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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Theme for July......
- Funny how I have gardening themes. Last month it was mass planting Agapanthus. This month it's trimming Ferns, Carexes, and Phormiums which grow along the water race. At the time of year when the water is at its coldest...
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Clearing the Water Race......
- Thursday 10th July 2025 - a day of release. And music rehearsals, new rhododendrons, and new hand tools. Lots of blue skies, but no gardening. Lots of piano playing with sore, slow fingers (from overuse of secateurs).
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Spirit chills......
- Brr... Winter 2025 seems colder than other years, even when I'm sitting in my house in front of the log-burner. Strange. Oh well. Perhaps it's all in the mind...
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Overwhelmed - but by what?...
- Earlier this week I was feeling overwhelmed with the amount of gardening work I needed to do. This morning I decided it was time to deal to the things that were bugging me. Couldn't remember any of them! Had to take a notebook and pen and go slowly around my garden, using my eyes, writing a list...
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Real winter!...
- Real winter has arrived - it's raining and only four degrees Celsius outside. That's not very helpful. I've even put on merino long johns under my jeans. It's cold!
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Good morning July......
- Good morning, July. It's mid-morning, still frosty, and I'm outside on the patio table with a hot coffee. My two Fred cats are with me in the sun, eyeing each other up (each probably planning a sneaky ambush of the other).
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Perfect?...
- It's a wet, grey day, perfect for watering all my new Agapanthus plantings, not so perfect for gardening. And anyway I have a bagful of new library books (great choices) and a new jigsaw (a tropical rainforest). Naturally I'd really like to be outside in my garden trimming the Gunnera...
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A new relationship!...
- Need a break from my Agapanthus obsession. A trial separation, maybe? I know - go into a completely different garden area. Concentrate on a completely different plant - for example, the Gunnera. Build a new relationship!
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Sorry, sun, but......
- Sorry, sun, but you promised so much, peeping shyly through my dirty winter windows this morning. Out I went with the dogs, only to shiver and creep back into the house. Look - your job is to warm me up. Gently caress my face, that sort of thing...
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MY BIG PLANTING DAY...
- I forget how cold it is in my winter garden after a frost. Things can take all morning to warm up. But I want to be out there gardening. Today was supposed to be MY BIG PLANTING DAY, all day, starting early...
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The end is in sight......
- Good afternoon. Anyone who has been following my journal closely will have read about the collection, division, and replanting of heaps of Agapanthus plants. Woo hoo!
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Agapanthus days......
- Yet more Agapanthus days. Today I spent two hours in the morning dividing and trimming, getting the pieces ready for planting. Then went off to the dentist. Eek...
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More free plants......
- Oh. My. Goodness. This morning we had to pick up our trailer (which family had borrowed). Saw some mature yucca plants sitting on the side of the road, free. Grabbed three of them. Then we stopped to pick up more Agapanthus that had been dug up for me...
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More sun......
- Yeay! The sun is back. Not that the sun ever went anywhere. But the garden is shining and glowing with golden light, and there are interesting shadows on the lawns. Just lovely.
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Winter sun......
- Aha! There is some winter sun at last, after several days of drizzle and rain. Wonderful sun - you remembered me! Am instantly cheered-up. Please don't disappear too soon. Keep me company in the garden...