The Manic Botanic

02/06/2026

What I’ve learned about putting my garden on social media. Read it FREE by clicking the link.

Bonus FREE post for this week

01/06/2026

At least I can admit when I’m wrong 🙄

But at least I'm willing to admit it

01/06/2026

Did you watch til the end?

It never looks like much when you start. But it’s going to look pretty colourful by the time it’s fully established. And I’m currently working out how to build the fishpond. I’ve gone through various iterations but this one is the one I’ve settled on. It’ll look something like this. Thanks to AI for interpreting my rambling and garbled description and turning it into something pretty close to what’s in my head!

01/06/2026

And your garden will too. If you’re knee deep in garden development at the moment wondering if you’ll ever make it to the end, just keep going. This was once a bare paddock. These flower borders were created in 2019.

30/05/2026

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I had one of those memorable menopausal moments recently.

29/05/2026

We can’t agree on the path between the house and the shed. I say it needs to go to the left of the tree and he says it needs to go to the right. And so we still don’t have a path 😆

28/05/2026

Planning might feel boring, but it saves a lot of time and money in the long run. I spend a lot of time researching the right plants and trees for my garden to make sure they suit my climate and my soil.