tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8375115397235745622024-03-06T05:24:27.846+13:00The Ryans New BuildCulectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-12212266938888004052014-08-23T15:20:00.000+12:002014-08-23T15:20:29.777+12:00The Daffodils are Flowering<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The extra 100 daffodils bulbs I planted for this spring are already blooming. They look so picturesque against the black fence, they are a flower I just adore. When purchasing the bulbs from a grower I didn't realise that one of the species had a gorgeous bright orange centre.</div>
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When I look back at the rate of growth of our plants in four years, in the most challenging environment, I never cease to be amazed. That is the benefit of going with natives, they are survivors and have mutated over centuries to adapt to the environment and the changing global weather patterns.</div>
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Hubbie just came in with a duck egg from under our akeake hedge, we have had a pair of ducks waddling around, and we have resident cottontail bunnies under the wooden deck. Try to keep telling myself they are Peter Rabbit, Flopsie, Mopsie and whoever - they ate the farmers garden - and I fear they are eating mine. The duck egg will no doubt end up in an omelette.</div>
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-72273591024423132182014-07-19T21:53:00.002+12:002014-07-19T22:08:24.752+12:00Hens, Outdoor Concrete Table and Red Paint.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Our two lovely original hens are laying an egg every day. Only one turns out to be an Araucana as each day we only get one green egg, the other is an imposter. And the family I gave the other two Araucana hens too, are also getting green eggs, not daily but on occasion.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>After we resolved the inadequate light problem, hubby got all keen and built a mobile hen tractor which, the hens have taken to like ducks to water. If we don't get out and open the doors for them they start clucking and fussing. They walk through the trap doors into the tractor and then walk forward as we move it onto new grass. All but one that is, one black one has quickly worked out that it is easier to sit in the housing area and get pushed along rather than have to walk.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I have to give hubby credit for being ingenious. As you can see one end is a sack trolley attached to the house for mobility. It was cheaper to buy a sack trolley than it was to buy two wheels and with the tall handle you get some leverage. The makeshift handle on the other end was a piece of waste pipe and the two small wheels at the front obscured by the steel edging were swivel wheels recycled from an old commercial grinding machine.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Then after about three days I had one of those middle of the night moments when I realised why we never get eggs. There was insufficient sun getting into the hen house. In our desire to keep them from being exposed to the harsh cold winds we had failed to let enough sun into the run. Solution, get hubby to cut holes into the two exterior walls that also happened to be the fence, secure the holes with chicken wire and let in the sun. Within two days we got our first green eggs.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The pukeko's have taken the tops out of nearly all the tulips I planted for a mass display, 100 white ones. So disappointing, today we tried to put chicken mess over them to keep them protected but I fear for most of the bulbs it is too late. I also planted another 100 daffodils bulbs out into the large garden beds but again those tiresome pukeko's see them as young leaves to pluck. Funnily enough they do not touch the daffodils I planted last year along the boundary of the vegetable garden fence, they are coming up nicely. I will get a few tulips to enjoy as I put 40 in a large tub that I will place on the deck once they are ready to flower. I have daffodils flowering in the large tubs I planted out in April which is far too early. Just shows how mild the winter has been. Cannot imagine what Carterton will do for its annual October daffodil festival, the daffodils might all be over by then this year.</i></span></div>
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-39498015779339193162014-01-03T21:36:00.001+13:002014-01-03T21:44:18.386+13:00Chickens or a Dog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The age old question, shall we get a dog or have a family of chickens? Well that was my age old question having always been a dog lover and owner until the demise of our last dog two years ago. I have held off because of the logistics of looking after a puppy when we both work full-time. Reality has won me over so chickens get the vote. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>But chickens need a home. What an eye opener pricing chicken coops has proven to be, cheap imports on Trademe are readily available but common sense tells me their life will be short lived and I am in for the long haul. Well made coops start at $1017 and then you have to make a run. So what are the solutions? Talk nicely to the man of the house and buy marine ply, wire and framing, spend two days supervising most of the build, lend a hand when needed, make suitable suggestions and wallah you have the most perfect chook house. Hubby added some lovely touches like the handles that I love and the door that slides up and down with a chain and roller mechanism he designed from the many "bits and pieces" stored in his garage. We have his and hers garages.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And you are wondering where the chickens are coming from. Well as luck would have it, I had already decided I wanted Aruacana hens and one visit to Trademe and I found an auction from a Greytown seller. Sunday is the big day for going to collect my four ladies, the seller is away at a wedding this weekend so I have to be patient. And hubby has yet to put the iron on the roof, as I said the weather has been awful, gale force winds that would make trying to handle roofing iron a bit problematic.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was asked to take a few inside shots to share with a local interior designer, at first I thought no I don't want someone critiquing my house, but then decided the feedback would be welcome.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A few months ago I planted 100 mixed daffodils around my vege garden fence and in two pots. To my absolute delight they have begun flowering.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The winter has been so mild we have not used half our firewood and now we are only lighting the library fire at night. Choosing this fire as it heats the water at the same time. Lets hope we get a repeat of last summer, long hot and and very productive.</i></span></div>
