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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
Sometimes Making May Count means I’m so busy Making May Count that at the end of the day I collapse exhausted into a comfy chair and remain there until I recharge enough to get up and send myself to bed….
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: boiled peanuts, Coastal gardening, Finding Motivation, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, Make May Count, May, New Zealand, Painting the wall, Rainbow Gardens, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe
Use the things you saved for a rainy day, on a rainy day. Today is a rainy day. I am in danger of being trapped in my office this evening because I don’t want to get wet and it is…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, Finding Motivation, foggy garden, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, look on the bright side, Make May Count, May, Monday Message, New Zealand, Raining, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe
I have been busy again in and around the garden in the last few days. I have been tackling those beach balls as promised but with mixed results. I still haven’t finished yet, so I’ll save the big reveal for…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, Finding Motivation, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Autumn, Make May Count, May, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, soil sieve, stay safe, Virtual Chelsea Flower Show
