Category: Gardening

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Hobbies

How do you unwind after a demanding day?

There are many hobbies available for pursuit. If I had more time, I’d indulge in more than I do now.

But, currently, my favourites are gardening, writing, and cross stitch.

With the glorious weather of a Southern spring, the garden is taking up much of my attention.  This morning, I did two hours of wedding and still have loads more to pull out.

Earlier in the year, when we had record-breaking floods, mostly, I was indoors, reading and writing.

And if it’s not suitable to be outside, I like to do hand stitching projects. As a result, I have many half finished projects to complete. So, this is also on my current Task List.

But the hobby I really wish I had time for is playing music. Already, I know some piano, but would love to learn the Recorder.

What hobbies are on your wish list?

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Lucky

You’re in luck.

I’d like to start blogging about my garden, as it is dear to my heart and now taking up much of my attention. After going away to see a family member last month, I arrived back to a very overgrown garden.

The plan is to let you go on the journey with me, from jungle to relatively domesticated and producing horn of plenty. The idea is that I can entertain myself by learning about food.

Cutting down on food miles is one way to help the environment and growing my own food is something I’d love to do to help the planet. I’d also like to help the community that supports me, so if I can assist through sharing my own experiences, several aims have been achieved at once.

Plus, maybe I’m just madly in love with Nature.

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Easy gardening

From a neighbour in her eighties, I learnt something powerful about gardening. It’s all about working with Nature and not against her.

For example, it was raining fairly regularly over a number of weeks, and I found my neighbour outside each day, weeding. When I asked her why she was out in the rain, she said it was easier to pull weeds once the rain had softened the ground.

So, the secret to easy gardening, is to employ Mother Nature to do the hard work for us, and allow her to help. She is, afterall, a wise and old helpful lady.