Well it has been a while since I last blogged, however we have had a very busy November with lots of functions, mainly groups for lunches, morning and afternoon teas combined with garden and house tours. Along with trying to keep up with the growth in the garden it has been fairly full on! The growth in the garden has slowed considerably now as after the lovely start to spring with plenty of moisture things over the past month have been very dry with only 16 mm of rain recorded in November and virtually nothing this month. In the garden this spring the flowering has been very good with those plants that flowered, however a few plants didn't really flower at all e.g. the big leafed rhodys. The garden is on the way over as far as flowering goes however as always there is something in the garden flowering, at the moment all the Cardiocrinum lilies are out, deutzias, some roses and rhodys amongst other things. The Moreporks (native owl) are also starting to be more active and the picture above was taken just outside our kitchen window. They love the large puriri moths. We are having a family Christmas here and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2011.
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