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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Living things in my life......
- I love all the living things I share my life with. The house cats are a bit lazy, but my dogs come with me now when I'm gardening. Bumble bees are sleeping overnight on the dahlia flowers, and my tame blackbird is back.
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A patchy week......
- Another patchy week where I've been busy doing musical stuff - choir rehearsals, concerts, and so on. But each day I've watered the pots - the Cannas by the cottage, the tomatoes and flowers by the house. I reckon that counts.
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Out of control?...
- Am still cleaning up the garden. I am always cleaning up! There is so much growth to - control? Don't like to use that word, but it does rather apply. And I love seeing the results. More enjoyable than cleaning up the house.
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Gardening, music, dogs......
- I'm having a garden and music arranging day today, alternating between both. The tune de jour? What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life. And what exactly am I doing with mine? Hopefully gardening! My first task is to dead-head dahlias and trim Anemanthele grasses (they're now in seed, flopping over paths, easy to trip over).
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My gardening status......
- Today, finally, my gardening status has changed to being active again. Yeay! My work has been thorough, with attention to detail - and I've raked up all my mess. Have been clearing in the Pond Paddock gardens...
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Glorious dahlias......
- Oops. Have been a bit of a non-gardener again this week. And it's time to say a polite good morning to February, the real summer month in my garden. And a gushing good morning to all the dahlias.
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A fluid week?...
- This last week has been fun, and very fluid, though the actual rain fell right at the end. I've done lots of music writing, family visiting, jig-sawing, and watching cricket on the TV.
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Yeay for cloud cover!...
- Aha! It's OK in theory to celebrate the summer sun, but yeay for cloud-cover! I must garden while there is cloud-cover. Very much more pleasant in summer than the glaring sun.
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Gardening in the sun......
- I forget how hot and bothered I can get gardening in the sun. It's sticky work. But finally, maybe, summer is really here. I must celebrate the warmth. And remember to water the patio pots.
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No mosquitoes as yet...
- The nice thing about these summer holiday weeks so far - no mosquitoes (yet) around the pond (too cold at night). So sitting at the table on the pond decking is very pleasant. As is my early morning cup of tea on the cottage verandah with uncovered ankles!
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My green garden......
- Good morning to my green garden. My goodness - there's no rain, no drizzle, not even any random spitting. No wind, and no time sonstraints. I could move mountains! More likely move mess from the paths behind the cottage...
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What day of the week is it?...
- Love the way that the days of the week in January merge into each other! Summer holidays at home - just magical. What day of the week is it anyway? Do I need to know?
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Below the Glass-House...
- This afternoon I made a good start on the garden below the glass-house. It is so much sunnier now the big Wattles are down. Rugosa roses are sprouting madly. Weeds are waist-high. It is an exciting, vibrant area.
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Hello summer?...
- Summer? Helloooooo? It's ten degrees Celsius. Average summer daytime temperature here is twenty two degrees. The log burner is going again, and I'm wearing three layers - two merino, then a top layer of woolly possum.
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Mindful...
- Am trying to stay mindful of my five New Year's Resolutions. Five! Five important signposts to ensure that my 2025 is an orderly and well-constructed year...