Category Archives: Establishment

The amount of time elapsed on normal calendars between when Christina 1st came to look at our garden and discuss what FiMBY could help us with (12 June) and the day a lot of Lottie’s Lot was planted out (11 September) was … Continue reading →

I seem to write lots of posts about destruction, but here’s a great one about construction! Yesterday Danny and his helper were at my place building a trellis for the chinese gooseberries.  (Scott prefers not to call them kiwis – … Continue reading →

You’d think from reading this blog I enjoy destroying things!  OK – well – maybe I do.  But it’s for a good cause.  And it’s so we can create something new. This instalment of ‘destroying part of the house to create something … Continue reading →

It’s been a month since the Saturday we sowed seeds and planted things out with Christina.  I must say it’s hard to believe it’s only been one month when I look at everything that’s happened in the garden.  I was … Continue reading →

I’ll probably regret saying this ‘out loud’, but today I’m feeling like the queen of artichokes.  FiMBY gave us 6 artichokes on Saturday to transplant.  It was hot this weekend, so I just watered them and kept them in partial … Continue reading →

Ever since we started grubbing out the shrubs and tree to expand the area for the new veggie patch (see Creative Destruction and Destruction Completed) we’ve had a growing pile of rubbish.  We seemed to keep finding ways to add … Continue reading →

Such an exciting day!  Today so much happened in the garden.  First Christina drilled holes in the bottoms of the wine barrels.  They were certainly solidly built as it took longer than expected.  The sawdust smelt great (a bit too … Continue reading →