Recent Garden News

The Garden News page displays the fifteen most recent additions to Mooseys Country Garden. It is an attempt to restore some order to the site and to help regular visitors know what is going on.

Gardens are always growing and changing - there's always something new going on. 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 summer here 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, especially now that the head gardener is a happily semi-retired person (hopefully not being too boring). There is a certain pattern of repetition in gardening, though, so please be understanding if I'm saying the same things over and over again!

If you're a regular or a return visitor to my garden you can see what I've been working on recently...

Moosey's Country Garden News

The Changing Lives of Cats
Cats & Dogs
Sunday, 7th Feb 2010.

When I write about my cats I see them as they are at the time - I don't think about them getting old and boring, or being any different. But cats do change. And sometimes they completely rearrange their lives.

2010 February Week 1 - Yet More
Garden Journal
Sunday, 7th Feb 2010.

Aargh! Suddenly it's the weekend, and the Garden Club visit on Tuesday at twilight. I am running out of time. There is so much I would like to do. I will get a reputation as a weed-harbourer (?) if I don't get onto it. I need help - where has Non-Gardening Partner escaped to?

Moosey News : January 2010
Garden News
Friday, 5th Feb 2010.

It's a bit late for more New Year's Resolutions for 2010, but one of mine should have been to get the Moosey newsletter out on time. Oops. Better late than never? I do hope so!

2010 February Week 1 - More
Garden Journal
Friday, 5th Feb 2010.

It's the final countdown to the Garden Club visit - six full days of gardening are possible, weather permitting. I have a slight problem with some of my Lychnis plants - they've finished flowering, and just don't make the grade. Eek!

2010 February Week 1
Garden Journal
Wednesday, 3rd Feb 2010.

Hey - where did January go? That was quick! And February is that annoying gardening month which is short on days, but full of summer sunshine, lots of watering, and a Garden Club visit. Aargh!

Upcoming Events
Garden News
Wednesday, 3rd Feb 2010.

Here's a recent quote from the Moosey journal. 'I have always thought that February was the scruffy month in my garden. Perhaps it's not the month that's scruffy, it's the gardener?' Enough said...

2010 January Week 4 - Yet More
Garden Journal
Sunday, 31st Jan 2010.

I'm starting my big, major, thoughtful, rational and logical clean-up for the Garden Club visit. Specifically, I will start doing the paths. And I will not move off to some other task until all, absolutely all, the paths are passable and tidy.

Red Flowers in a Green Garden
Willow Tree Garden
Sunday, 31st Jan 2010.

The Willow Tree Garden is primarily a leafy, shrubby, green garden, but some of my most beautiful red flowering plants grow here. Pride of place in mid-summer is taken by a clump of hybrid large red daylilies.

Driveway Lawn Garden Bench
Driveway Garden Tour
Friday, 29th Jan 2010.

The Driveway Garden has a wooden garden bench, nestled in underneath the trees by the edge of the Hump. Cats climb the trees behind, while birds flit (hopefully) out of their reach. It's a great spot to experience a bit of nature...

2010 January Week 4 - More
Garden Journal
Thursday, 28th Jan 2010.

It's such a good feeling finishing something in the garden. It's not a feeling that I'm over-familiar with though... I must treat myself and finish my cosmetic house garden tidy-up.

The Hump Garden
Gardening Design
Sunday, 24th Jan 2010.

The Hump is the name I've given to the humpy old sand hill between the house gardens and the front paddock. The trees and the sand have made it THE most difficult area in which to establish a garden. So guess who just had to try? I've gardened the Hump slowly and surely, over many years.

2010 January Week 4
Garden Journal
Sunday, 24th Jan 2010.

What am I going to do in the garden today? I'll tell you what I'm going to be wearing - top-to-toe thermal underwear! What a sight! Battling winter-like wetness in a mid-summer gardening month...

White Garden Seat
Water Garden Pond
Saturday, 23rd Jan 2010.

My new white garden seat was a late 2009 Christmas present, from me to me. Oh - what a lovely gift - just what I've always wanted! But seriously, this seat is a cut above my usual wobbly, crumbling sitting structures. I've found the perfect spot, too - hidden behind the Moosey pond.

Stone Path and Steps
Septic Tank Garden
Saturday, 23rd Jan 2010.

This is one of the darkest parts of the garden. The flat stone laundry path and steps were already here, as was the Hydrangea on the left, when we came to live here. Ferns line the path up to the Laundry seat.

Glass-House Garden Roses
Wattle Woods Tour
Friday, 22nd Jan 2010.

The Glass-House Garden started out filled with easy-grow perennials and shrubs like Hebes, Lavateras, red Cordylines, and Ake Ake. I liked this busy look, but the garden was so sunny and sheltered - perfect for roses. Hee hee - a temptation I just couldn't resist.