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-27985683230089526712013-06-16T13:06:00.002+12:002013-06-16T13:06:11.713+12:00Oh How The Natives Have Grown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The beauty of writing a blog about the development of your new build is the record of change. I look back at our natives only planted two years ago and realise how quickly they have established. Yet when you look at them on a daily basis you feel old age will come sooner than an established garden, how wrong I seem to be. The akeake hedge is now quiet resilient to the elements at nearly metre and half tall and quite dense. It was such a scraggly assortment of plants when we put them in I thought they would never amount to much. How wrong, natives of course are used to battling for survival. I love the colour of the akeake, it makes such a statement amongst all the green.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My success at growing citrus is so encouraging. This blood orange has now been in this position for just over two years. It spent its' first two years in a large pot. Citrus actually perform well in pots but of course watering is so demanding on ones time. This particular blood orange is not very red at all and sometimes I wonder if it was incorrectly labelled. But it is so juicy and sweet to eat and is always laden with fruit.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This is a recent planting of more natives. I did not want to plant out the front but as the wind in November is so persistent when I would like to take advantage of the warmer weather and sit outside, that I felt compelled to put in a windbreak. The tall spindly trees are elders, not natives I know but incredibly hardy and fast growing. I like their bark and leaf so a small deviation from all things native. The hares have cut everyone of them down to nothing despite my efforts to deter this by painting a repellant on every single plant.</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This planting in front of the house is also about two years old and starting to get a bit of growth going. Again the hares just constantly attacked every plant time and time again, some died as a result of too little leaf left to photosynthesis. We left some of the plants that just seeded from wind or birds and they have added to the volume of plants and diversity.</span></i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmvvSf8ITaSQdrsNmd1G1Gx8MCy79MZPGS2K8KRg8AnGg7aNtpPVG8urz-iYUWnakLOOTVnxw7YArztbHk6JcoPi921xdorOWD3-pCjl5LHfDea96Hwml00YxODwASuT3Euk8LRvuVRm-/s1600/2011-06-15+02.36.41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmvvSf8ITaSQdrsNmd1G1Gx8MCy79MZPGS2K8KRg8AnGg7aNtpPVG8urz-iYUWnakLOOTVnxw7YArztbHk6JcoPi921xdorOWD3-pCjl5LHfDea96Hwml00YxODwASuT3Euk8LRvuVRm-/s320/2011-06-15+02.36.41.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The front border is where the growth is so noticeable. We are starting to get real privacy as a result of the height and density and the look from inside the house to outside is now one of greenery and texture. We can hear people walking past, often commenting on our natives and their growth, but no longer see them and be seen.</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> l love the look of the front of my house and the timeless materials we have used. </i></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrrTHawe_-yWY3oqt4v5vFn_QoSKbj1cijkaHe1q9mH8PWra_Fn9Rx2vrj2B04ZOEllmpJI8U2Nqge8r0Q6ZLjcbvPZBjkhXEpUWVQ5PMge-1lNVWC4vqCfIjQW8QB7MfI17pPszxY_B6/s1600/2011-06-15+02.42.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrrTHawe_-yWY3oqt4v5vFn_QoSKbj1cijkaHe1q9mH8PWra_Fn9Rx2vrj2B04ZOEllmpJI8U2Nqge8r0Q6ZLjcbvPZBjkhXEpUWVQ5PMge-1lNVWC4vqCfIjQW8QB7MfI17pPszxY_B6/s320/2011-06-15+02.42.02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> My vegetable garden has been neglected a bit but I have got plenty of cabbage and cauliflower growing, parsnip and carrots. The globe artichoke is flowering however, I discovered last year that I wasn't such a fan of the flavour after all.</i></div>
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We removed the bed of orange raspberries last week as they were taking up a prime site and they had multiplied out of control. I transplanted a couple of plants but we prefer the large red berries for our purposes. </div>
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I have planted two hundred daffodils in the garden and in pots - small green tops are poking through the soil in the pots which is daft but it does give me huge pleasure - the anticipation of what is to come.</div>
