{"id":1756,"date":"2016-04-24T23:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2016-05-24T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T05:28:11","slug":"garden-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/garden-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought it was time for\u00a0a little update on the garden situation. Those of you who were concentrating may have noticed that I did indeed divert the Northland drought with my\u00a0Mediterranean garden experiment<\/a>.\u00a0That was no thanks to the local farming population I might say. Inexplicably not one of them\u00a0signed up to fund my dry-climate plant\u00a0purchases.<\/p>\n

\"Mediteranian<\/a>

The Mediterranean drought-proof garden\u00a0after 3 months of frequent rain.<\/p><\/div>\n

No matter. Garden progress continues.\u00a0I really should be unpacking, but those boxes aren’t\u00a0going anywhere, and with winter around the corner\u00a0there will be\u00a0a whole lot of\u00a0wet days in which to do\u00a0house stuff. These sunny autumn days call for\u00a0outside activities, so, as part of my mission to expand the vegetable\u00a0garden<\/a>,\u00a0I have been working on a little\u00a0project.<\/p>\n

These were sliced up during chainsaw practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"slab\"<\/a>

A slice of tree anyone?<\/p><\/div>\n

They were supposed\u00a0to join\u00a0the firewood stack<\/a>, but were\u00a0too pretty to burn. Instead, in a Pinterest-inspired<\/a>\u00a0fit of creative gardening\u00a0I arranged\u00a0them across this\u00a0extension to\u00a0the veggie\u00a0patch.<\/p>\n

\"path\"<\/a>

Stepping stumps (the graceful\u00a0looking green fronds\u00a0to the right are actually a very large\u00a0weed).<\/p><\/div>\n

Those of you concerned about building\u00a0code compliance will be relieved to know that my work\u00a0has been rigorously tested and heartily\u00a0approved by Kitty-Pop.<\/p>\n

\"thanks\"<\/a>

Seen here performing a complex stability test.<\/p><\/div>\n

Now all that’s\u00a0required for full\u00a0qualification as a veggie garden is to plant\u00a0the green things. What do you<\/em> like to grow\u00a0in your winter garden?<\/p>\n

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