The glamour of being an airline pilot's wife
People often assume that having an airline pilot husband is glamorous.
The Manic Botanic
Join me 3 times a week for garden design ideas, seasonal guidance, practical vegetable-growing tips, humour, and thoughtful essays on resilience, beauty, and life through gardening. Honest, real-world gardening from North Canterbury, NZ.
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A little bit magical
Create a talking point for your dinner table using blooms from your garden...and a little ice! OK, a LOT of ice....
The billion-dollar garden
There is a conversation that my son and I have been having for several years now.
Defeating Satan's root ball
There was a time when I firmly believed hedge trimming was the worst job in the garden.
This is a psychological assessment
What does your garden say about your personality?
I have a dream. A stupid one...but a dream nevertheless
I want goats.
The strange magic of paying attention
In a recent blog post, I wrote about how gardening turns us into hopeless future addicts.
The 5-minute Italian recipe that capitalises on your summer tomato glut
One of the great joys of travelling is discovering simple dishes that somehow taste far better than the sum of their parts.
The Husband makes a tactical error he'll live to regret
The rain had been hammering down all day.
Can you make an income from your garden?
BONUS free post for everyone.
The lost art of living by the seasons
First things first…I’ve had a couple of middle-aged brain fog moments lately and accidentally clicked the ‘publish’ button on two future posts that I was intending to schedule.
Take two! But will it look good in a vase?
Not every beautiful bloom performs well as a cut flower