I'm pleased to have decided to put in a large rainwater tank when we had the opportunity. Every time I use water in my garden now, it's good to know that I'm not using mains water but just using rainwater that has been saved in the tank. I first started by dreaming of a natural garden in lower part of our property, and had been starting to work on it (Garden Diversity … [Read more...] about Rainwater Tank – Saving Water
Rows and rows of windrows
As you might already know, I do a bit of scything around my garden, and you may be wondering what happens to all the grass. Ok, that thought probably never entered your head, but I'd like to think it did. In my garden, I like to try to keep everything circular - everything that's produced by the garden goes back into the garden - and I use all the grass that I cut to enrich the … [Read more...] about Rows and rows of windrows
Colourful Garden Bed
It's quite amazing that we have, all of a sudden, a colourful garden bed near our house. This area has been a bit of a disaster area for the past few years as we've had major renovations to the house, had a new patio and paths put in and only had the garden beds bordered with bricks a year ago. These garden beds were really like a war zone with labourers, brickies, scaffolders … [Read more...] about Colourful Garden Bed
My favourite margarita recipe
When I was living in France a few years ago, I decided I wanted to make my own margarita cocktails. I looked online and found plenty of recipes that were all quite different. I tried quite a few of them but didn't really like the outcome - I was searching for a particular margarita taste that I liked. One day, I was discussing this with my French language teacher during a … [Read more...] about My favourite margarita recipe
Pleasant pheasants
Last weekend, I was doing some early morning scything to cut some grass around my vegetable patches. It's a very peaceful start to the day that I enjoy very much. The ideal time to cut grass with a scythe is around dawn when the grass is wet with dew. Sometimes when I'm doing this, there are pheasants in the adjacent field, sometimes a fox, and sometimes other birds. It's like … [Read more...] about Pleasant pheasants