Moosey News : November 2007

Dear Subscriber,

Spring is such a fast season, with so many wonderful changes. New ideas, new plans - that means new mistakes to giggle at. And so many new weeds to see to!

This month's features :

1. Shearing Time for Haru the Pet Sheep
2. The Koru Garden
3. A Well Defined Garden
4. Garden Club Spring Trip
5. Singing the Garden Blues

Regulars :

6. Plant of the Month : The Patio Wisteria
7. Animal of the Month : B-Puss
8. Garden Quote : Sheep
9. Garden Gallery : Percy Wiseman Rhododendron
10. Forum Focus : Journeys
11. Gardening Advice : A Weeding Acronym
12. Searching for Moosey : All Black dog
13. Coming up this month : More Rhododendrons and Roses

This month's features

1. Shearing Time for Haru the Pet Sheep

Haru the pet merino is now one year old, and it's her first visit to the shearing sheds.

2. A Small Koru Garden

We'd only been back from Canada a short time, and couldn't return for a sudden memorial service. So I created a small garden instead.

3. A Well Defined Garden

Dictionaries used to be dusty volumes in the bookcase - before the joys of checking online. I was flicking through my old definitive Chambers dictionary and came up with the definition of a 'garden'.

4. Garden Club Spring Trips

The local Garden Club organised a trip to visit mid-spring country gardens. I couldn't resist seeing how colourful and flowery they would be, compared with my own.

5. Singing the Garden Blues

Check out my spring collection of beautiful blue flowers.

Regulars

6. Plant of the Month : The Patio Wisteria

My goodness this climber is flowering beautifully on my house pergola. It must be that special pruning regime...

7. Animal of the Month : B-Puss

Dear B-Puss was laid to rest in the Hazelnut Orchard at the end of October, next to the dogwood Eddie's White Wonder. He will be much missed!

8. Garden Quote : Sheep

Warning - after reading this journal page your woolly images will never be the same...

9. Garden Gallery : Percy Wiseman Rhododendron

A beautiful rhododendron captured in the afternoon sunshine - Percy Wiseman is my favourite image this month.

10. Forum Focus : Journeys

Bambi has joined in the forum fun with her own journey photo-documentary. You can take her journey through the countryside of Kent - to work!

11. Gardening Advice : A Weeding Acronym

Weeding is definitely an annual and perennial topic. Check out my latest weeding revelations in the journal.

12. Searching for Moosey : all black dog

all black dog

I can't exactly do a 'black dog', since my dog is creamy and caramel in colour. But we won't mention the rugby, will we...

13. Coming up this month : More rhododendrons and roses.

Lots of beautiful coloured flowers to enjoy as summer gets closer.

Cheers,