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First published 4 May 2022 I am making this post not to promote one of my favourite tropical flowers, but as a warning to those of you...

First published 7 April 2022 After dropping my daughter off at Udon Thani airport to return to Chiang Mai for a few days, we stopped off...

First published 1 April 2022 We have an area under trees that needs something quick growing to block out a newly opened view of the house...

First published 30 March 2022 A sample of the many paths we have in our tropical gardens, all made mostly using hand-made clay bricks...

First published 25 March 2022 The project to remove the large bougainvillea on the eastern side of the house and replace it with extended...

First published 17 March 2022 I wrote recently about the character of our garden changing because we now have more shade and can focus on...

First published 17 March 2022 It was a warm afternoon and the benefit of focussing on adding shade to the garden was being enjoyed, as I...

First published 12 March 2022 A chance encounter led us to restock our flower displays and also top up the garden with more ferns. I am...

First published 9 March 2022 In a burst of energy and house pride, my wife Gaun is on our steel roof, cleaning it. I wanted to get an...

First published 22 February 2022 The Valentine's Day flowers that were the incentive for today's visit. Gaun bought some flowers from a...

We collected one final (I hope) large load of rocks from some cleared land a 30 minutes drive from home, and scattered them around...

Gaun was on a mini-project today, replacing mother-in-law tongues that were past their use-by date, with new stock from elsewhere in the...

A few photos snapped from wandering around the gardens yesterday. A few show the new pots we bought the other day after they have been...

The small new seating area I showed you yesterday has been finished after we brought a load of gravel back this morning from the family...

Another load of rocks collected today to use around our garden. Some to complete the new pond landscaping and others to start a new...

Friends gave us two lovely old timber shutters on Friday. I have since given them a treatment of Chaindrite for termites, and stained...

A real bird turned up on my birdbath to share it with the two plastic versions brought over from Australia (don't tell customs). A test...

Driving back from Udon Thani today after picking up Gaun's older sister Yurt for the Chinese New Year holiday, we stopped off to buy some...