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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Beautiful autumn days......
- Am enjoying some beautiful autumn days. Yellow leaves are fluttering down from the Gleditsia tree. The dahlias I dead-headed are still flowering madly again. Dead-heading works. Yes, it truly does.
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Plans......
- Plans. It's good to have plans. I have big plans for me in my garden this weekend, namely to continue bonfiring my mess. And plans for Non-Gardening Partner, namely to chainsaw down dead branches of the Cornus by Middle Bridge...
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Welcome to April......
- Good morning to April. An early good morning to Speckles my stray cat, curled up in his cat box on the cottage verandah. And to ginger Foxy who I feed but never see, and Minimus the Grey. In the house now, good morning to my fridge, which is horribly empty...
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Silly autumn!...
- Silly autumn! My singing friend has big bearded irises blooming again. I have a rambling rose which got completely confused, missed out summer totally, and is flowering now. Meanwhile the gum leaves keep fluttering down and the first of the deciduous trees are turning yellow...
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The B.A.B....
- Am getting ready for the B.A.B. The BIG autumn bonfire - unfortunately I have to use the B-word. Needs must, in a garden full of gum trees, Cordylines and Phormiums.
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Honesty......
- Time for some honesty (not the garden variety - I already grow that). My autumn garden looks really messy, and too big. Wait! Note to self : it is NOT really messy, it is just natural and normal. And it is NOT too big. It's just a strong size, hee hee...
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A weather week......
- It's been a notable weather week - the sort of weather that pops immediately into all human conversations. What a week we've been having! One horribly hot blustery day, followed by cold wind and rain. Great for the garden, but...
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Mid-March...
- Hello, mid-March. Autumn is sneaking in. The leaves on the deciduous trees are just starting to turn colour. The little blue Asters are flowering. It's a bit dark in the mornings, a bit cooler in the evenings. I love the season of Autumn. Love, love, love it.
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Music and Gardening......
- If anyone out there is still searching for the meaning of life, you are most welcome to try out mine : a balance of music and gardening, with a sprinkling of cats and dogs. So easy!
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Dead-heading dahlias......
- There's a delightfully mindless aspect to dead-heading dahlias. It doesn't require too much thought - just enough to keep the fingers well away from the secateur blades, and to dodge the bumble bees.
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The start of autumn......
- Silly me - have just caught up with the fact that it's past the 1st March, for us the meteorological start date for autumn. No wonder summer has been arriving later and later each day. She's soooooo last season!
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Between the seasons......
- In-between the seasons : first thing in the morning it's autumn, extra-layer cool. Then about 10:30 summer bustles in apologising - 'Sorry I'm late!', gathers up her skirts and rushes all around the garden. Like a mad gardening woman!
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Closed for Summer......
- Have been thinking deeply about paths. In winter, when path-side plants (e.g. Gunnera) are pruned and perennials die back, all is well - the paths are purposeful and enjoyable to wander along. But such paths become impassable in summer. I can't decide whether this is pragmatic garden management or poor garden design.
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Clearing the Hump Garden...
- Just taken the dogs and camera for an early morning wander round the lawn. Garden status : messy, but beautiful. Dew on the grass, autumn tickling the air. Dog status : sort of OK. Camera status : safe and sound.
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Garden mess......
- Yeay! Yesterday, after working hard for four hours, I actually cleaned up all my garden mess. Amazing! Wow! This may seem a trivial thing to report, but I have been very rebellious of late. Self discipline! I can do it!