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I am a bit worried about my bees. I lifted the lid and put some sugar syrup in yesterday to find that there was syrup still in the feeder. Either they have plenty of food in the hive or they are dying. I could not hear any sound but it was a cold day and they may well be clustered together in the centre of the hive to preserve heat. Next fine warm day I must observe the hive. There was bee activity a couple of weeks ago so I hope all is ok. Bees are the most frustrating creatures in this world and they are so threatened for survival.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>From an amazing summer of temperatures between 25C to mid 30's the change has been sudden and dramatic. Snow fell yesterday and such that it closed the Rimutaka Hill Road and settled on the Tararua's. What a sight to wake up to, yes we might have winter. Fortunately today was fine but cold, the long Queens Birthday weekend is forecast to be fine and around 17 C so lets not complain. Cold kills the bugs in our gardens, I have meant to have taken the top box of the beehive but kept putting it off and now they will loose heat if I try and reduce the hive. Will have to pick a warm day and shut it down for winter asap and reduce the entry to cut the cold entering so easily. What a useless beekeeper I am - don't need reminding; I know it. Or I could quantify it by saying I am breeding hardy bees, of course we all know that is rubbish.</i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>We had such gale force winds earlier this week that my peach trees were still covered in leaf but an hour after the wind came up they were completely bare. That does make you think autumn has passed and winter is here, offiicially 1 June from memory. Winter always seems such a long season and summer too short.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>I have been lighting both fires since the temperatures plummeted, the library fire heats the water so I can justify lighting both. It is not the best at throwing out the heat but probably alot of the energy goes into water heating, however, the lounge fire is a brilliant example of efficiency especially as it is such a large room to heat with very high ceiling. There is nothing nicer on a cold night than flames, sitting watching the flames lick the glass is mesmerising. With a power account of $160 I feel I can afford to burn fires instead of pulling on layers of additional clothes. And they are clean burning fires so impact on air quality is not an environmental issue.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>I have had such a hectic week that I am so looking forward to a break with my lovely kids, family time. Ohhh roast dinners, desserts and a meal out, yum cha for lunch they tell me. Cannot wait, blow the weight control, next week. I exercise and it seems to make no difference, age I keep telling myself.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>What a wonderful summer we have had, temperatures in the 30's and like the rest of NZ not a drop of rain. Unlike the usual Wairarapa summer evenings the nights have not been cool and so we have had more bbq's than normal and so enjoyed sitting outside long into the evening with a pleasant pinot gris and chatting without the disruption of tv.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And as a result of the weather I have had a bumper season of produce. So many tomatoes that in the end I was sick of them. I have made tomato puree, spicy pasta sauce, pizza sauce, bottled tomatoes, roasted and frozen tomatoes, eaten tomatoes at every meal and given away tomatoes. My two year old apples trees were heavy with crop but the challenge was getting them ripe before I was forced to harvest them as the blackbirds just sat on them and pecked large cavernous holes in them. The apples were so large that the weight of the birds did not dislodge them from the tree, so in fact it was like a suspended dinner plate for the birds. I tried netting them but the birds just forced the nets down onto the apples and pecked between the net. I hung silver paper, computer discs, went out and shooed them, got hubby to fire shots but all to no avail.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My Montys' Surprise apples of which I finally got to harvest 16 of them each weighed 800gms. The were too big to eat in one sitting but tasted devine. Not bad for a 2 year old tree that spent it's first year battling galeforce winds without protection. The Peasgood Nonsuch produced less apples but of equal size. The there was the Fuji apple which was yum, so crisp and not too sweet. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> The Brandywine tomatoes which are heritage did not prove to be outstanding. I grew my own plants from seed that I saved from my Auckland garden 3 years ago. From the seed I had an excellent strike and the plants grew more than two metres high but the fruiting was sporadic and took longer to ripen than other varieties. It had excellent flavour but did not prove to store well, had a tough skin and a hard core which was problematic for bottling. My best tomato for all round use was the italiano.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i> This photo was taken in Dec, by March the tomatoes were so large that I regretted putting the beans in the same bed. I actually harvested the beans in early March and removed the plants which meant I lost further cropping. This is the heritage bean known as Pink Bush Bean which was rediscovered in South Canterbury and the seed is available from Koanga Nurseries. I keep pods each year for seed and have given away 100's of seeds as once gardeners see the crop from such a non fuss plant they all want it. It is the heaviest cropping bean of any beans grown, the bush just drips beans. Stringless, it is the perfect bean and freezes so well.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My spring raspberries were disappointing as I got mildew but the autumn crop is heavy and of good size with strong flavour. The best strawberries have been the late crop. Again the birds in summer were just living of our berries but now food is available we are getting the berries. Next year I need more nets. Did not get to taste my blueberries, the birds got the lot, and two plants died as I moved them for the third time. Have now find the area of the garden most suited to them and will add additional plants.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sadly my pear trees, Winter Nellis and Beurre Bosc did not fruit, I wonder if they are not pollinators to each other. Neither did my golden queen peach trees fruit, perhaps as they are very young trees, particularly the peaches they need more time. I did get 5 </span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>blackboy peaches of a young tree, no flatto peaches, but again all my trees are only two years in the ground and had the first year in tornado conditions.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I have planted two different fig trees and dream of eating fresh figs in the years to come.