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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana 1863 – 1952 These are wise words indeed for a gardener to heed. If you forget what you did last season you will make the same mistakes…
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“A garden is half-made when it is well planned. The best gardener is one who does the most gardening by the winter fire.” Liberty Hyde Bailey (An inspiring American horticulturist 1858 – 1954) Due to the sudden drop in temperature…
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Keep doing the little things often so they don’t become big things later. This week I will be mostly weeding! Sarah the Gardener : o)
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Do something you have been putting off for ages. The weather isn’t exactly gardening weather and it seems it will be like that for the next few days. It would be easy enough to while away the time waiting for…
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On a Tuesday… again. Same same but different. Stay home, stay safe. Shop local, shop sensible. This is a still a weird old time. The Monday Message is on a Tuesday because we had a public holiday on Monday and…
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As the days grow cooler, the love of a good chilli can add some heat! I have plenty to choose from in my garden – cayenne, jalapeno, padron (gone too far to be a playful game of spicy roulette –…
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… On a Tuesday. The weather outside might be terrible, but all storms pass eventually. Today is really stormy – it was yesterday too. You really feel it out here exposed on the coast. The garden seems to be holding…
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I had the pleasure of chatting to the lovely Sam and Julia on Newstalk ZB this morning and one of the things we talked about was things that can be growing things from the kitchen when you don’t have ‘proper’…
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Find a new rhythm and look for a new normal. It is strange times indeed. Daylight savings finished the other day and it made no difference – I didn’t need to be anywhere so time is almost irrelevant. Even the…
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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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