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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Pukekos in my garden!...
- Have just been to check on the Stumpy Garden, by the water race - to do a cleaning-up inventory, see what needs fixing, and so on. Quite a surprise. Someone (so kind) has already done a lot of clearing, but they've just left all the mess, loads and loads of it, lying in there. I wonder who could this possibly have been? And some pukekos have moved in...
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Refreshed!...
- There's no wind! It's not thirty degrees Celsius! My garden is refreshed, moderate, and waiting for its Head Gardener to do some amazing things. Gently, though. My garden is very patient and understanding.
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Wind-noisy......
- Blustery summer nor-west days are difficult to enjoy, worrisome for the gardener (it's wind-noisy). My lawns are in a terrible mess, strewn with long pieces of gum bark - one of the joys of wind in summer. But I'm not complaining, honestly...
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Should be easy?...
- Shrubs in big pots should be easy to handle. One quickly clears a space, and pops them into the garden. Half an hour per shrub? Reality - more like half a day!
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PPIs for 2026 ...
- I have high hopes for 2026. Or, to be more specific, for me in 2026 as a gardener. I have a refreshed vision and brand new plans. They are NOT New Years' Resolutions. They are New Year's Projections, Processes, and Implementations. Sound scary? Not a bit. Affectionately known as PPIs.
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New Shrubs......
- My friend has given me some shrubs in large plastic pots (five Michelias, and two Azaleas). Michelia gracipes : an evergreen large shrub, easily grown, good for hedges. Hmm... Would I like a hedge? Not sure. Don't have any Michelias in my garden.
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Floating by......
- Summer days are floating by - so what day of the week is it? Yesterday we visited family. I know I did some gardening, because I went visiting in my gardening shorts, but I can't remember what I did. Oh dear me...
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Tossing the letter box?...
- Day three of 2026 : took the rubbish bin out to the road for collection, noticed that our letter box had gone, post and all. Found it three paddocks down the road, post and box still attached. Somebody practicing for a new quasi-Scottish sports event : 'Tossing the Letter Box'...
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Gnomes in disarray!...
- I am brave. I am tough. I am woman gardener, ready to go outside into my damp, cold garden. It's mid-summer (well, it's supposed to be), the second day of 2026, and I'm already a day behind schedule, hee hee. But am I prepared for a gnome surprise?
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Good morning 2026...
- Good morning, 2026. Thanks for the rain, my garden loves it when it rains. But thank you also (in advance) for the summer sunshine which I hope to arrive this afternoon - so I can start off 2026 with some good gardening.
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Gardening Articles 2026...
- Always writing about my garden, should be out there gardening? But I really enjoy both activities. I reckon they give a sense of balance to my life - some folk may disagree! Here are my articles for 2026.
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Garden Journal 2026...
- 2026 is going to be a wonderful gardening year, right? Even if it's only sort of wonderful, I'll be happy. I'm going to do my very best to be a measured, thoughtful gardener. All year, in all weathers. And to lovingly record all my garden adventures, both good and not so good, hopefully with balance and good humour. Ha! Let's see, now...
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Goodbye 2025...
- So 2025 is over - what a gardening year it's been. I've made twice as much mess as last year - funny that! I've planted new Camellias and rugosa roses. I've tried to keep the paths weed free (have not succeeded, even after mulching them). But I have done my best. Almost every week! Honestly!
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My summer routine......
- My summer routine continues. Gardening. Playing Brahms on my piano. Taking photographs. Writing my journal. Reading my latest detective story... Watching cricket on TV. Thinking about my garden. Sleeping. Then more gardening. More Brahms...
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Summer gardening...
- Summer in my lovely garden - yeay! Gardening, listening to the cricket... And Non-Gardening Partner on holiday - even better. I'm sure I can fill up his days with garden related tasks.