A New Year

Today after lots of procrastinating, I ventured out into the garden again. It has been wet and unwelcoming here in Auckland since New Years and
as expected, all the pre Christmas Spring wonderfulness is now looking very battered. Everywhere I look there is something to do.
New Years resolution 2012 is to spend 2 hours a day in the garden. This  will balance out all my sedentary study time as well as allowing me to really make some progress instead of my usual gardening fits and starts.
Why blog?

Well the decision to blog and publish today was inspired by two things: 

First, I saw a kingfisher out on my walk with the dogs.
Kingfisher days are special.
Second, when I was googling for help on how to propagate my lovely blue salvia which is hidden around the side of the house, I came across a very helpful blog.
It had never occurred to me to look for garden blogs, but what a marvellous way to learn and motivate myself at the same time. 

 So here goes ....

My garden has never really had consistent attention and I am a very messy and undisciplined gardener.
Today for example I was scrabbling about trying to find a spot for the spur of the moment annuals bought last week and about to shrivel and die.
Actually I think I might lack essential botanical empathy because the sight of a seedling about to cark it, is often the end of it for me.
New Years Resolution 2 - is no more spur of the moment garden centre spends. Try to propagate more, using what I have already.
So today I set up a potting station so I could easily repot and sow seeds, instead of creating the mess I usually do. And in the spirit of growing the nurturing gardener I rescued a lot of plants that were being smothered by others.