I have a couple of flowering Manuka in the garden. This red one attracts any number of bees. Its tiny flowers and strange looking seed pods are a constant source of fascination to me.
October 2018 archive
Oct 15 2018
Back To The Garden – It Must Be Spring
From this at the end of winter, after having the vege garden flooded four times, plus the incessant rain in Auckland saturating the ground. Work has taken place in an effort to rejuvenate the soil that was washed away. To this. Yes, still a bit of ground water seeping out, but it is below the …
Oct 10 2018
Life & Death On The Food Chain
Found this unfortunate creature on top the agapanthus plants yesterday morning. There is now one less tree weta roaming the garden areas. A female of the species. Judging from the spider web threads attached she just may have had an encounter with one of the larger spider species that inhabit the property. Don’t ask me …
Oct 03 2018
The Winter Garden of My Discontent
Yet there are occasions where one wonders why they bother. This winter has been one of those occasions. Four times this past winter it rained and flooded the food patch. And four times I asked myself why do I even bother. We have been here a long time now, and experienced one mammoth flood that …
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