Recent Garden News
Head Gardener
The Recent Garden News page displays the fifteen most recent additions to Mooseys Country Garden. This should help visitors keep up with what's going on in my garden.
Gardens are always growing and changing - there's always something new to see. And, as I love writing about my garden almost as much as being in it, there'll always be some new Moosey ramblings to read, or new pictures to look at. Perhaps the garden activities of my summer will warm up a northern hemisphere gardener's winter days. I know how much I enjoy my mid-winter garden visits to summery places.
Two weeks can be a long time in the life of a garden. There's inevitably some repetition, so please be understanding if I'm saying the same things over and over again. I hope you'll enjoy seeing what I've been working on recently...
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Garden smarter......
- OK. Some things have to be done. It is what it is. One does what is needed. Oh well. Some weeds cannot be eradicated without - ahem - help. It is, after all, one way to 'garden smarter'.
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More weeding......
- I have two hours of gardening time before today's music rehearsal. What can I achieve? Hmm... What should I do? The answer to that is easy - do some more weeding. There is always more weeding to do. Pick a garden area - any garden area - and weed!
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Lots of loveliness......
- I love my early morning walks with the camera - I see lots of loveliness, green growth of Gunnera and other perennials, and new shrubs flowering, adding new colours to the garden.
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A new week......
- A new week, and another good morning to my October garden. So far the wet and rainy weather has been so good for you. Hello to the first rose (the species Canary Bird) and the late cherry tree blossom, like the big pinks in the Pond Paddock.
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Beautiful October garden!...
- Hello, beautiful October garden. You are looking amazing. Sorry about yesterday - a beautiful spring sunny day and I muddled around inside reading, formatting my garden photographs, and practicing Dvorak. Then went to my chamber music rehearsal. Today I am available, but it's raining gently.
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The colours of spring 2025......
- The 2025 garden has come alive with spring colours and fresh greenery. Everything, big and small, is so very beautiful that it's impossible to choose a favourite. Maybe the pink Camellias?
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Thank you September!...
- September has been THE most beautiful garden month ever. Things I've worked hard on are looking great. Things I bothered to do (e.g. buy in daffodils and put them in pots) are just beautiful. The blossom is amazing. The forget-me-nots are so pretty. Gush, gush...
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By the Frisbee Lawn....
- Time to focus on the garden, not on what it needs (the list would require uber-scrolling to read in full), but on the beauty within it. The new daffodils in pots are flowering on and on. The strong red Camellias and Rhododendrons are beautiful, a wonderful contrast to the fluffy pink and white blossom trees.
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Lazybones Gardening......
- Doing lazybones gardening is better than doing none? Going slowly, finishing early, with the flimsiest of excuses - a slightly sore elbow, a slightly sore shoulder (the one connected to the sore elbow, funny that). Coping with the daily mysteries of the mature gardening body...
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Goodbye to those Camellias...
- Seriously thinking about replacing seven of the second-hand Camellias in the Pond Paddock Garden. They are not looking good (I think they are dead). Have found some suitable ones for a sale price. Thinking, thinking... And next morning - doing! Actually, done!
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WIlderness areas...
- My large country garden is allowed to have at least one wilderness area. And when I wander through it, I should be at one with nature, our spirits untamed and connecting...
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Get back in the moment...
- Yeay! Great overnight rain, 16mm, perfect for the garden. I lay in bed in the cottage listening to the water splattering on the roof and smiled. Then Speckles turned up, soaked to the skin, so I got up and gave him a decent meal. I'm always happy when Speckles comes...
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Buckets of water......
- Just like THAT the garden is looking dry, and desperately needs water. Overnight rain would be nice. I now have a strict morning water bucket routine, which takes ages. Interesting what a few nor-west windy days will do. Even the forget-me-nots are looking a bit sad.
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Think like a dog......
- Applying dog mentality to my gardening : stop thinking, just get doing. Will it work? Woof! I will certainly feel better at the end of the gardening day. Dogs don't even notice their successes (or failures). They don't do analysis. At the end of their day, a full tummy and a warm bed are what matters. I can relate to those!
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No need to panic......
- The gardening mind panicking at 4am : Oh no! I need to trim the Miscanthuses. And I need to prune the roses I saw today in the Hump garden. Aargh! The roses! And it's time to mulch the paths. Aargh! The paths! Should I block off the one that goes nowhere and is never walked on?