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Talking of years to come, I have planted asparagus plants, about 20 in all as an investment in food in the future. I do know one plants with the long term in mind, about 4 years before I can even think of harvesting one of the crowns. I suspect even longer as they are very immature plants I have purchased.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My cherry and apricot did not fruit but have put on so much growth that all their vigour is in the growing and establishing which will pay dividends in the years to come.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Did I mention potatoes? Well can I grow potatoes, too many to be factual. I pop them in any spare ground and they grow and grow and grow. Problem is we cannot eat them as quickly as they grow, I harvest and store them but they are prolific and I find we do not eat them like when we were younger. This red rosa weighed 800gms</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>And finally amongst the gardening work I visited an Auckland furniture importer and bought some new chairs. This one was exactly what I was looking for to sit under this amazing lamp imported from India which I discovered at Eketahuna.</i></span><br />
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-64809429887825099552013-01-27T22:04:00.002+13:002013-01-27T22:04:44.624+13:00My Summer Garden <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>This is the tree weighed down by the fruit. Montys Surprise are known to have the highest level of cancer fighting properties in the skin and is of course a heritage variety.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I left last years leeks in the ground to supply plenty of food for the bees, but found that the bumbles also love the allium heads.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>You might notice the peastraw everywhere, I bought 20 bales and it has proven to be a lifesaver for moisture retention. And despite my concern it does not blow around with the wind, however, with the very dry conditions the birds are kicking it out of the beds hunting for the worms below.</i></span><br />
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-88990329575501774382012-12-02T15:07:00.000+13:002012-12-02T15:09:12.302+13:00The Garden Is Coming To Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>It is early Dec and my vege garden is starting to take on the look of a very productive home potager. The flowers are still to come but the veges, cane fruit, bees and fruit trees are growing strongly.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>My hive collapsed in October and I decided to take a break from trying to raise bees. It is no simple practise believe me, every which way you turn there is varroa, american foul brood and hunger or lack of food. But funny things happen, it was a sunday and I was out gardening when I heard bee activity and noticed a few bees buzzing around my empty hive. Later that day I found a swarm of gorgeous yellow bees had decided to make my hive their new home. I have fed them up with plenty of sugar syrup and they seem very much at home. My bees that died out were very dark bees and really angry so it is wonderful to have friendly yellow bees who are happily visiting my strawberry patch, raspberry patch and the flowers on the fruit trees. They love the citrus out the front and so do all the bumblebees. We seem to have several different types of bumbles, some very small ones and then a species that is huge and very noisy. I love their sound.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I am confident I will have tomatoes this year. Dave and I build a double height raised bed with purchased garden soil and the tiny plants I grew on and some I sowed myself are really getting some height in only three weeks. And loaded with flowers.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cabbage, cauli, celery and rocket gone to seed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Currants and potatoes in the foreground, an espaliered pear in the background with a cherry to the right.</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>And yes we even have a pair of ducks that visit all day, every day. At first I wanted rid of them but now I find myself feeding them and checking they are still around every day. </i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Added a couple of new bits of art to the inside of the house. It has been a real trial and error for me to feel satisfied with some rooms.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>You look longingly at house magazines and feel you can never replicate them or develop your own little areas of magic. But it is only in the eye of the beholder so I have decided to capture little nooks and crannies which I like and at the end of the day that is all that matters. My little H & G places.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small flax with a magnolia as a centre piece in the front lawn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The large native bed at the edge of the acre planting area, hares are giving this area a real beating. The lines are our septic tank lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raised beds with more seedlings added today, caulis, rocket, cabbage, broccoli, silverbeet and I sowed beetroot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The library is my favourite area to sit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A reminder of trips to UK, we ate at the Green Man at Putney Heath</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old push out books from my mother-in laws childhood. All kept in a suitcases in one of the spare bedrooms.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As you can see I am a Beatrix Potter nut. And I love Buzzy Bees, a real NZ icon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And more Beatrix Potter, I bought this little bookcase with all its content from a Church Op Shop in Yorkshire. My husbands aunt gave us her wedgewood on our last visit, very cherised pieces. And who remembers the wooden men hanging off elastic across babies prams?</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I even painted the blackberry frame to coordinate with the fencing which will look wonderful after a years growth, just cannot wait to be harvesting our own blackberries. Apple and blackberry pie, here we come.</i></span><br />
