Welcoming Back the Birds
Reading time 3 minutes
Over the summer, we removed most of our bird feeders for cleaning and to reduce the amount of spilled seed on the terrace. I […]
sparrows
Daily Flower Candy: Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’
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These pretty primrose pompoms belong to vigorous climbing rose Rosa banksiae ‘Lutea’. Hailing from the mountains of China, it’s not 100% hardy in the […]
Daily Flower Candy: Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’
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New Zealanders know the sophoras, or kōwhais, by the copious yellow flowers which appear in spring. These are attractive to a number of native […]
Pilfering Parakeets
Reading time 4 minutes
No, I have not been gallivanting around the world again. This “glamorous oriental stranger”, to employ a description used by the great David Attenborough, […]