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October, November, December 2022
Sometimes things get away from you. Like the last three months. Our Open Garden went ahead on the 30th October, amid wild rainy weather, which, thankfully held off the actual day leaving us with some much needed sunshine. Our preparations for the actual day were constantly thwarted – the ground was sodden leaving us unable to weed and generally inclined to do nothing. Sometimes natures forces your hand and we had to reconcile ourselves to the fact that visitors were going to have to take the garden as it was – warts and all. Pavers were placed on the walkways that had disappeared under water, the entrance to the parking…
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August 2022
Rain is the most predominant memory of August. Rain on top of rain that left small lakes (we’re beyond trivial puddles at this stage) and rivers in the garden. Our rule here at Crofton (and for the suburb of Sandford) is that we never complain about rain. We are on tank water and in a dry area, so to complain about rain is to basically whinge about your source of life. Perhaps it is a good excuse to not have to work in the garden. A forced holiday. It is always amusing when Jenny can’t work in the garden. She does not take to stopping and resting well. Even as…
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December 2021
Well, December has come and gone. We had quite a bit of rain and it’s been cool so the garden is looking ok. This is evident by the generous growth on our Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ and Cornus collection, who usually have started showing signs of crispiness by the end of the first month of Summer. Earlier in the year we planted a hedge of Hydrangea ‘Blueberries and Cream’, one of our better moves. Unfortunately, we forgot that it is near a group of Clivias, orange flowering ones. Not the best combination. They were given to us by a friend and at the time we were grateful. We would never have…
