Hukatere: January 2012

OK, it's been an entire year since my last update, so here we go. Overall, the weather wasn't great, and we spent significantly less time in Hukatere. Having said that, we had some great days nonetheless.

Here is Neil playing with his new toy:

We got a bit annoyed with the constant wind when sitting on the deck, so we thought that putting up a couple of glass panels would help. It was a sh*t job, but eventually we got it done, and it helps indeed.

And job done:

I love those flowers! It was another "surprise buy" for $1 from Mitre 10. Almost dead, and no idea what it was. I put it in one of the planter boxes, but it didn't do well. So I planted it next to the pond, and there it thrived. I guess it loves the sun and the warmth that is refelcted from the stones. It continuously has flowers all year round. They close at night, and are back open in the morning...

And yes, I do love our agaves. They just grow incredibly well, and they are so beautiful!

Our standard annual view - just to document progress ;-)

And another planter box - this time I got a very cheap kit set, so it was quick and easy to put together...

The little pond is pretty healthy now :)

Garden in a bottle! I had the bottles in there to provide some water when we are away, and the clover thought it would be a cool idea to grow into it...

Wildlife!

This view is what made us decide to buy the land, and I never ever get tired of looking at it. And you can observe lots of things happening - the tides going in and out, a variety of birds, the cows, dragonflies, etc etc..