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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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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
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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Category: Uncategorized
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
Make places in the garden to sit. How can you appreciate all you have achieved if you don’t stop and look every once in a while? I have loads of places to sit in my garden. My swing seat overlooking…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts
Tags: Admire you achievements, Bite sized blog post, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, Monday Message, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Sit in the garden
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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Category: Uncategorized
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
Having a nice lawn around here is kind of a big deal. If anyone has ever built or relocated a house will agree that the lawn is the least of tradesmen’s worries. When we first got the site, it had…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Early Autumn, Gardena, Gardena Oscillating Sprinkler ZoomMaxx, GARDENING, Growing lawns, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, Repairing a damaged lawn, Repairing a summer tired lawn, Sarah the Gardener, sponsored
This weekend I was in Melbourne and for me one of the highlights was to be exploring every inch of the Royal Botanic Gardens, with the long suffering Hubby the Un-Gardener in tow. It was an incredible day. The sky…
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