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I won a box of seedlings from Awapuni Nurseries on Instagram last week, and this weekend was able to get them all planted in newly-prepared raised beds in time for warmer weather. I've been buying Awapuni seedling bundles for years – I love them because they're wrapped in newspaper rather than plastic pottles, and are stocked in the supermarket so I can buy seasonal plants year-round with the groceries.

While I was planting and digging, Tom constructed a beautiful new wind-break around that part of the garden (last year's one was torn to shreds and so nothing much was growing.) I'm very excited about this. Thank you, Awapuni!

In the second photo you can see my new (old) find: a 1950s-era Swiss watch. (You can click on the photo to see it more clearly.) My childhood watch died recently and I'd always thought it would be cool to wear an old wind-up one rather than look at my phone whenever I need to know the time – like functional unfussy jewellery. Also, I love its quiet and tidy ticking.