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

May Week 2
Garden Journal
Saturday, 10th May 2008.

I've just planted about five hundred mixed daffodils - some up the driveway, most along the road-side fence. Oh boy - my back is stiff from bending, and there's dust all over me and my clothes. Five hundred more to go...

May Week 1 - More
Garden Journal
Tuesday, 6th May 2008.

Right. No excuses about cold wind or wet rain. An intrepid four-seasons gardener simply puts on thermal underwear, shorts over the long-johns, hat and gloves - and then out he or she goes!

Moosey News : May 2008
Garden News
Saturday, 3rd May 2008.

It's the grand clean-up month in my garden, as autumn moves into winter. Hopefully there'll still be time (and good weather) for some decent May adventures.

Autumn Pictures and Poetry
Garden Weather
Saturday, 3rd May 2008.

Gardeners must make the most of autumn - it can be one of the shortest, smallest garden joys in their year. And all good autumn things must come to an end...

May Week 1
Garden Journal
Saturday, 3rd May 2008.

Ha! A brand new gardening month, a brand new page - and with winter just around the corner, time to turn over a brand new leaf? More like rake up a thousand old ones - the autumn leaves are falling fast. And still some of my roses are blooming better than ever.

Upcoming Events
Garden News
Friday, 2nd May 2008.

In May I have more plans for adventuring in my own back-yard than for the garden. Oops. Cycle trips, and maybe a May hiking trip are on the list of possibles. Probables include weeding, raking, and burning gum tree rubbish. Blast!

April Week 4 - Yet More
Garden Journal
Wednesday, 30th Apr 2008.

Before I do any gardening today I have to send some yellow rose photographs to a friend. Oddly I don't take very many pictures of Graham Thomas, my best yellow rose. He's finished his second flush of flowering, so I've missed my chance.

Dog Etiquette
Cats & Dogs
Tuesday, 29th Apr 2008.

A river is the perfect playground for dogs to practice fetching things from water. Some dogs are lucky enough to have their own familiar chasing object, brought from home. Here are some dog-etiquette tips for chasing a tennis ball.

A Good Red...
Gardening Articles
Sunday, 27th Apr 2008.

A good red? This isn't just a strictly-gardening site - pets and places do get a mention, and occasionally food, after a long day digging. But a 'good red'? There's only one vintage of good red on the menu - a good red autumn leaf!

April Week 4 - More
Garden Journal
Saturday, 26th Apr 2008.

My autumn energy continues. Each day I've been working away like a woman possessed, enjoying a positive and contended autumn gardening mood. I think it's all to do with the sun.

April Week 4
Garden Journal
Wednesday, 23rd Apr 2008.

So far April has been full of great weather and wonderful adventures. After being away hiking, it's only taken me a week to get most of the garden looking good again. Hmm... Better not look too closely!

Cape Campbell's Lighthouse
New Zealand Journeys
Sunday, 20th Apr 2008.

The Cape Campbell lighthouse, painted in fat black and white stripes, perches at the end of a finger of land on the East Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It pops scenically into view at the end of the second hiking day on the Cape Campbell Walkway.

April Week 3 - Yet More
Garden Journal
Sunday, 20th Apr 2008.

Yesterday I found the most beautiful autumn leaf ever seen by woman, or gardener, or woman-gardener. It lay in the driveway, an autumn jewel covered in little dew drops. Beautiful!

Cape Campbell's Cordylines
New Zealand Journeys
Friday, 18th Apr 2008.

I'm supposed to be a gardener, interested in plants and shrubs and trees. Oh dear. The only plant life photographs I took on the Cape Campbell Walkway were of Cordylines - New Zealand's iconic Cabbage trees.

Cape Campbell - Wildlife
New Zealand Journeys
Friday, 18th Apr 2008.

As well as wild views the Cape Campbell Walkway guide book promised us lots of wildlife, from sea life lounging on the beaches to birds being buffeted in the fresh air. We'd also be sharing the track with many regulation farm animals - and rabbits. Aargh!