Happy New Year! At the always immaculate and interesting end of the zigzag, this beautiful hydrangea wreath was a delight and an inspiration. (Might try a wreath myself next year.) At the top steps, the mystery person who’s for years experimented with plants that will thrive there has been back, to weed around the succulents … More Summer Gardens on the Zigzag
Spring keeps springing. And sometimes there’s a fine or almost-fine afternoon to garden. In the main vegetable patch, Chinese vegetables are going to seed, there are lettuces ready to eat, lots of coriander, perpetual baby spinach and little red onions are growing fast, cape gooseberries are ripe, self-seeded kale from last year is almost ready … More Gifts & Another Surprise
Outside my front door is a public path, a zigzag on a hillside. Originally planned as a road, it’s well-used by people on their way to the beach. Or to climb further up the hillside and perhaps then to drop down into the city. It’s Busy. They run. They plod. They chat online and in person. … More Weeds & No Bees
the oriental terrace zigzag 