Recent Garden News
Head Gardener
The Recent Garden News page displays the fifteen most recent additions to Mooseys Country Garden. This should help visitors keep up with what's going on in my garden.
Gardens are always growing and changing - there's always something new to see. And, as I love writing about my garden almost as much as being in it, there'll always be some new Moosey ramblings to read, or new pictures to look at. Perhaps the garden activities of my summer will warm up a northern hemisphere gardener's winter days. I know how much I enjoy my mid-winter garden visits to summery places.
Two weeks can be a long time in the life of a garden. There's inevitably some repetition, so please be understanding if I'm saying the same things over and over again. I hope you'll enjoy seeing what I've been working on recently...
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Speckles is smoochy!...
- It's February 2026. I have now been feeding wild cat Speckles for just over four years, as regularly as he bothers to turn up. There was an important breakthrough in our relationship last week. So exciting. Speckles actually walked over my lap. AMAZING!
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Who cares what the date is!...
- Friday 13th was just another great gardening day for me. Didn't realise the date until after dinner time, so no chance to be remotely superstitious. Great gardening days don't care which number they've been assigned...
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Sitting down on the job!...
- I love doing sit-down gardening. My knees talk to me in the night if I've been kneeling. My hips join in if I've done too much ducking and diving. So sitting in the dirt suits me just fine. Quiet nights!
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Guilty?...
- Had the day off the garden yesterday. This morning I felt a bit guilty, so decided I needed to work extra hard. Really silly - am allowed a day of rest (as long as I water the pots of tomatoes). So there.
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Continuing......
- So what am I going to do today? Continue what I was doing yesterday. Gardeners are always continuing something or other. So I'm going back over by the Hen House to work in the shade...
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Checking the poultry......
- Today's first task should be to weed and clean up Henworld, and to check on the poultry. A weedy grass which came into my garden with some Agapanthus I planted there needs to be pulled out. ASAP. BISS. Before it sets seeds.
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Reconnecting......
- Good morning to my garden, and my inner gardener. Time you were both reconnected. It's a coolish but sunny day, no wind, and I have no commitments. Yeay! It's merely a question of what to do first. What, indeed? When in doubt, write a list.
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Hello February!...
- My goodness, it's February already. My goodness indeed. All my lovely musical groups start up again this week. I am enjoying my relationship with my wonderful garden, spending quality time in it with my dogs.
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In the water race......
- Summer means standing in the water race in my crocs and trimming Carexes, Ferns, and Phormiums. The water refreshes the mind (and the feet), the trickling and burbling noises calm the spirit.
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Visiting inspiration... ...
- Have been thinking about the inspiration that nice garden visitors can give me. Like the friend who whooshed around and commented 'It's amazing that you have so few weeds. How do you keep them all down?' Bit of an exaggeration, but a lovely thing to say when I'd actually been working hard weeding. I felt really proud of my efforts!
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Summer bonfire is allowed......
- The fire ban has been lifted (there's been significant rainfall in the last two weeks). It's a gloomy January day. And Non-Gardening Partner has the day off. Ha! The starts are aligned! Specifically, NGP can be the star of the bonfire.
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Rudderless!...
- Aargh! I am rudderless! Non-Gardening Partner has gone back to work (I thought he had another week off). I'm not sure exactly why I'm missing him - it is only 10am, first morning on my own. What a silly billy I am. Hmm...
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Fix up the flaxes......
- Oh boy! It's turning into a Fix Up the Flaxes month. More and more of the larger Phormiums (I have quite a few) are splitting apart. They've had a bumper flowering season, and their stalks are really heavy.
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More warm summer rain......
- We've had another three days of wonderful summer warm rain - the perfect length of time to finish the second holiday jigsaw, reflect on the garden, and recharge. This morning the drizzle has finally stopped, leaving shiny wet vegetation and saturated soil. Yeay!
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Finish what I started?...
- Have just had the most scary gardening idea, which fills me with dread. It makes me want to curl up under the bedcovers and refuse to come out! I make a list of all the things I've started this year and not finished. And then I finish them, one by one. Aargh!