Yesterday, quite early, in a state of mind only a new parent could imagine, I stumbled down to the garden VERY EARLY and set about hacking at the corn and picking the cobs. It felt like rain was going to fall so I busied myself getting the corn and some leaves, seeds and bits and … Continue reading Corn Harvest →

Today I had the good fortune to have a friend drop by with a bucket of tadpoles and water snails, water boatmen and an aquatic stick insect that I haven't seen since I was a child and played much closer to water than I do now!I thought they would do better in the top pond … Continue reading Tadpoles →

Today I cut down the sunflowers and hung the heads to dry. A Red-capped Parrot visited the garden in the late afternoon and was a little put out to say the least. Where is my snack?The leaves are really quite big and the heads on some of the plants are larger than dinner plates. The … Continue reading Preparing the back bed. Goodbye Sunflowers! →

Just a little bit of poetry from the garden as a male Red-capped Parrot contemplates a feast of sunflower seeds in the summer garden. They have just about cleaned up the extra flower heads on offer. Entertaining to have around.

I have written a little bit about grass before. The fact that most of our back yard was grass when we moved in. To me it was a most illogical choice for such a small backyard as ours. It was the very first thing to go. We also have had a nasty invasion of grasses … Continue reading Grass is for Parks →