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Not wanting to go on about it, but the Pith Necrosis in my tomatoes (you can read about that >HERE<) has been on my mind. One of the things that made the conditions ideal for the disease was the soil…
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Tags: Coastal gardening, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, how much organic material, Improving the soil, Mid Autumn, Monday Message, new normal, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe, Testing the soil, using mustard seeds to measure soil fertility
I have been rather busy lately. I am fortunate in that my workloads and deadlines haven’t changed and writing about gardening is just as popular as it ever was. So, I have been tucked away in my office or creating…
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Tags: April, Coastal gardening, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, harvesting pumpkins, Harvesting the last of summer, Mid Autumn, Monday Message, New Zealand, preparing pumpkins for storage, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe, sweetcorn, watermelon
Staying busy is a great way to keep your mind from the worries of the world for a while. While in lock down it is so tempting to be glued to each and every update that comes in, seemingly by…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: Bite sized blog post, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, Finishing projects, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, Monday Message, New Zealand, stay safe
I have been feeling quite smug with the garden lately, especially after the epic panic gardening session I had last week for the garden visit… gosh was that just last week?! So much has happened since then. But since then…
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Although for many ways for me it still feels a little normal. Because I’m not a great extrovert and so staying at home and potting about in my garden is my favourite thing to do. So, I ordinarily I don’t…
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Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, gardening through covid 19, Go home stay home, Growing Vegetables, Lockdown, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe, Staying at home
Do what you can to stay safe. 💚 It is indeed strange times. I’m doing well. It hasn’t reached into my area yet, but everyone is cautious. My community is being sensible and there is food in the supermarket and seedlings…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: Bite sized blog post, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, Monday Message, New Zealand, stay safe
I have a garden group visiting the garden today, probably the last for a while. But I do love having groups coming to visit, first and foremostly to share the garden love, as there is always the opportunity for it…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, End of season clean up, garden visit, GARDENING, Grow something new, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, Panic tidying, Sarah the Gardener, Tidying the garden
You should always grow at least one thing you’ve never grown before. You never know – you might find a new LOVE. This season I’ve grown Lady Godiva pumpkin, grown for the seeds not the flesh. It is almost too…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: Bite sized blog post, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Grow something new, Growing Vegetables, March, Monday Message, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener
I normally dither about at this time of year, not wanting summer to end and ignoring the need to get the cool season seeds started now before it is too late! Well not this season. The sooner summer is behind…
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Tags: autumn, Coastal gardening, deciding what to grow over the winter months, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, sowing cool season crops, The friendly season
WELCOME TO AUTUMN. The mild season… hopefully : o) As much as winter has the expectation of a new growing season ahead, spring is full of hope and promise, summer produces the goods – which is wonderful, autumn is my…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: Bite sized blog post, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, Monday Message, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, The friendly season
