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As I have sunken my teeth into a large project, with a couple of minor projects on the go, a few projects I’m champing at the bit to start, and a veggie garden that is largely under control as it…
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There has been a major spanner in my #MakeMayCount works. We have had horrible weather. Now I’m not adverse to a bit of bad weather but to work in this would be madness. It has been 3 days of super…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, GARDENING, home made soup, Late Autumn, Making soap, May, New Zealand, rescuing succulents, Sarah the Gardener, waiting for the weather to improve, windy weather
Last week disappeared in a complete blur. There was lots of the usual hoeing and rock building but that’s kind of becoming a bit boring – well not boring to do but boring to talk about. The weather has thrown…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: #MakeMayCount, aphids, building a rock, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, lawn repair, May, New Zealand, peanuts, Sarah the Gardener
To be honest I think the brick saga has had more of an impact on my #MakeMayCount timeline. Up until the bricks entered my world, I was making great progress, but collecting them was a huge effort and then they…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: #MakeMayCount, autumn seedlings, bricks, Coastal gardening, cuttings, GARDENING, Growing onions, Growing Vegetables, iris bulbs, Late Autumn, May, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener
I set off into the #MakeMayCount with a whiz and a bang with a superhero mentality of all things are possible. In my head I can see each of the projects I want to achieve broken down into individual chores…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: #MakeMayCount, building a rock, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Good Nature Rat Trap, Growing flowers, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, May, New Zealand, not overdoing things, Sarah the Gardener, spring bulbs
During #MakeMayCount, I need to embrace activities that happen beyond the garden and value them as productive time. Yesterday I spent several hours in the morning doing some computer gardening but found myself getting frustrated at being indoors because I…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, garden routines, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Inkweed, Late Autumn, May, New Zealand, Rats, rock making, Sarah the Gardener, weeding
Day 2 of #MakeMayCount was starting to look like there would be no room at all for anything ‘planty’. As it was a weekend day, we wanted to paint one of the bedrooms in our house. We haven’t really done…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: avocado, avocado orchard, Coastal gardening, garden visit, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, Listen along, Make May Count, May, Sarah the Gardener
And just like that we are a quarter the way through the year. I really don’t know how it happens. I get up every day and try to make the most of the hours ahead of me and go back…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: #MakeMayCount, Coastal gardening, garden tour, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, May, New Zealand, onion aphids, peas, Sarah the Gardener, you tube
May is done. We are now in a new month and a new season. Winter. The easy month. The one where it is ok to hunker down in a cosy spot and dream dreams of dream gardens without a weed…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, concrete beach balls, Early Winter, Finding Motivation, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, garlic, Growing Vegetables, June, Late Autumn, Make May Count, May, Monday Message, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Unseasonal sunflowers
Sometimes you get an idea or see something on the great big internet and something compels you to give it ago. Sometimes this is a good idea and other times it is a case of never mention it again. I…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, concrete beach balls, digging out kikuyu roots, Finding Motivation, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, Make May Count, Making garden art, May, New Zealand, Painting the wall, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe
