Over the last few days, I’ve done a significant amount of harvesting, which is surprising considering we are at the end of the first week of winter. The first session was more a case of storm damage. The peas had…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: asparagus, Coastal gardening, Early Winter, GARDENING, Growing peanuts, Growing Vegetables, Jerusalem artichokes, June, kumara, New Zealand, oca, Sarah the Gardener, sweet potato, winter asparagus care, yams
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…
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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
The garden is coming along nicely, although I would like it to be a touch faster, but there are only so many hours in the day. I’m still convinced I’ll get there. Having a teenager help, under duress, is filling…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: August, changes, chitting potatoes, GARDENING, Getting spring ready, growing potatoes, Growing Vegetables, kumara, Late Winter, New garden, New Zealand, oca, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, sweet potato, yams
It was such a lovely spring day, and the birds were singing, the lambs were growing visibly with each feed, the sky was blue and all was right in the garden. So still without my list I wandered about aimlessly…
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