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It has been a busy week, but unfortunately not out in the garden. I have been hard at work on my computer, working on exciting projects there, or staring out the window at weather that clearly shows my hardiness as…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: cape daisy, daisy chains, Early Spring, fairy rings, GARDENING, gorse, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, September, weeds, Wildflowers
I have to say in this fine country we are completely blessed with people full of passion and added to that exceptional resources, which have come together to make the kiwi gardening experience what it is – something amazing. Many…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Daltons, Daltons Plantation, Early Spring, Garden inspiration, garden visit, GARDENING, New Zealand, Sand processing, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, September, Xanthe White, Yates
I love my dome. It is the coolest thing I think I have ever had built. But I have a bit of a problem with it… It is not ready. The builder has done his amazing bit and created it. …
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Early Spring, GARDENING, Geodesic biodome, Getting spring ready, greenhouse, growing seedlings, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, September, sowing seeds, windowsill gardening
I have a confession. I have been holding out on you. But I wanted it to be a surprise. You see after the big storm back in April, when the house was still up on jacks, while the foundations underneath…
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Category: Uncategorized, VIDEO
Tags: August, garden tour, GARDENING, Geodesic biodome, Getting spring ready, greenhouse, Growing fruit, Late Winter, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, you tube
Finally, the weather turned to ‘not rainy’ and my schedule cleared up and I could go tree shopping. Only I’ve left it a little late. I knew I had but didn’t realise just how late as all the good stuff…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: apples, August, blueberries, Comfort Bypass Secateurs, fruit trees, Gardena, GARDENING, Getting spring ready, Growing fruit, Late Winter, New garden, New Zealand, orchard, Plums, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, sponsored
I have a problem. I want it all and I want it now. But there is an ancient Chinese proverb to support me in my pressing desires. “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: apples, August, fruit trees, GARDENING, Getting spring ready, Growing fruit, Late Winter, New garden, New Zealand, orchard, peaches, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener
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
You only really get one chance at a new start. And while we have been here since January and work started on the garden in May when the container that held our worldly possessions was emptied into the house and…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: August, GARDENING, Getting spring ready, google calendar for garden notes, Growing Vegetables, Late Winter, milk bottle labels, New garden, new garden notebook, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, Sowing pepper seeds, Taking notes, tasks for a new garden
We are firmly on the down hill run to spring and the final weeks of winter are imminent. Ordinarily this fills me with excitement and a large portion of my being is jumping with joy. The rest of me really…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Boxthorn, Chopping down boxthorn, Gardena, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, July, midwinter, New Zealand, Orchard preparation, pruning, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, sponsored, Tree and Shrub Lopper StarCut 160 plus
While we were away, I did do a lot of thinking about what needs to be done to get the garden ready for the spring. I have a fixed vision in my head of how I want it to be…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: Filling raised beds, GARDENING, Getting spring ready, Growing Vegetables, July, lists of new garden to dos, midwinter, Moving soil, New garden, New Zealand, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, tasks for a new garden
