Music, Medicine, and the Mind » Gardening http://www.tsuken.co.nz Ramblings (and music) of a guitar-playing shrink Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:55:53 +0000 en hourly 1 Well that hurt rather a lot… http://www.tsuken.co.nz/well-that-hurt-rather-a-lot/ http://www.tsuken.co.nz/well-that-hurt-rather-a-lot/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:01:26 +0000 Raphael Fraser http://www.tsuken.co.nz/well-that-hurt-rather-a-lot/ I now have a better appreciation for why my little son was so distressed when he got bitten by a mahoosive ant (about an inch long). 
 
I was gardening this morning, and picked up a handful of grass and clover I had pulled out. At first I thought something in the weeds must have had a thorn, but the pain quickly intensified, leading me to release my grip and drop the weeds – whereupon I saw the ant attached to my palm.
 
And yes, I do mean attached.
 
Seriously, for a while it felt like I’d never play the guitar again. Happily I was aware that beyond pain these ant bites don’t do anything unpleasant – but the pain really is quite unpleasant enough. ;)
 
Aggressive little sods.

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This year I’m more on top of things, and I gave them a good prune, and we fed and sprayed them properly, and now, as spring gets going, the roses are beginning to look good 8)

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]]> http://www.tsuken.co.nz/rose-garden-springing-to-life/feed/ 0 Sunday gardening http://www.tsuken.co.nz/sunday-gardening/ http://www.tsuken.co.nz/sunday-gardening/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:14:00 +0000 Raphael Fraser http://www.tsuken.co.nz/sunday-gardening/ It’s the weekend, so I’ve been gardening, and can’t resist posting “yet another cherry update”™ :-p

Also, I’ve pulled out a couple of dead things that didn’t survive last summer’s 45 deg C heat, or our recent big winds. In their place I’ve put in a couple of “extremely hardy” plants: a Westingra Glabra:

and an Escallonia x langleyensis:

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]]> http://www.tsuken.co.nz/sunday-gardening/feed/ 0 I can’t resist http://www.tsuken.co.nz/i-cant-resist/ http://www.tsuken.co.nz/i-cant-resist/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:09:16 +0000 Raphael Fraser http://www.tsuken.co.nz/i-cant-resist/ I know I would be boring the world, if the world were reading, but I simply have to post another progress pic of our weeping cherry planted only a week ago:

It’s really going to look beautiful ^_^

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]]> http://www.tsuken.co.nz/i-cant-resist/feed/ 0 Cherry set to weep http://www.tsuken.co.nz/cherry-set-to-weep/ http://www.tsuken.co.nz/cherry-set-to-weep/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:03:03 +0000 Raphael Fraser http://www.tsuken.co.nz/cherry-set-to-weep/ Nice and satisfied 8) I’ve just planted a Weeping Cherry tree in our front garden. It’s got a whole heap of buds on it, so I’m fairly hopeful we might even have some flowers this year. 8)

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