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Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-53080532453760056472012-08-27T21:41:00.003+12:002012-09-05T21:12:15.781+12:00A Little Bit Of Decor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It is definelty a milder winter than last year, not a sign of snow, not even some hail.<br />
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We are slowly putting up some art, cheap colourful purchases from The Warehouse, but they add colour and interest.Then I got the real harp on to Dave that I wanted the brass BB sign we had been given up on the wall between kitchen and hall. B&B could stand for Bedrooms and Bathrooms and it was a bit funky. I also have a round brass sign that says SW my maiden initials but really it stands for Studio Works, but getting that up on the kitchen wall is proving to be more difficult. Harping on is not having the desired effect.<br />
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In the garden not much has happened, it is after all winter. Sadly our lemon tree gave up on life and we had to replace it. You would think frost got it but on either side is a healthy orange and lime tree. The lemonade in the vege garden is looking pretty sad because of the wind.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>After nearly two years I am finally getting my vege garden fenced, 50 metres of fencing. The builders have a few days to fill in and Dave is too busy so we decided to take the bull by the horns and pay for the fence to be erected. Well to qualify that, I decided to get the post and rails put up and Dave and I will nail the board and battens to the frames and paint them to match the black of the house. We returned from a visit to the kids in Auckland to find the builders measuring up. It took all Friday to dig the holes, measure the spacings and put up one row of posts. A much bigger job than you anticipate.</i></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of my favourite activities is to preserve the summer glut of fruit. Jams, jellies, bottling, chutney, I love making them all.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And it is this time of the year you find others with the same passion who are so keen to share surplus fruits. Generous people have given me more quince than I could possibly eat and half the fun is finding ways to use them. Dave has loved them cooked slowly as a dessert but for me it is the perfumed quince jelly on my hot toast or a warm scone.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have bottled 20 jars of apples from the tree in the paddock which is an old apple that cooks up so fluffy. Harvested a huge bag and took to our recycle centre as giveaways.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">So far this summer I have made quince jelly, quince marmalade (a bit too sweet for me), quince chutney, plum sauce, bottled apples, bottled blackboy peaches and spiced whole blackboy peaches (nice with meats and cheese) and capsicum jam.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have amazed myself how productive my first vege garden has been. Having moved from Auckland where the warmer climate encourages growth I was surprised at how more productive this area is for green vege. Tomatoes have been a disaster but the greens just prolific. Below is kale which I have not grown before, very nice with the coloured beets, steamed and served with red meat.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The coloured beets are so picturesque in the garden.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My orange raspberries were reasonable in the spring but masses of fruit in the autumn. I have made jam mixed with our strawberries and everyday we eat them on our muesli for breakfast and on ice cream at night for dessert.</span></em></div>Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-5228904568185461922012-03-23T20:04:00.000+13:002012-03-23T20:04:02.162+13:00The House and Garden is Getting There<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Despite a cooler than normal summer we have had a reasonably successful summer garden, the exception has been the tomatoes. But everyone has experienced that problem.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The raspberries of the orange variety are giving us 500gms every day and the strawberries whilst being tardy in the spring are now flourishing lovely sweet large fruits.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The potato patch was truely amazing. Jersey Bennies and Cliff Kidneys were planted as they are traditionally very expensive as xmas potatoes and as boutique grown spuds. We harvested 55 kilos of potatoes, exceeded our wildest dreams as in the past we have been lucky to get half a bucket of low quality potatoes. Not a blemish on one and the flavour was something your memory of childhood vege gardens flicked back to. And all this from a 4 x 2 metre bed.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have taken a gam</span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">ble and planted another bed of red potatoes which are sold as long keepers. Despite the cool summer they are now half a metre high in late March and in flower. So I am expecting to get a second harvest.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The driveway was finally completed in January, sadly not for xmas but you need patience when you build a new home. It has really made the front yard so useable and a large turning space for vehicles on a hard surface.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And now that Kev and Steph have bought their first home in Cockle Bay Auckland I have my garage free to house my car. Such a novelty to have a garage that is not storage for kids on OE;s and their furniture.</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>So far this summer I have made plum sauce from plums I harvested from the local golf club, bottled apples from a tree across the paddock, quince marmalade and quince jelly from quinces given to me by a kind local and capsicum jam from 3 cheap capsicums on clearance. </em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And in Feb we had a large timber deck built on the front which will have a water feature developed in the space over the next few weeks.