We have started going on the Parkinson Walks again and I took this photo when we walked alongside the harbour in Onerahi recently.
Have been keeping up with the garden. The first lot of broccoli have been eaten and we have just started on the pak choi.
The lemon tree that got hit by a falling cactus is laden with fruit.
We covered the banana bunches with blue Council rubbish bags and they are looking good.
We managed to cut back some buddleia bushes. They were three times this height and Doug cut them back while I mulched the smaller branches. We then cut the larger bits up for firewood. It was done over a couple of days,.
The Mexican Marigold or Tagetes Lemmonii is doing well and providing much needed nectar for the Monarch butterflies at this time of year
I'm dreading seeing my garden. Someone recently sent me some photos and the grass is about a metre high, and everywhere overgrown. I shall have to spend two weeks trying to get it back into some sort of shape. The gardener obviously hasn't been; I've written to him but no reply.
ReplyDeletePity the person who took the photos didn't mow it for you.
DeleteYour garden looks wonderful and so productive. Glad to hear you're both feeling stronger
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DeleteWe are managing to get more jobs done. Still tire but doing bigger jobs now. It will be good to get the garden tidied up. We managed most of a larger buddleia today. Just some more mulching to do.
Good to see your garden varying on well.
ReplyDeleteWalking is good. Your energy should gradually build up..but no rush. Just look forward to next summer!
We are getting on with the jobs but trying not to overdo it. It is so good to feel like doing things. Hope Pirate is still improving.
DeleteOur garden is doing OK too, the spinach is a bit slow, but silver beet, leeks, spring onions?? and soon it will be time to plant our new strawberry plants.I see that the " Camarosa" are now available, they are they ones the growers seem to prefer, and we had them years ago at Katikati, they thrived!!! Hope you don't get gale winds tonight.
ReplyDeleteWeather still quite good. Spent the morning in the garden. We don't grow strawberries - much prefer cherries which, of course, don't grow here.
DeleteYou don't appear to experience any time of year without plenty of growth in your garden. Having your own bananas will be such a treat when they are ripe.
ReplyDeleteHope the bananas do well as, of course, they are growing over winter. Most years we get a light frost. If there are a couple of snowflakes on the hills it makes the front page of the paper. The lawns grow all year and, as you say, so do most other things.
DeleteI'm glad to hear you are both improving - sounds like the garden has been keeping you busy too :)
ReplyDeleteIt is easy to overdo it but we are being sensible.
DeleteYou have been busy, it took me a good 6 weeks to get past being tired from covid along with the cough that went with it.
ReplyDeleteI just checked and we are just past the 6 week mark. We still get tired and just do a couple of hours (or less) work and then rest. I think it is better that way than doing too much and getting overtired.
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