SARAH THE GARDENER
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I’ve been too busy to chat.
I’ve missed you all and I don’t know how I managed to leave it so long before getting in touch. I haven’t stopped or anything. In fact, quite the opposite. I’ve had my most productive June ever. I think the…
Read MoreKnowing when to stop trying
Over the last few days, I’ve done a significant amount of harvesting, which is surprising considering we are at the end of the first week of winter. The first session was more a case of storm damage. The peas had…
Read MoreWeeding for miles
One of the main reasons I went and found myself a Handy Helper is the garden had got away on me. I had been managing the garden and my projects, but it was a very fine balance. It just took…
Read MoreProgress feels good.
I’m really starting for make some great progress in the garden and the feelings of being overwhelmed are slipping away. There are some seriously dodgy areas that have gone way out of control and some pretty big projects on the…
Read MoreFinally, some garden time!
It is amazing how much you can get done when everything is pointing in the right direction. Yesterday I was very intentional with my objectives. All my urgent affairs had been taken care of, the weather was suitable for a…
Read MoreA Time Capsule
I have been working on Room Two in The Palace and things have gotten a little out of hand and I have found myself embroiled in an exciting side project. You see I have done a spot of brick laying…
Read MoreWhy we don’t call ‘autumn’ ‘fall’.
Because it could easily be mistaken for an instruction. And taking a fall in the garden is less than ideal, as I have just experienced! This weekend I have been working on Room Two in The Palace Garden and I…
Read MoreA fresh wind is blowing through
In typical style for out here on the wild west coast, this week’s storm’s last hurrah is wind! There are still a few spotty showers, but the wind right now is averaging around 50 km/h with the inevitable stronger gusts. …
Read MoreThe rains came!
Finally, after 6 weeks without decent rain (not counting the pitiful amount that arrived 4 days after the 115mm deluge), and enduring higher than normal temperatures, the dry spell has been broken. This has been looming tentatively on the weather…
Read MoreClearing the Air
After a few weeks of unbearable heat and oppressive humidity, things were feeling quite dire. The only time the temperatures were low enough to do anything sensible in the garden was briefly in the morning before being driven away with…
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