Garden Diary
August 2021
Monday morning, drinking coffee and listening to a lovely dawn chorus from the local birds. Winter has flown by, barely noticed apart from the one
August 16, 2021
Quiet Rectangle
Garden Diary
Autumn, the Spring of Winter.
A lot has been happening in ‘real life’ and I temporarily forgot I had a garden blog or any gardening related plans at all. That
April 27, 2021
Garden Diary
October 2020 update
I had told myself I’d have my little calendar finished by November. And that I would have trained to run a rather steep half marathon
October 5, 2020
Recipes
Bolted Brassica Soup
With the days getting longer in the Southern Hemisphere your winter brassicas might be loosening and attempting to go to seed (bolting). They might not look pretty but you can still use them up with a comforting and creamy soup, delicious served with a chunky hunk of sourdough bread.
August 9, 2020
Garden Diary
May 2020 update
Writing this in limbo… I’m moving to Tauranga for a couple of years a few months to be nearer family while my baby is young.
May 18, 2020
Garden Diary
March 2020 Update
Who even has time to write a blog? I was just about to go top up the chickens water, when the sky did the job
March 20, 2020
Recipes
Green garden pasta
An easy recipe to use up whatever greens you have growing in the garden, in a vegetarian or vegan pasta dish with nuts and/or seeds
November 23, 2019
Garden Diary
Ducks in the Garden – September 2019 Update
I have been neglecting the garden for most of the winter, as I have a baby on the way… and between being over sensitive to
September 24, 2019
Garden Diary
February 2019 Update
After a dry hot February here in Auckland, it’s been delightful to get some rain over the past few days. Just under a month away
February 25, 2019
Sustainable Living
Sustainable Food Shopping Auckland
This list is a work in progress, I will keep adding to it and adjusting. It’s mostly based on what I’ve discovered in areas that
October 27, 2018
Garden Diary
The Journey Begins
The first blog post. The first page in my garden diary is dated 20/04/2016. It details the requirements of an imaginary future ‘quiet rectangle’; A
October 26, 2018