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And to separate the living space from the library and bedrooms we have had a slider with glass feature installed</span></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>It spells out all the places we have lived or have a connection with. Dave was born in Manchester and my family originate from Perthshire, Scotland even though we emigrated in 1839.</em></span> </div>Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-68687114714236332082011-11-07T20:02:00.000+13:002011-11-07T20:02:19.493+13:00The Exterior Gets a Little Closer to Completion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When writing the last Blog I thought I had photos of the battens being nailed on but to my surprise the photos I thought I had taken I had not. Is it a sign of ageing?</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Anyway the builders came back as they had some time so we contracted them to nail on the 3km of wooden battens. Dave and I spent every weekend painting battens to keep ahead of the builders, pretty boring I have to say. Now the entire house needs repainting for the final time to cover the nails and lay down the final coat. Dave and I know what we are doing for our summer break.</span></em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzBgNEhk-jIHW-0hJ3WSZzGr4lOKuLzDT1molB0qBVC-UfnUDii4b0f9FsLfso8U-_O6V50-sr3MwbY6e6-EbN0uVkxY_G8vLriBh_V-RrYoChKsxtjOCiO0IC6NC7tUjplZDqmDQx9w/s1600/House+Nov+2011+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzBgNEhk-jIHW-0hJ3WSZzGr4lOKuLzDT1molB0qBVC-UfnUDii4b0f9FsLfso8U-_O6V50-sr3MwbY6e6-EbN0uVkxY_G8vLriBh_V-RrYoChKsxtjOCiO0IC6NC7tUjplZDqmDQx9w/s320/House+Nov+2011+017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>The concrete contractor Phil claims he is coming tomorrow Tuesday to finish the driveway and parking areas out the front. Only been waiting for about 11 weeks since we agreed to his price. Came three weeks ago and poured a section then disappeared.</em></span></div>Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-41206502164621213342011-11-04T21:12:00.000+13:002011-11-04T21:12:33.742+13:00Spring is Here<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Spring is such a lovely time of the year, the sun starts to shine, the buds appear and you can spend productive time in the garden. And your living style changes, daylight savings brings longer evenings, you can wear lighter clothes and the shops fill up with loads of colour. Next to summer, spring is my favourite time.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have had the 3 kms of battens nailed to the house and it has given the house style and definition. The concrete drive and parking areas have been started, well 1/5th has been poured, the contractor starts then disappears for weeks on end.</span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But we need to buy another 100m of timber to edge and finish the raised beds. I have transplanted the orange raspberrries and bought red raspberries, a blackberry and a current yet to plant. Some veges have gone in, a bed of heritage red seeded bush beans, two plots of potatoes and salad greens. But tonight the annoying and damaging north west winds have arrived to wreck all my work.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We must get the fence built.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our bathroom tiling has been finished, just need the plumber to fit the toilet and basin and the electrician to fit the lights, heated towell rail and we can use it, or rather guests can use it.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our bees decided they were overcrowded and should swarm. Fortunately it was a day I was home and as they gathered momentum leaving the hive I found the offending queen bee settled on the wind break and was able to catch her. Subsequently the bees flew around for about an hour in a frenzy and without a queen to follow returned to the hive. I then purchased a new hive from Auckland and split the hive. I placed some queen cells into the new hive with 4 frames and so hopefully I will have success as establishing a second hive. I quickly added a new box and frames to the first hive.</span></em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite1gxHAfs-gdTe79UJFpB6FYl8RuRJlGqC5XvO3Q5zEN1T5RlDfr2Oc9-V5I3RktIl5uHcu1-M6O64dXgzDvAvMeNl4WgTBo-RncdrQ9ugcKxNL4SjIky3wMKRZedQZHWJf08OzPLAEJl/s1600/Nov+2011+114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEite1gxHAfs-gdTe79UJFpB6FYl8RuRJlGqC5XvO3Q5zEN1T5RlDfr2Oc9-V5I3RktIl5uHcu1-M6O64dXgzDvAvMeNl4WgTBo-RncdrQ9ugcKxNL4SjIky3wMKRZedQZHWJf08OzPLAEJl/s320/Nov+2011+114.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My limequat has produced so many fruits that have been consumed each night in a gin and lemonade, they are the most perfect accompaniment to a drink at the end of the day.</span></em></div>Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837511539723574562.post-40136937526241914492011-08-28T21:03:00.000+12:002011-08-28T21:03:36.312+12:00Winter Update, We had Record Snow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_q8xt6k="110"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is hard to believe with warm sunny days all week that only two weeks ago we were calf deep in snow. Knee deep in some parts of the block and very deep in parts of the golf course which borders our Lane.