Plants
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 →Undiscovered gold
In New Zealand, from the months of March to May, we are lucky enough to be surrounded by great colour and a gorgeous array of plump delicious fruit in our vineyards and orchards. One of which is the very understated persimmon…
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 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 →World’s smallest orchid discovered (by accident)
We’re not experts on orchids, but what’s not to love about these amazing flowers? If you’re an orchid fan you’ll enjoy this story we came across recently courtesy of National Geographic…
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