Yes I love Autumn too. Spring is racing ahead here and even though it's too early to plant, it's really busy preparing what veg is going where. Good to hear that you had a great trip away. Take care =-)
Hi Lorraine, It sounds like you are excising your Spring patience, it is so tempting sometimes to start to plant those seeds. I will look forward to hearing how your garden is blooming on our dark winter days here. 🤗
Hiya Menita, so glad you had a wonderful holiday and caught up with old friends. Im abit envious of your travels, but our time is coming next year. I loved the garden tour as your garden despite your absence looks so abundant and lush even with Autumn approaching. I think at a guess the volunteer climber in your hot house is a squash, possibly butternut looking at the shape of it. The leaves dont look serrated enough to be a melon. It will be interesting to see what it turns out to be. Spring has definitely arrived here. We grow all year round using frost nets and cloche for the outdoor vege gardens. The spring brassicas here have taken off and spinach, lettuce and celery are staples in our diets at the moment. I also have spring onion , carrots, kale and brocolli still thriving in our winter beds too. Its been a cold winter here with -4 degrees celcius mornings, (unusual for our location in the Wairarapa) but everything in the gardens coped well. Our citrus we triple frost netted this year and although now abundant in fruit the colder temperatures have created thicker skins and less juicy fruit. But great for preserving :) Glad your kittens stayed put, but Im sure they would have been happy to have you home :) Take care and thanks for another interesting vlog. xx
@@livingjustright90 Hi Rae, sometimes I just feel like you are sitting at my table drinking tea with me, I do love our catch ups 🙏 Your garden pantry sounds very productive especially when fresh food on your plate in winter is such a treat. Our winters can go down to -13 to -15 C here and there are times that we don’t get any winter sun due to us being tucked in the corner of the hills. I do use some fleece and mini plastic tunnels for extra protection but there are some things that we just can’t grow. Finger crossed this year we have a few more things survive to see us through the hungry gap, it’s trying to time the planting so the plants are big enough to survive but not too big that they just freeze. Thank you for the volunteer plant ID I think it will start dying off soon so we may not see the full growth but I have taken pictures to research it a little more. You have briefly mentioned before about your travel plans, I’m so pleased you are booking a date to make these dreams happen. Take care 🤗
What a good harvest. Everything just keeps on growing whether you are there or not. Great that the cats stayed home this time. How is your vege stand at the gate doing? Here in NZ it is Spring but not quite warm enough to plant out yet.
@@jeanettefrancis6473 Hi Jeanette, Yes that is very true, everything does carry on and keep growing, this is why we planned our trip at this time as things start to slow down a little and it over laps the autumn planting. It sounds like you are also exercising your Spring patience, as I know it is so tempting. 😊 I will look forward to hearing how things are getting on, what you are growing, your celebrations and lessons from the garden. Thank you for calling in by 🤗
Yes I love Autumn too. Spring is racing ahead here and even though it's too early to plant, it's really busy preparing what veg is going where. Good to hear that you had a great trip away. Take care =-)
Hi Lorraine, It sounds like you are excising your Spring patience, it is so tempting sometimes to start to plant those seeds. I will look forward to hearing how your garden is blooming on our dark winter days here. 🤗
Hiya Menita, so glad you had a wonderful holiday and caught up with old friends. Im abit envious of your travels, but our time is coming next year. I loved the garden tour as your garden despite your absence looks so abundant and lush even with Autumn approaching. I think at a guess the volunteer climber in your hot house is a squash, possibly butternut looking at the shape of it. The leaves dont look serrated enough to be a melon. It will be interesting to see what it turns out to be. Spring has definitely arrived here. We grow all year round using frost nets and cloche for the outdoor vege gardens. The spring brassicas here have taken off and spinach, lettuce and celery are staples in our diets at the moment. I also have spring onion , carrots, kale and brocolli still thriving in our winter beds too. Its been a cold winter here with -4 degrees celcius mornings, (unusual for our location in the Wairarapa) but everything in the gardens coped well. Our citrus we triple frost netted this year and although now abundant in fruit the colder temperatures have created thicker skins and less juicy fruit. But great for preserving :) Glad your kittens stayed put, but Im sure they would have been happy to have you home :) Take care and thanks for another interesting vlog. xx
@@livingjustright90 Hi Rae, sometimes I just feel like you are sitting at my table drinking tea with me, I do love our catch ups 🙏 Your garden pantry sounds very productive especially when fresh food on your plate in winter is such a treat. Our winters can go down to -13 to -15 C here and there are times that we don’t get any winter sun due to us being tucked in the corner of the hills. I do use some fleece and mini plastic tunnels for extra protection but there are some things that we just can’t grow. Finger crossed this year we have a few more things survive to see us through the hungry gap, it’s trying to time the planting so the plants are big enough to survive but not too big that they just freeze. Thank you for the volunteer plant ID I think it will start dying off soon so we may not see the full growth but I have taken pictures to research it a little more. You have briefly mentioned before about your travel plans, I’m so pleased you are booking a date to make these dreams happen. Take care 🤗
What a good harvest. Everything just keeps on growing whether you are there or not. Great that the cats stayed home this time. How is your vege stand at the gate doing? Here in NZ it is Spring but not quite warm enough to plant out yet.
@@jeanettefrancis6473 Hi Jeanette, Yes that is very true, everything does carry on and keep growing, this is why we planned our trip at this time as things start to slow down a little and it over laps the autumn planting. It sounds like you are also exercising your Spring patience, as I know it is so tempting. 😊 I will look forward to hearing how things are getting on, what you are growing, your celebrations and lessons from the garden. Thank you for calling in by 🤗