August in an Antipodes Vegetable Garden
August is the final month of winter down here in New Zealand. It's also a time when we have a ridiculous amount of rain and it's cold and dreary--at least that's how it seems to me at the moment. It's a time of year when I'm aching for the warmth of spring to begin to show itself--even if it does still feel as if it's too early for the daffodils to be above ground. These are from my front garden. They sit at the base of one of my plum trees. Usually this space is covered in a