It's autumn and though the tomatoes are finishing up, there's still plenty to forage up for an interesting salad. (I posted here ...

 Last year I was interviewed for an article in Avenues magazine, about Christchurch bloggers. The article was meant to be published aroun...

 When this book and I met at the library, I eyed it somewhat dubiously and imagined its pages to be full of kitschy, retro arrangements f...

I did the big almond harvest recently. A grand total of 6! On the tree almonds look very much like unripe peaches. The green fruit even...

 Flowers and arrangements from my garden in April. It's still very much the season of the dahlia and they are flowering like mad. I am s...

 It took two weekends, one of which was the long Easter weekend, to get the potager into shape. I weeded, pulled out old plants, weeded more...

 I've been wanting a Japanese maple in my garden for quite some time, and last weekend I finally got one! It's called Burgundy Lace ...

 We had gorgeous weather for easter. Autumn is such a beautiful time. I worked hard in the garden planting bulbs and tidying the potager, an...

The change of season is making itself known. The end of daylight savings last weekend brings early night and the promise of col...

 This weekend my dahlias were finally blooming profusely enough that I was able to pick a big bunch of them and stuff a vase really full. I...