</span></em></div><div closure_uid_q8xt6k="110"><div closure_uid_fur52x="547" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDEoUdmiMPUjlK8CVplmy16sfWcuSIvbgaTNncjP-sAjxchyphenhyphen48I6lbW3DBgNpt61botK4lKfNaVfQugVk3vcmN3Icz_DtckyUHpejnNDtmlxNgdtMwAcMaH9ZAYg77Eeo6zAIyMSK2lwS/s1600/snow+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgDEoUdmiMPUjlK8CVplmy16sfWcuSIvbgaTNncjP-sAjxchyphenhyphen48I6lbW3DBgNpt61botK4lKfNaVfQugVk3vcmN3Icz_DtckyUHpejnNDtmlxNgdtMwAcMaH9ZAYg77Eeo6zAIyMSK2lwS/s320/snow+041.JPG" width="320" /></a><em><span closure_uid_q8xt6k="127" style="font-family: Georgia;">NZ had an antartic blast bringing record snow falls across the country, even Auckland recorded a flurry of snow. And cold, pre-snow the wind chill was below zero and in two weeks we never got above single figure temperatures. But today 17C and some days this week got to 18C. </span></em></div><div closure_uid_fur52x="547" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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The skylark was introduced to New Zealand from Europe along with so many other birds in the 1860s and had become established in open country from the coast to high up in the mountains. It avoids forests and other thick vegetation. The skylark’s most striking feature, and the one that gives the birds its name, is its song in flight. The territorial song of the male, heard mainly between August and January is an ecstatic torrent of variable trills and runs, sustained for up to five minutes while the bird soars high into the sky. It hovers 30–100 metres above the ground, facing into the breeze, and then drops slowly earthwards. The song ceases just before the final descent.<br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Despite the winter I have tried to make a little headway with the garden. Dave and I need to get the protective fence built to keep the gale force wind at bay. But it comes down to time, last weekend we went to Auckland to visit Kev and Stephanie home from their OE. It was such a nice weekend seeing him and spending time with both Hailey and Kev. Had a nice birthday dinner for Hailey's Dave.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Planted a cherry, apricot and pear tree, planted the raspberries that have spent three years in a pot and the strawberries from the strawberry tubs.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Looks terrible, but come spring, some gravel down, fence up and some dry weather it will look more inviting. This will be my photographic record of progress.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The last two weeks we have built our first raised bed in the vege garden/orchard. The strawberries need planting out, they have spent two years in strawberry planters that do not produce the best fruits, the planters require so much attention as they dry out. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The vege garden needs fencing, we have bought the materials but it is a big job and we have tried to finish other jobs before starting this one. However, the strawberries don't know the fence should come first so they will just struggle on in the new bed.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had 15 tonnes of metal delivered this week for the areas directly surrounding the house, hired a little scoop to make life easier. In our mid 50's now we don't have the same energy as we did when we were younger. No point in getting fatigued and straining something. It only took about 2 hours to complete the job and it has made such a difference with all that boggy clay covered up.</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Along with berries in planters I also have a number of citrus trees in large pots. The picture shows my blood orange with plenty of fruit nearly ripe. I have limequats, lemons, limes and kaffir limes.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFSIQ8wdqmv35pxDMqwLahUPO2rXPHQQ079lc6t8jNC1hCtHwQ4KqEKXQYbseKe1x9tgnCmB6V_NRGce4dImVq-LGqAsJ8yS2LPudem2AZDhl3p-OeGgN9L58c4wdSwaXENZH-HUSy4oe/s1600/June+2011+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFSIQ8wdqmv35pxDMqwLahUPO2rXPHQQ079lc6t8jNC1hCtHwQ4KqEKXQYbseKe1x9tgnCmB6V_NRGce4dImVq-LGqAsJ8yS2LPudem2AZDhl3p-OeGgN9L58c4wdSwaXENZH-HUSy4oe/s320/June+2011+002.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The road frontage is well planted up now, the hares had a go at some plants and took the tops off before we got the repellant sprayed on them. So we have a few to replace, fortunately we did buy a significant number so we have spares to replace the hare attacked ones. We didn't see hares for months and the minute you plant something they appear from nowhere.</span></em><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>With it being a cold sunday we lit the lounge fire/cooker about 4.30pm. I decided to cook the leg of lamb in the oven section of the fire. We have been trialling the oven, it gets very hot very quickly so it has been a bit of trial and error. A friend was here last weekend and they have had two of these Broady Gourmet fires and gave us a good rundown on how to cook successfully with it. The advice was truely handy, the roast turned out beautifully. Moist, browned and only took an hour and a half.</em></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0uZOgryJ_kGeJtpZ_wJ7zvXDGfdBDNXActtOZ9-A_K4TEdj62Qmp1bQI_m812pdyBfcC_TfCzhueia2LXH_aa9OwlLAEj1PSQ6ox5wcNXZlieh_RfybKl9nR278cbvqyjNXtsvaWDjxq/s1600/June+2011+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN0uZOgryJ_kGeJtpZ_wJ7zvXDGfdBDNXActtOZ9-A_K4TEdj62Qmp1bQI_m812pdyBfcC_TfCzhueia2LXH_aa9OwlLAEj1PSQ6ox5wcNXZlieh_RfybKl9nR278cbvqyjNXtsvaWDjxq/s320/June+2011+024.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We cook on the top most nights and always have the kettle ticking over if the fire is lit but we have not utilised the oven to its potential. So tonights success was wonderful. The Broady apparently cooks amazing cakes, I made perfect pizzas Friday night and I have had mixed success with the bread. Had the oven too hot, now I know how to let some of the heat out to regulate the temperature. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We had a local joiner pay us a visit on the weekend to quote for the library built in shelves and display. Settled on ply which we will oil. Boy much pricier than we had imagined, but when you need bookcases you need bookcases, and what is the point of having rooms with a purpose if they don't end up serving the purpose they were built for. You only live once.</span></em><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The scullery remains a work in progress like so many things in the house. Dave is putting up a stainless steel shelf after he had to reduce its length as I bought it too large.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69geaSZzNctwc3re1rNA8Id33b8yjgTkZe0NCkyjNGwYxYTo54ODCAL0jJbFpvNdvlePE5ijd2vpmb-ijPMNuV0Ppy7jqM4SzIbnxYDxzd2fpF6W-WyZwR3ylMmD-VzPP2kQnzVPjqV9J/s1600/June+2011+334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69geaSZzNctwc3re1rNA8Id33b8yjgTkZe0NCkyjNGwYxYTo54ODCAL0jJbFpvNdvlePE5ijd2vpmb-ijPMNuV0Ppy7jqM4SzIbnxYDxzd2fpF6W-WyZwR3ylMmD-VzPP2kQnzVPjqV9J/s320/June+2011+334.