SARAH THE GARDENER
Real Gardening in my Real Garden
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Finding Peace in a Garden
This weekend I was in Melbourne and for me one of the highlights was to be exploring every inch of the Royal Botanic Gardens, with the long suffering Hubby the Un-Gardener in tow. It was an incredible day. The sky…
Read MoreProtecting the autumn seedlings
At this time of year, it is important to get the seeds of the new winter season off to a good start while the soil is still warm. But there is a bit of a problem with this. The majority…
Read MoreWell autumn aye?!
I always find this a strange turn of seasons. Especially because the transition is so vague. Spring is cut and dried. We are so over winter that we are happy to declare the 1st of September the first day of…
Read MoreCycle Three
Finally, we are at the end of my plans for the future of the garden. It will be such a relief not to have to think about it ever again. I have my notes and can refer to them each…
Read MoreCycle Two
Following on from my deep and slightly obsessive thoughts about my winter crop rotation, today we are looking at cycle two. This is the biggest one as there are no permanent unmoveable crops in this group. So, it will be…
Read MoreCycle one
I spent the weekend with a nagging feeling in the back of my mind…. ‘I need to sort out this crop rotation cover crop thing. Once it is done, I’ll never have to think of it again.’ But there were…
Read MoreWhat I want to grow in the winter garden
It rained in the night and will rain again today. This is a welcome relief and for once, a day out of the garden is no bad thing, I can still garden inside as I sit here looking out at…
Read MoreSorting out the cool season garden
After much deliberation I have a plan… of sorts. Outlined below is the first half. These are the beds where there will be no change really as they aren’t part of the crop rotation, so they are easy enough to…
Read MoreWrapping my head around the cool season
Ok so I’ve done some thinking…. About how I will tackle the next season. But I’d like to say that this is as convoluted as getting my head around crop rotation in the first place! Once I realised this, I…
Read MoreSummer can’t last forever
Today is hot. There is a gentle breeze coming off the sea, but in the microclimate of my garden, the wind speed monitor is turning lazily without a care in the world. The hot sun beats down on the black…
Read MoreWHO AM I?
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