Pies created with care
The local Ryan family have been operating this business, now-known as Ranch Pies, for the past six years.
The Ranch Bakehouse was previously located...
Sit back and relax at The Dairy Lounge
Beautifully eclectic, The Dairy Lounge is a place to meet, eat and relax after a walk along the river or just to escape the...
TRY THIS … save every drop
With the dry weather continuing - be water-wise!
With water restrictions in place we all need to b e very careful how we use water...
Hardy natives have a lasting appeal
I have an area in a corner of my house yard that I would like to turn into a garden. Given the current...
Petunias pretty en masse
Congratulations to the council’s Parks and Gardens staff for the great displays of petunias that are about in our city at present. The massed...
TRY THIS … Starfish lily
I have seen some really different lilies in flower in a friend's garden recently in Warwick. I had never seen them before, but now...
Garden Time
When I first moved into my house in Warwick there was a section of the yard that to me seemed ideal to turn into...
Garden Time
About the Garden this Week ...
I am at home again and my garden has not fared too badly while I have been away...
Well-travelled columnist reflects on ’18
The year is almost at an end and what a challenging year it has been in the garden. The drought has been hard and...
TRY THIS … in the garden this month
* Time to start and think about planting all those lovely melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and beans ready for summer salads.
* Zucchinis are such...
A plant for all conditions…
I have found a plant new to me in an email I receive from time to time from an American seed company. It...
The wide variety of trees
As I am writing this, I am sitting behind glass in the sun listening to a cold south westerly wind blow and watching the...