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It is a bit of a sad day for us here. Our magnificent Snowy the Goat peacefully passed away while receiving her last cuddle. She has been a constant in our lives for the last eleven years. When we got…
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The tomatoes are off to a great start. As usual I started too many seeds. I have decided this stems from a fear of something going wrong at the seedling stage and when it comes time to planting out I…
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Kale is a staple in our garden. I wouldn’t say it is a staple in our kitchen but every now and again it turns up in a dish and we are pleased that we have it in the garden. The…
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The updates here are slim right now and I can only offer excuses. Firstly, a lot of what has been going on in the garden has been rather same samey, which can come across as repetitive and boring. I’m not…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized, VIDEO
Tags: asparagus, Coastal gardening, Early Spring, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, New Zealand, Planting potatoes, September, stormy weather, you tube
Spring has sprung and I think this time I’m ready for it. This is largely due to the amazing weather we had as winter drew to a close. I feel like it was a bit of an apology for being…
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The garden is at that crucial point in the new season where almost everything is ready and waiting to go. The beds have been prepped, the seeds have been sown and are almost ready to leave the greenhouse and be…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Spring, garden tour, GARDENING, getting stuff done, Greenhouse tour, Growing Vegetables, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, September, you tube
The drop to level three couldn’t have come sooner. Not only for the health and wellbeing of all the kiwis who have put in the hard yards to get us to this point, but also, I was beginning to get…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Spring, finding a balance, GARDENING, getting stuff done, Growing Vegetables, How to transplant seedlings, Lockdown, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, September, Transplanting seedlings
I have a long list of things I absolutely need as soon as we get out of lockdown level 4. Level 3 is still pretty high security but it frees up what can be bought – it doesn’t need to…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: carrot seedlings, Coastal gardening, Early Spring, finding a balance, GARDENING, getting stuff done, Growing Vegetables, iris flowers, Lockdown, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, September, shopping list
For the last wee while I have been Big Picture Thinking, with my drive to get spring ready. But now we are in spring and as the garden wakes from its winter dormancy I’m finding things are moving fast. There…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Spring, finding a balance, GARDENING, getting stuff done, Growing Vegetables, Lockdown, New Zealand, planting plants, Sarah the Gardener, September, sowing seeds, Transplanting seedlings, weeding
Except it is for me… I need it. But here in lockdown level 4 the local shops aren’t selling it. All I can hope is we nip this thing in the bud – and all signs show we can, and…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Spring, Father's day, finding a balance, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Lockdown, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, September, sowing seeds, The big to-do list, Transplanting seedlings