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The kitchen is nearing completion, the photos are not very good as I took them at night. We bought this kitchen second hand as an ex-display and we have only used about the half the original benchtop. Partly because we had a little accident moving the 5 metre length and partly because it was too dominating in the space. It still remains very large and a delight for us. Remember we also have a scullery through the door to the right.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yn8CQhFutKWW5vwLLNScRIiDBeXkV9nEJiOanQ-G4GT3vBGOgEL6zQIQAjG843RWu6gbhDV1YmxBdRgM16dbSa8lCFS6iMrvwbBbVsSo7nfXjcIADl6L4yJ4KJzsB723qCa7J61etp9/s1600/June+2011+337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1yn8CQhFutKWW5vwLLNScRIiDBeXkV9nEJiOanQ-G4GT3vBGOgEL6zQIQAjG843RWu6gbhDV1YmxBdRgM16dbSa8lCFS6iMrvwbBbVsSo7nfXjcIADl6L4yJ4KJzsB723qCa7J61etp9/s320/June+2011+337.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em> The red glass splashback adds a bit of drama. The stove was another trademe buy, 2/3rds of the new price, so thearitically second hand but never used and still in its wooden crate. Falcon stoves are english and made by Aga. I love it. The matching Falcon extractor was again a trademe buy, second hand but again still in its original packaging. People buy these things with the best of intentions then life takes another path and they resell them. We made very good savings on items like this. </em></span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We harvested 11 kilos of honey from our hive, simply golden heaven.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have sorted out the style of fencing for the vege and orchard. Dave has ordered the posts and ply. Hopefully in the next 4 weeks my growing area will be getting fenced so I can start to plan the raised beds for our own organically grown food.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have planted natives into the front of the house where we spread 14 cubic metres of mulch. Direct from a local native tree nursery they were a bargain compared to other costs. $2.50 each and we bought $600 worth which will more than do all our plantings around the property. Next weekend we are going to buy our firewood trees, they are $1.20 each so a good investment in our own firewood in 10 years.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The electrician returned a couple of weeks ago to do some more work. He got some of the exterior lights fitted as I was complaining of the danger of falling when trying to go outside once it had become dark. It was a right hazard going out the front of the house at night. It is a big drop from the wooden deck at the front door down to the driveway. This is because the driveway has yet to built up so currently is about a half a metre below the finished level.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We have planted some very tiny akeakes that I have pulled from the side of the verges as I am out walking. They are so tiny that they are not visible, only the stakes mark the spot, but from tiny acorns mighty oaks grow. And they were free.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The next photo only shows one side of the house frontage and three quarters of the bark.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">We did all this saturday morning before the heat set in, it was a very hot morning so we knew it was only going to get hotter. Plus it was the Wairarapa Balloon festival weekend. We had already been down to Henley Lake at 7.30am to see them lift off and do the dash and splash so we had had an early start and decided to make the most of the day.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Later that day I spent some time finishing a block on my patchwork quilt, ready for class Monday, I am behind the other 5 students so feeling guilty.</span></em><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5H2r2JvoWJRUb5feCcXaaeQF7TeIeK9j7Zlw4JYPZCnxcZalzbLgXhc2WtRDdiC0iED1lFDhIwUyi8j_SAG9uQaCCLR7rljMmVDLzzaWhaRlk-n-Oee1LyfYUAgknmAfLgJlyRUkpawD/s1600/P3140047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5H2r2JvoWJRUb5feCcXaaeQF7TeIeK9j7Zlw4JYPZCnxcZalzbLgXhc2WtRDdiC0iED1lFDhIwUyi8j_SAG9uQaCCLR7rljMmVDLzzaWhaRlk-n-Oee1LyfYUAgknmAfLgJlyRUkpawD/s200/P3140047.JPG" width="200" /></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">On our way to the bee club I spotted one of many fruit trees</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> laden with fruit on the side of the road. I made Dave stop the </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">car so I could pick a bag full, the crispest fruit and not a bug or blemish on them. You all know how I love to forage.</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The flavour of this variety is so clean, I cooked them down for apple pulp for our muesli and they went mushy in minutes yet were so crisp to eat fresh. I plan to return to the site and take one of the many seedlings for my orchard.</span></em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I was also hoping to have the honey in jars by Monday night but Dave has got a real nasty bug and all tasks unrelated to looking after him have gone on hold.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">And today the kitchen sink has blocked up, called out the plumber at 5.00pm to find out that this new high tech sink has a filter system that does not allow anything other than liquids to be poured down it. Tea leaves do not qualify and pots full of leaf were extracted from the pipes that go back to November. Someone should have told me, or we should have bought a simple old fashioned sink that managed to dispose of everything.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have been watching River Cottage Road Trip between writing this and he has just made rosehip syrup, on my daily walk down the hill from home there is a lake. On this lake edge there are a number of wild roses with the same hips he used. Yes, I will have to pick a kilo of hips and try his recipe, he said it was like a caribbean cocktail. Might enhance the nightly gin.</span></em>Culectahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479014670985802994noreply@blogger.com0