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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RIP Minimus...
- It's cold, with wintry sleet, almost snowing. I am back from the vet. Sadly, I've laid Minimus (my lovely little grey cat) to rest in the garden by the cottage, with chopped up forget-me-nots sprinkled all around her.
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Scrappy and moochy......
- Some days in the garden are purposeful and focussed. Some days are just scrappy and moochy. Such is today. Mainly because Minimus my cottage cat is not doing so well.
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Wind warning......
- OK. Have just received emergency notification for damaging high winds, starting early tomorrow morning. Guess I'll be sleeping in the house. Hope my gum trees will be OK (they're quite big).
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AI should know?...
- Equinoctial gales - a popular belief that strong winds occur at the time of an equinox because of the equinox. The myth likely arose from the natural increase in storms during autumn and spring. Says AI, and AI should know?
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Wind and water...
- Am having to water parts of the garden every day with my little hoses - particularly things that are newly planted. The hot nor-west wind keeps on blowing, drying everything out.
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Gifts for the garden...
- At this time of the year (mid to late spring) my garden gives me a lot of joy. In return, I do my best to nurture everything, to water, trim, cut back, and weed out anything overly aggressive. I give thanks every morning and evening for the trees, the shrubs, the flowers - even the lawns.
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Magnificent greenery......
- Aha! I am spending this week in the depths of the Hump Garden, where the greenery is magnificent, and the paths are mysterious. In other words there are weeds higher than my knees, and the paths have disappeared. Oops!
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A wind plan...
- I need a plan to neutralise the wind. It's roaring madly around my garden, crashing through all the trees, annoying me. I lose my purpose. Things I need to do (watering, bonfiring) are not sensible, and I'm left with a big gardening blank. And a grumpy face!
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Garden smarter......
- OK. Some things have to be done. It is what it is. One does what is needed. Oh well. Some weeds cannot be eradicated without - ahem - help. It is, after all, one way to 'garden smarter'.
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More weeding......
- I have two hours of gardening time before today's music rehearsal. What can I achieve? Hmm... What should I do? The answer to that is easy - do some more weeding. There is always more weeding to do. Pick a garden area - any garden area - and weed!
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Lots of loveliness......
- I love my early morning walks with the camera - I see lots of loveliness, green growth of Gunnera and other perennials, and new shrubs flowering, adding new colours to the garden.
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A new week......
- A new week, and another good morning to my October garden. So far the wet and rainy weather has been so good for you. Hello to the first rose (the species Canary Bird) and the late cherry tree blossom, like the big pinks in the Pond Paddock.
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Beautiful October garden!...
- Hello, beautiful October garden. You are looking amazing. Sorry about yesterday - a beautiful spring sunny day and I muddled around inside reading, formatting my garden photographs, and practicing Dvorak. Then went to my chamber music rehearsal. Today I am available, but it's raining gently.
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The colours of spring 2025......
- The 2025 garden has come alive with spring colours and fresh greenery. Everything, big and small, is so very beautiful that it's impossible to choose a favourite. Maybe the pink Camellias?
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Thank you September!...
- September has been THE most beautiful garden month ever. Things I've worked hard on are looking great. Things I bothered to do (e.g. buy in daffodils and put them in pots) are just beautiful. The blossom is amazing. The forget-me-nots are so pretty. Gush, gush...