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I am champing at the bit to start moving soil, so I can start planting out my winter crops. But I seem to have an inbuilt self-integrity mode that just won’t allow me to cut corners in the garden. I…
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Sometimes life sweeps you away with what you are doing and you barely notice the passing of time. That was how this June has been so far. A hive of activity with the days disappearing into a blur. I am…
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Nature abhors bare earth and who am I to argue with that. So not long after the bulldozer finished bulldozing I set to work laying out my garden. It is such a momentous thing. I have been dreaming about it…
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Tags: bulldozer, Garden plan, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, laying out the garden, Leveling the ground, May, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, string lines
It is always the way – you just get to sink your teeth into an exciting project and something comes along and throws a spanner in the works. We had a productive couple of days with the bulldozer sorting out…
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Tags: Comfort Hand Trowel, Gardena, GARDENING, Gardening indoors, Growing Vegetables, kitchen gardening, Late Autumn, May, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, stormy weather, Transplanting seedlings
Today is a fabulous day. After months of being gardenless, it is all about to change. I have dreamed of this moment and can hardly believe it has come. The container with all our worldly possessions has gone. I made…
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Tags: bulldozer, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, Leveling the ground, May, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, shipping container storage
The garden is on the move again! Now the house is kind of under control and in the hands of a good builder, the time is right to focus on other things and in particular the garden. For the last…
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Category: Uncategorized, VIDEO
Tags: GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, kumara, kumara harvest, Late Autumn, May, Moving plants, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, Yam, Yam harvest, you tube
In the final days before I can get stuck into the garden there was one more thing I wanted to know about this new place, so I can garden wisely. And that is the climate. We’ve only been here almost…
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Tags: forecasts, frost, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, heat, Late Autumn, May, microclimates, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, storms, temperatures, Weather, wind
Things are racing ahead now, just like the year is. How have we reached May so quickly? It doesn’t seem that long ago we were just embarking on this hair brained scheme. But it can’t have been that hair brained. …
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Category: Uncategorized, VIDEO
Tags: Early garlic, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, House moving, Late Autumn, May, Moving a house, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, you tube
Aside from us coastal newbies, that is… It is always good for a gardener to know who will be sharing the land with you. I got off relatively easily at the last place in the swamp, as there weren’t all…
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Tags: April, Deer, frogs, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, know your neighbours, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Rabbits, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, snails
Great news, the sun is shining, the builders are back, and things are happening. Although it was a little chilly this morning. It has just dawned on me that I’ll be building my new garden in the winter. Well, I…
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Tags: adding organic matter to sandy soil, April, compost, fertiliser, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, how to get the best out of sandy soil, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Plant nutrients, sandy soil, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, soil science, Understanding sandy soil, understanding soil
