Six on Saturday 08.04.23

It’s the long Easter weekend which should mean time to spend out in the garden, and while I did do … More

What’s on your plate: April

The lush green of summer has turned to yellow, orange and brown, the spice jars are down from the shelf, … More

The clocks have gone back, autumn is here, and as they say in the country I grew up in, the … More

Goodness know what was going on with the weather this week. On Tuesday afternoon, the temperature dropped by10C within what … More

It really feels like that transition period between summer and autumn. The mornings are darker, the Japanese anemones are in … More

What a lovely sunny day it has been! It was a bit too warm to garden out the front of … More

Autumn is here. February saw parts of the North Island receive 400% of the normal rainfall, and Napier had its … More

Last week, I had the joy of going to the VanDusen Botanic Gardens as I have already mentioned. Here are … More

What a week! Our hot water was restored on Wednesday as I mentioned in a previous post, and then on … More

It is already the end of May, and you can really feel the autumnal chill in the air. Today was … More