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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Hope this finds you well Dearhearts,
This is my new blue metal watering can. I adore it! Doesn’t it look wonderful there with little droplets on the shiny blueness and silverness?
I was going to write a long and philosophical post. Something about Blue + Metal + Watering + Can = Deep and meaningful. But I have [...]
4 Reasons why getting apricots pecked over by feathered scoundrels could be a learning experience
Friday, November 20th, 2009Hello Dear folks,
My Facebook Status this week:
“Survivor, Backyard Apricot Tree” Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.
Rainbow Lorikeets 50, Me Zero.
I’ll bet your birdy stomachs will ache – all the fruit you have pecked to shreds is green, green, green. I’ll be ready for you next year, rainbowy beaky bandits!
Here is a photo of both devastation and hope:
The avifauna [...]
Writing, gardening, berry-ing, art planning
Sunday, April 19th, 2009Dear blog siblings,
Rebecca Leigh, the wonderful copywriter who wrote the text for my (Tangerine Meg Art Card shop) site has included my “pleased customer” comments on her updated site. I am chuffed!
Gardening update
Broccoli seedlings: happily settled in,
Strawberry Guava: happy,
Petunias: red (they really do seem to be the strongest colour) and happy, despite or because of [...]
2008 – what a good number
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Hello fellow breathers of air!
This site has had 2008 hits as of right now. Thanks heaps for visiting and reading this.
I have been eating a lot of pistachio nuts lately, Mmm! I decided that binning (to landfill) wasn’t the way to go with all the shells so have been collecting them in an old container. [...]
Seedlings, seeds general gardening news and Tricicle 20
Sunday, October 19th, 2008A warm welcome today, blog-friends,
I will plant later when it’s cooler outside, but am excited just to have in the house (purchased from our local Farmers Market) some new dear little vegetable seedlings. I will list them, as they are heirloom (some of them) and interesting:
Money Maker Tall Tomato, Carmello Tall Tomato, punnet of mixed [...]
New fruit trees better than a puppy!
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008Hello dear readers,
I am chuffed to report that yesterday another pair of fruit trees (not pears) was planted in my garden. The spot had been enriched with bokashi compost 2 and 6 weeks ago. The trees are a medium-late apricot (a Trevatt) and an All-In-One compact (3-3.5m) self-pollinating Almond. Nature obliged us with some lovely [...]