SARAH THE GARDENER
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How do you eat an elephant?
A spoonful at a time! While most of the garden is still very new and either recently planted or still to be planted, there are some crops that have been in for ages. The onion and the garlic were the…
Read MoreThe B word.
And it isn’t Bug-ger. Although this is the sentiment of the situation. You just can’t win with the weather. This year can easily be described with soggy soggy soggy soggy dry. And not just any dry, but the one tinged…
Read MoreBefore and After
Today was one of those amazing blue sky days that winter graces us with from time to time. There was not a cloud to be seen and not even a puff of wind. Out of the shadow a warmth from…
Read MoreBulbous tasks
I don’t know about you but sometimes I tend to put things off. First it starts with ‘I’ll do it tomorrow’ and moving the intended chore by a few hours doesn’t seem that harmless. Then life gets in the way…
Read MoreEmbracing Autumn
I have been dragged kicking and screaming into this new season. According to the calendar our autumn is officially three weeks old. But at precisely 11:28pm last night, the autumn equinox occurred. I wasn’t really aware of it as I’m…
Read MoreGarlic on my mind
I had to buy garlic again this week and I looked at those fat juicy bulbs and felt pangs of despair. It seems so unfair that I don’t have overflowing baskets and bulging braids of similar sized garlic stored in…
Read MoreOh well, there always next year.
I kind of suspected things weren’t all hunky dory below ground. The manky state of things above ground was a kind of given. My garlic harvest for the second year running will be sent to the compost bin without even…
Read MoreThink I’m going to run out of room
Today is the shortest day and I guess you could say it is technically the first day of the new season as it is the day for the first crops that will be harvested this year to go in. Fortunately…
Read MoreToo much and yet not enough
Slaving over a hot stove on a hot summer day isn’t my idea of fun… well actually – it kind of is. But that is what I have been doing. Processing the harvest. Now that the holidays are a thing…
Read MoreWHO AM I?
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