Category: Garden

The garden has been getting out of hand in the last few weeks as the combination of heat and rain have provided perfect growing conditions so the grass and weeds … Read More

Couple of more pictures of the garden after yesterdays tractor activity, these show the main area that was sorted out as well as the area at the bottom of the … Read More

There were a coupe of areas in the Garden that were best described as ‘unmanaged’! However during a conversation with the farmer next door I enquired if his son could … Read More

With temperatures hitting the low 40’s not much activity from humans! Yesterday we recorded 43 while driving back from a shopping expedition.   The only significant activity is from the … Read More

Looks like the pruning (hacking) we gave the vine didn’t kill it after all…. its doing well and has lots of grapes.

… and the lawn has been cut, the edges have been strimmed and generally it all looks a lot neater! Oh, and the sun shone today and I ate my … Read More

Many houses around here, and especially those owned by ‘Brits’, have a strange ornament somewhere in the their gardens. Not wanting to feel left out, and in order to fit … Read More

Made another trip to the house to cut the grass (there must be a more economical way – but any excuse). As it was 4 weeks since we were last … Read More

We have just over 2 acres with the house, a nice size (even if it takes a lot to manage). One of the ‘challenges’ we have are the garden rubbish … Read More

Another small project kicked off last weekend – the well. The pictures tell the story far better than a few words from me. While the main well is stone and … Read More