SARAH THE GARDENER
Real Gardening in my Real Garden
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In the midst of the storm.
So far so good after last night’s wild weather. I could hear it howling in the night and tried not to worry. Gone are the days of lying there listening for the sound of a greenhouse falling over, but I…
Read MoreThe Sweet Spot
Finally I have reached that sweet spot in the garden when everything is planted out and the harvest isn’t quite there yet. The lull allows me to catch my breath and recover from the frenzied chaos getting all the work…
Read MoreIn the midst of the busyness
For some reason this season has been like a problem child, kicking its heels as it staggers along slowly, not really paying attention to where it is going and wilfully ignoring the grown up gardener hand trying to urge it…
Read MoreStill planting
While I have proven I am excellent at procrastination, I have confirmed without a doubt I have mastered a new skill – under estimating things. I think I always knew it because there have been a multitude of projects where…
Read MoreHalf In Half Out
Well the boffins were wrong – it didn’t rain at all this weekend, in fact it hasn’t rained in ages and the top 10 cm of unmulched, unplanted soil is bone dry. We haven’t had any significant rain in a…
Read MoreCountdown to the Big Garden Weekend of the Year.
This is traditionally the ‘IT’ weekend. The one you long for and work towards all spring. The average last frost date. Which just happens to fall on a long weekend and so that just makes the whole thing even more…
Read MoreA Chore and A Tour
This was week has been a mixed bag of things that has made life all sorts of busy. But for the main part the garden is now mostly good and ready for the planting out stage from next weekend. There…
Read MoreQueen of Hearts
October is such a gauntlet to run for us. With birthday’s, school holidays and then the obligatory back to school haircuts, stationary kit refresh and new shoes, the garden can become a little neglected. Not intentionally, but life can get…
Read More‘How does your garden grow….’
‘… with pretty things all in a row…’ Well maybe not all in a row, but there are a lot of pretty cool things in the garden right now. Check them out: Come again soon – it feels like…
Read MoreOctober already?!
How on earth did we get this far through the year already? I have been waking up, working hard, and going back to bed again and each day drags us along in time… I can barely keep up. If the…
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