Brigitte’s autumn hideaway

When we moved into our new home many parts of the garden have been covered by a black plastic for years. After we removed them there was actually nothing in the ground (no worm or other soil worker)

So now we started to mulch and here is a pic of our compost which is loaded of nutrition and good soil cultures.

Patch by patch we bring the soil to live again with this great humus. When we have planted the veggies we cover with grass clippings to keep the soil moist.

If you do this too be aware to use clippings without seeds and keep a small circle around the plant base clean so it doesn’t rot.

By building up good soil we will have a great crop next year. Can you see the worms in the next pic?

In another corner of our property we found this larva. You can see the 6 feet in the front. Do you know what this will be when mature?

Yesterday we went to a garden center at High Street Masterton. They have great herbs and fruit trees as well as veggie plants and even plants for the coastal line. Actually I don’t know what they don’t have… ah yeah! Christoph asked for kiwi fruit and they just sold everything but will have them back in Autumn
So now we will wait for a call to get a pack which contains a female and a male kiwi

I bought some treasures (they have really cheap plants! cheaper then Mitre 10!)
Now I have Pizza thyme, lemon verbena, lemon grass and… Lady’s mantle!

It’s (Alchemilla mollis) and not the Alchemilla vulgaris which is generally used for medicine, but I just love to see the morning dew or water collected in their leaves.

To watch this plant is calming, fascinating and balancing.

Most spectacular is when a sunbeam brings the water drop to sparkle! (Even children can sit there for hours and just awe :- )

If you are stressed or sad go out sit by a Lady’s mantle and let her take care of you. She’s like a mother who wraps her arm around you.

Take a drop of dew from her which is natures own ‘Flower essence’ (Funny Mr Bach didn’t use Lady’s mantle in his 38 Bach flower remedies… but maybe he had the idea form this noble Lady ;- )