul 1st, 2011
ok.. I guess its a little weird to be excited about a frost and I have been loving the long autumn with the warm days, but I am really pleased that we are having frosts this week because I know its killing some bugs that we dont want overwintering. Plus.. its makes for some really […]
Posted in Flower Garden, Kids, Orchard, Vegetable Growing on Feb 2nd, 2011
Well, we ended up with about 25 entries in the Summer Show this weekend. Roses, Dahlias, Cut flowers, Fruit & Vege plus the wee boys Sand Saucers, Vege creation & Floral arrangements. Of all that we got 13 firsts & only 3 items didn’t place. Not bad considering I had little idea what makes a […]
Posted in Flower Garden, Orchard, Vegetable Growing on Jan 21st, 2011
One of hubbys sweet lady customers runs the local Horticultural Show & has been asking us for 2 years to enter. Well, I’m biting the bullet & entering this month. She kindly showed me around her large show garden yesterday & gave me tips on how to prepare the dahlias. I’ve been round mine & […]
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