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After my foolhardy fall, and the ensuing set back while I recovered, I came to the realisation I had stretched myself too thin. As I tried to catch up again, I realised just how much of a thin line I…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, Garden maintenance, GARDENING, Getting help, Growing Vegetables, linseed oil, Mid Autumn, New projects, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, weeds
It is amazing how much you can get done when everything is pointing in the right direction. Yesterday I was very intentional with my objectives. All my urgent affairs had been taken care of, the weather was suitable for a…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: April, carrots, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, crop rotation, Early garlic, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, peas, Sarah the Gardener, weeds
I have been working on Room Two in The Palace and things have gotten a little out of hand and I have found myself embroiled in an exciting side project. You see I have done a spot of brick laying…
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Sometimes nature forces your hand and encourages you to get things done. The garlic I grow is a variety called Early Pearl. A generous friend sent me some to try many years ago and I had the best success with…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, crop rotation, Early garlic, GARDENING, garlic rust, growing garlic, Growing Vegetables, kidney beans, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener
There is something to be said for being in the garden every day and just doing little and often. Over the heat of the summer the garden didn’t really need a lot and aside from constant watering and regular harvesting,…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, Cool season gardening, End of season tidy up, Garden chores, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, twisted ankle, weeds
I’m not sure what is up with time lately. One moment it feels like it is dragging and taking forever to pass and the next I find myself dazed and exhausted days later and shocked to find it is Friday! …
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: ajuga, April, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, lemongrass, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, NZ bush, pickled onions, Repotting, Sarah the Gardener, seed sowing
Next week is the school holidays. Not that the teen lads need much attention during the holidays, but the dynamic changes in the household and so any routine I find myself in during normal weekdays just flies out the window. …
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: April, book launch, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, Flower press, Gardenerd, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Jasper the Dog, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Sowing winter crop seeds
This is a strange time of year. Daylight savings has ended but it is still warm-ish and we are wandering about our days feeling it should be later than it is, which strangely gives us more time in our days. …
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Category: GARDENING, VIDEO
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, garden tour, GARDENING, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, vegetable gardening, you tube
On a Tuesday… again. Same same but different. Stay home, stay safe. Shop local, shop sensible. This is a still a weird old time. The Monday Message is on a Tuesday because we had a public holiday on Monday and…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: ANZAC, April, Bite sized blog post, Change, Coastal gardening, Freedom, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Level 3, Mid Autumn, Monday Message, new normal, New Zealand, Shop local, stay safe
As the days grow cooler, the love of a good chilli can add some heat! I have plenty to choose from in my garden – cayenne, jalapeno, padron (gone too far to be a playful game of spicy roulette –…
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Category: Bite sized blog posts, Uncategorized
Tags: April, Bite sized blog post, Chilli peppers, Coastal gardening, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing chillies, Growing Vegetables, Mid Autumn, Monday Message, new normal, New Zealand, stay safe