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Please rescue me? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
This week should see my finest hours as a compulsive rescuer - firstly of unwanted plants and shrubs (roses, rhododendrons, camellias, and so on) from other people's gardens, secondly of teddy bears (...
A Lovely Way to Spend a Morning 25 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Sings in croony contralto voice: 'It's been a lovely way.... to spend a morning...' I have been in the Wattle Woods pulling out Creeping Charlie. It is my intention to remove him and all of his brothe...
Footnotes... 22 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Normally I am happy with my feet. They are modest in size, and fit snugly into my gardening boots. But for delicate spring weeding they turn into super-sized clown feet. I tread on this, I squash that...
Good dog-company... 17 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
My dear dog Rusty has certainly lifted his gardening game. 'A garden seat underneath the bough, a cup of tea, a dog biscuit, and thou.' Or something! He is following me around, listening to me, and co...
Lovely spring things... 14 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Lovely spring things are taking over the garden, and I've made a pledge to keep up with them all. The first Prunus blossom, the full flush of mid-season Camellias, rhododendrons in bud ready to bloom ...
Keeping Cat-Mother company... 12 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
I reckon my cats have a roster. 'Hey, guys - it's Thursday. Who's on 'Keeping Cat-Mother Company' duty? Big Fluff-Fluff, it's you! Off you go, quickly now, don't lose her. She's just going past the he...
Let the seed sowing commence! 8 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
All the signs are extremely auspicious this week. The stars are aligned, the tea leaves deeply symbolic, the entrails - no, never mind the entrails. Basically, I have found my permanent marker black p...
I love my shed-with-a-bed! 5 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Waking up in Pond Cottage - ginger cat Percy in the window, chirping like a bird, the bellbirds whistling high in the trees, a pair of mallard ducks cruising contentedly around the pond, my cottage ca...
50 ways to do your gardening... 2 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
The beginning of a new gardening month is always exciting. So what's the plan, Stan? Clear a new bed, Ted? Cut down a tree, Lee? Plant a Camellia, Delia? Aha! There must be fifty ways to do your garde...
Swept Away... 31 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
Garden maintenance usually involves a whole lot of nothing. But late winter garden maintenance is different. I float along doing some humdrum task, and then I'm swept away in a surge of hope and posit...
