Gardening
Love is in the earth
Here at evolu, we made our own promise for this year to continue to take better care of ourselves, and to do our best for the environment. Speaking for myself, here are a few ways I endeavoured to keep Mother Nature and myself very happy over 2011…
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Time for some colour therapy
Auckland’s Eden Garden, especially at this time of year, is a truly glorious garden experience, open to the public and well worth a visit if you enjoy things botanical and fancy a mood lift…
Read More →one ripe plum and other harvests
It’s late summer here in Auckland and everyone agrees it’s been an usually warm and humid one. Our garden isn’t huge but it does squeeze in a diverse collection of trees, several of which are the fruiting variety, and one in particular is a favourite, but also an annual source of puzzlement for me…
Read More →the hairy bombers under our garden shed
I was weeding near our garden shed recently when I heard the unmistakable low sound of a bumblebee as it droned slowly past my ear at close proximity. Nothing unusual about that really, except it was quickly followed by another, and another, and then one more…
Read More →The lime tree that would not die
Several years ago, I received an unusual and very welcome gift from my wife: a small Tahitian lime tree in a garden pot. With dreams in mind of plucking fresh juicy limes off that tree every season, I placed it outdoors and waited for the magic to happen…
Read More →No room at home? Grow some veges at work
At the evolu office, we have a big beautiful balcony. So we’ve turned it into a herb and vegetable garden in the sky…
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