Alison's Garden Blog

Tales Of Gardening In A West Auckland Garden.

An Unexpected Treat From The Back Of The Fridge

Filed under: Back Garden,General — Alison at 2:56 pm on Friday, May 21, 2010  Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

When making breakfast this morning I found at the back of the fridge a jar of homemade plum jam.  A real treat as I thought we had finished them all. We live on a section that has become a rarity in suburban Auckland.  900 square metres containing a single dwelling and a large garden.  Previous […]

Back Garden Update (with photos!)

Filed under: Back Garden — Alison at 10:53 pm on Monday, May 10, 2010

Well, we had the back garden looking neat and tidy with the sandpit up and running, a soccer goal with various balls for the toddlers and an umbrella ready to shade the mums and babies.  Invites to our son’s first birthday had been sent and I had started to prepare the party food when, the […]

Slow Progress In the Back Garden

Filed under: Back Garden — Alison at 9:04 pm on Sunday, December 13, 2009  Tagged , ,

Well the last couple of weeks have gone by in a blur of birthday party and Christmas preparations (I won’t mention the Santa Photo lark).  I’ve managed a bit of weeding in the veggie patch and hubby and I continue to slowly sort out the back garden.  It is coming along slowly but in our […]