Moosey News : November 2010

Dear Subscriber,

Aha! Summer is here, with all its beautiful flower colour. The gardening days are warm and timeless, but there's always something that needs watering. Ah well - guess I'll have to put my book down and shift the hoses again...

This month's features :

  1. 2010 Roses
  2. Craigieburn Forest Park Ridgeline
  3. Corokias - New Zealand Natives
  4. Sir Benjamin and Sir Edward
  5. Glass-House Garden Benches

Regulars :

  1. Plant of the Month : Uncle Bert's Rhododendron
  2. Animals of the Month : Jeremy the Cat
  3. Garden Quote : For Non-Gardeners, thanks to Rudyard Kipling
  4. Garden Gallery : Big Roses
  5. Forum Focus : Summer and Winter
  6. Gardening Advice : Sitting
  7. Searching for Moosey : frost plants
  8. Coming up this month : A mid-summer's Christmas...

This month's features

1. 2010 Roses

Hee hee - there are definitely more roses in my garden in the year 2010, and they are better than ever. Enjoy!

2. Craigieburn Forest Park Ridgeline

This is the mountain hike to end all hikes - perhaps an unfortunate phrase, that, as I hope my hiking days are never to end!

3. Corokias - New Zealand Natives

New Zealand has a host of wonderful native evergreens, like Corokias, all of which make worthy contributions to my garden.

4. Sir Benjamin and Sir Edward

You've guessed the connection? Then what are these two English musical chaps doing in a gardening newsletter?

5. Glass-House Garden Benches

Fluff-Fluff my pale ginger gardening cat features in these photographs of my super-sized garden benches.

Regulars

6. Plant of the Month : Uncle Bert's Rhododendron

Just a little sentimental touch - a purple memorial rhododendron for my friend's Uncle Bert.

7. Animals of the Month : Jeremy the Cat

Though Jeremy is long gone her small memorial garden by the house lives on.

8. Garden Quote : For Non-Gardeners, thanks to Rudyard Kipling

Not that I'm implying that Rudyard Kipling was a non-gardener. It is likely that he employed a few gardeners in his time...

9. Garden Gallery : Big Roses

Two of the big roses that I can see from the house feature in this month's chosen photograph.

10. Forum Focus : Summer and Winter

There's such a contrast at the moment between the pictures of northern and southern hemisphere gardening friends.

11. Gardening Advice : Sitting

Sitting down in the garden is just as important as zooming through it in a weeding and pruning rush...

12. Searching for Moosey : frost plants

Jack Frost
Brr... Some gardeners may be experiencing frosts (and even colder weather events) at the moment. I'm not - but I have had a delightful experience with a variegated Brunnera called Jack Frost...

13. Coming up this month : A mid-summer's Christmas for me and my family

And (cross fingers) the official opening of a fully-furnished Pond Cottage. All the very best for December, and do have a warm, relaxing Christmas, whatever the weather's like outside in your garden...

Cheers,