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Because it could easily be mistaken for an instruction. And taking a fall in the garden is less than ideal, as I have just experienced! This weekend I have been working on Room Two in The Palace Garden and I…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: accident, Coastal gardening, Cool season gardening, deck fall, Early Autumn, flat tyre, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, twisted ankle
In typical style for out here on the wild west coast, this week’s storm’s last hurrah is wind! There are still a few spotty showers, but the wind right now is averaging around 50 km/h with the inevitable stronger gusts. …
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, Cool season gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Making plans, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, winds
Finally, after 6 weeks without decent rain (not counting the pitiful amount that arrived 4 days after the 115mm deluge), and enduring higher than normal temperatures, the dry spell has been broken. This has been looming tentatively on the weather…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: autumnal equinox, Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, hot and dry, March, New Zealand, rain, rainbow, Sarah the Gardener
The garden seems to be in some sort of holding pattern. The old summer plants are limping along, being supplemented by frequent watering and liquid feeds like they are on some kind of life support. They are still productive and…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, cool season seedlings, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, hot and dry, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, tomatoes, Waiting for rain
… And a few words to go with them. The mornings are turning out to be quite productive as the cooler starts stretch well into the day before the heat drives me indoors again. The temperature is still getting up…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, garden pictures, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, peppers, Sarah the Gardener, tomatoes, white cosmos
Last week was a strange week. In fact, it seems we are living in a strange world and there is so much uncertainty than concentrating on anything for too long can seem overwhelming. But the garden is always a place…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: autumn, Coastal gardening, cool season crops, Early Autumn, end of summer, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, pumpkin seeds for eating, pumpkins, Sarah the Gardener
(A paid post with the good people from GARDENA NZ) Historically, back in the day I was a bit of a malingerer, I would be slow to clear away the seasons end. Not because I was lazy, but to acknowledge…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, cover crop, Early Autumn, Gardena Handspreader M, GARDENA NZ, GARDENING, garlic, March, Mustard cover crop, New Zealand, Paid Partnership, Sarah the Gardener, Sponsored Post, vegetable gardening
At this time of year, the harvest settles down to a trickle. And the immediate demands from the garden aren’t nearly as intense as they were a month ago. Now that we are passed the autumn equinox it is easy…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Cowboy candy, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, peppers, preparing pumpkins for storage, pumpkins, Sarah the Gardener
It has been a long and difficult couple of weeks outside of the garden. Sometimes life is like that but that makes the garden all the more of a sanctuary from all that worries you. Fortunately, there hasn’t been too…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Making the most of what you have, March, muehlenbeckia, New Zealand, protecting Rhubarb, Sarah the Gardener, weaving a wind break, Wind break, windbreak
Every year I sow melon seeds with great anticipation. I like a bit of variety with my melons and I have the room, so I start off with Sugar Baby Watermelon. It is always reliable and even in a poor…
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Category: COOKING, GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Don't let things go to waste if you have taken the time to grow it, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Making jam, March, Melon Jam, melons, New Zealand, Rockmelon, Sarah the Gardener