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Getting better

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

It has been well over a week since I felt ‘normal’. Actually, I never feel normal, let me rephrase that. It has been well over a week since I felt well. This cold has really taken its toll on me. …

Category: Uncategorized Tags: August, being sick, Coastal gardening, daffodil, GARDENING, getting back into the garden, Growing Vegetables, Late Winter, missing the garden, New Zealand, romanesco broccoli, Sarah the Gardener, turnips, weeding

Seeds and bugs

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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The first seeds of the season have been sown, with love and care and great expectation. But then disaster struck. Actually, it isn’t as bad as that, but it is extremely frustrating. I have picked up some kind of cold…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: August, Coastal gardening, cold and flu, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Winter, New season, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, seed sowing, Spring is around the corner

The wind is roaring

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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The weather has turned. Up until recently it was mild, even possibly warm. The sun shone for more days than it rained to the point the experts were concerned about impending summer drought as the reservoirs were at a similar…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: August, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Winter, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, stormy weather, Wild west coast

Shelving ideas

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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We are still in the grasp of midwinter, but the grip of winter is loosening. Late winter starts in a few days and with that the planning and preparation for the summer garden has amped up a gear. I have…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Geodesic biodome, greenhouse shelving, Growing Vegetables, July, midwinter, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, sorting seeds, sowing seeds

Did the Garden Miss Me?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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After being away for 10 days I was champing at the bit to get out into the garden and check out how it fared in my absence. To be honest I wasn’t really worried as there isn’t much going on…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: asparagus, Coastal gardening, fragrant flowers, garden progress, GARDENING, garlic rust, Growing Vegetables, July, midwinter, New Zealand, Romanesco, Sarah the Gardener

Under the sun

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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I’ve been away. Not only that, I’ve time travelled! With the garden mostly under control it was the perfect time to have a bit of a holiday. For the keen gardener mid-winter really is the best time to take a…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Bora Bora, Coastal gardening, Eating snails, GARDENING, holiday, July, midwinter, Moorea, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Stingrays, Tahiti, The gardens of Versailles book, tropical islands

New Orchard Take Two

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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After my recent confession on the failure of the first orchard in the new place, I am determined to get it right the second time. So the first thing I did was research the trees I wanted first based on…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Apple trees, Apricot trees, Backyard orchard, Choosing fruit trees, Coastal gardening, GARDENING, Growing fruit, Growing vegtables, July, midwinter, New Zealand, Olive trees, Pear trees, Planting fruit trees, Plum trees, Sarah the Gardener, Spraying fruit trees

Yams – Yay or Nay?

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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It was with great expectation I approached my Yam bed, also known as Oca. As far as I was concerned, I’d done all the right things, I’d fed and watered with a frequency that could be described as regular. I…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Coastal gardening, Don't give up, garden failures, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, July, Mid Winter, miniature pumpkins, New Zealand, oca, Sarah the Gardener, Try again next season, yams

Digging

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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Well I did it, I grabbed a spade and pushed it into the sand, not just once but repeatedly. At the first metre of trench I celebrated. ‘This isn’t so bad.’ I may have even done a happy dance. I…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Coastal gardening, digging, digging trenches, Early Winter, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Installing irrigation, irrigation, June, Neta Irrigation, New Zealand, preparing for spring, Sarah the Gardener

So, how’s winter treating me?

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Sarah the Gardener

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Well to be honest, not too shabby. The winds of last week are well behind us, although I have to say I am glad I wasn’t here. It isn’t so much the wind itself that bothers me but the horrendous…

Category: Uncategorized Tags: Coastal gardening, cuttings, Early Winter, elephant garlic, end of season asparagus, fog, GARDENING, growing asparagus, growing shallots, Growing Vegetables, June, Making soap, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, spacing out planting distances

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Digging

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