Gardening Articles 2008

What will the year 2008 bring to my garden? How many new ideas will I get, and how many new things will I have to say? I'm sure there will be heaps.

The 2008 gardening articles are promised to be many and varied. Like the plants in my garden, some will be rosy, some will be flowery and colourful, some may even be weedy. Some may not be all that original, but that's gardening for you!

A Good Red......
Sun 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!

Autumn Plant Sales...
Mon 31st Mar 2008

It's the plant nursery autumn sale season, and I am planning a large spending spree. There are two big sales to visit over the Easter weekend - I've been looking forward to them for months.

Travel - or Garden?...
Sun 30th Mar 2008

Collapsed on the couch after a hard day's gardening, I've been escaping into some travel reading. Intrepid old-lady cyclists, male Amazon rafters, and so on. Wow! Much more entertaining than garden books, particularly after five long hours weeding...

Late Summer Roses...
Sat 1st Mar 2008

My roses are beautiful in November - that's late spring in my garden. But the flower colours are deeper and their garden contribution much more appreciated in March, my late summer.

A Positively Messy Garden...
Fri 15th Feb 2008

The Moosey team (that's me, by the way, at the moment in sole charge of weeding, watering and webbing) has been asked to contribute some photographs to a Canadian production. I love the Moosey garden images to be recycled, so naturally I've said yes.

Gardening Lists...
Thu 10th Jan 2008

Who needs a list to be well-organised in the garden? Or to sit down at the end of the day and feel a sense of accomplishment? Hello! We gardeners are so deeply in tune with the songs and rhythms of nature. We know exactly what need to be done...

Cleaning Up After Trees...
Thu 10th Jan 2008

Trees can loom large in gardens, and garden partnerships. Often one wants the trees to stay standing up, while the other wants them shortened, or felled. There's a strong relationship between sublime inner happiness and large trees blocking the winter sunshine...