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Firstly… we’re ok. There has been an extraordinary amount of rain in our neck of the woods this week. So much so the word unprecedented has been bandied about quite freely. But it isn’t everyday you see people wading through…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, flooding, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, leaking house, making repairs, Midsummer, New Zealand, storm, too much rain
This is not how I meant to start the year. I have dropped the ball and started to fall by the wayside. But I had a very good excuse. I somewhat foolishly decided it would be a good idea to…
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Category: GARDENING, VIDEO
Tags: Coastal gardening, Drone shot, garden visit, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, restoring order, Virtual garden tour, you tube
I am determined not to moan about the weather this year, but to be honest it leaves me no choice. We got home on the 4th of Jan, and it has done nothing but rain or be gloomy and bleak. …
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: bottle gourd, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, okra, restoring order, Sarah the Gardener, Summer Storm, tromboncino
In the Northern Hemisphere, the opportunity for a fresh start seems to make more sense. It is the middle of winter, and everything is dormant or done and as the year gets going things wake up or are restarted. Here,…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Marrow chips, Midsummer, new year, New Zealand, restoring order, Sarah the Gardener, summer holidays, Summer Storm, weeding
I can say that, for this week, progress has been made. But it feels a little like it was hard fought for. Aside from easing myself out of a boom and bust yo-yo cycle where I do too much one…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Clearing an overgrown path, Coastal gardening, Corners of Shame, GARDENING, getting stuff done, Growing Vegetables, Hot temperatures, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, Ploughman's pickle, Sarah the Gardener, Too hot to garden
As I mentioned in the last update, I have a wonderful garden club coming to visit the garden next month, and I need to make the corners look nice. I think in the face of everything else I was in…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: barley straw in pond, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, Removing weeds with Tyndallization, Sarah the Gardener, Trellis arch, Tyndallization
And just like that we are at the start of a new year, with the festive holiday season behind us and the months ahead stretching out like a blank canvas. Aside from a smattering of dates beginning to fill the…
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To mark the last day of January I filmed a quick garden tour to show the state of the garden as it stands, as representative of the middle month of summer. To be honest, I’m quite pleased with it, all…
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Category: GARDENING, VIDEO
Tags: Coastal gardening, garden tour, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, painted shed, Sarah the Gardener, the height of summer, you tube
If I am to learn anything from this month is to lower my expectations. This is not a normal month where life ticks by with the ebb and flow of a reliable routine. It is filled with holidays and opportunities…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Balancing life and the garden, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, giant pumpkin, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, Midsummer, New Zealand, painted shed, Sarah the Gardener, tomatoes
This is always such an interesting time of year; the summer holidays just keep giving. I have settled down in my garden office for the 3rd time this year determined to start the year on the right foot, with a…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, family time, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, JANUARY, making memories, Managing goals, Midsummer, New beginnings, New Zealand, routines, Sarah the Gardener