Brigitte’s autumn hideaway

What’s new in our garden?
This beautiful plant!

We have no idea what it is and we are already excited for the next year when we may be able to identify it by the flowers

Not far from the exotic plant we  discovered a dragonfly which enjoyed the sun on a Kawakawa leaf.

The garden still has a lot of bare ground and I hope our pumpkin will soon cover it…

There is a pair of New Zealand Pigeons in our garden and Aileen is admiring a beautiful shimmering feather from one of them.

As you already know there are surprises every day, but today I was pretty much in awe when I saw this seedlings sprouting!

I sow them the same day as I made my cuttings which was three days ago! How fast the seeds pop out I already discovered by my basil which I sow in front of the tomatoes.
I am glad the cuttings do well too.
It is a constant circle of surprises when you have a garden… I hope yours are as good as mine

My friend has gifted me with an apple mint and now in my ‘wet’ corner of the garden this beauty can grow freely.

The wet corner contains many different herbs which like shade or wet (eg: angelica, peppermint, orange mint, Gotu cola, valerian and so on)

I just love the mint for it’s smell alone. Sometimes I make a herb bath which let you wander into a Summergarden in the middle of winter… ah what lovely scent…

What I love in New Zealand is the environment where you think it is Summer, Spring and Autumn at the same day. Look at the next picture which is also in the shady wet area. It looks like Autumn with the leaves but at the same time it is a ‘Cherry Summer’!

I am so happy! And yes Benny must be happy to because Christoph went into the workshop to saw, hammer and drill.

He finally made Benny an enclosure where he can feel the grass under his feet

Now we can save the lawn mower

Benny likes it and soon he will get a bigger enclosure where he can run around

Ah yeah… and Christoph wants to surprise him with a Bunny girl…