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Next week is the school holidays. Not that the teen lads need much attention during the holidays, but the dynamic changes in the household and so any routine I find myself in during normal weekdays just flies out the window. …
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: April, book launch, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, Flower press, Gardenerd, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Jasper the Dog, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Sowing winter crop seeds
This is a strange time of year. Daylight savings has ended but it is still warm-ish and we are wandering about our days feeling it should be later than it is, which strangely gives us more time in our days. …
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Category: GARDENING, VIDEO
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, Cover crops, garden tour, GARDENING, Mid Autumn, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, vegetable gardening, you tube
(A paid post with the good people from GARDENA NZ) Historically, back in the day I was a bit of a malingerer, I would be slow to clear away the seasons end. Not because I was lazy, but to acknowledge…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, cover crop, Early Autumn, Gardena Handspreader M, GARDENA NZ, GARDENING, garlic, March, Mustard cover crop, New Zealand, Paid Partnership, Sarah the Gardener, Sponsored Post, vegetable gardening
At this time of year, the harvest settles down to a trickle. And the immediate demands from the garden aren’t nearly as intense as they were a month ago. Now that we are passed the autumn equinox it is easy…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Cowboy candy, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, peppers, preparing pumpkins for storage, pumpkins, Sarah the Gardener
It has been a long and difficult couple of weeks outside of the garden. Sometimes life is like that but that makes the garden all the more of a sanctuary from all that worries you. Fortunately, there hasn’t been too…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Making the most of what you have, March, muehlenbeckia, New Zealand, protecting Rhubarb, Sarah the Gardener, weaving a wind break, Wind break, windbreak
Every year I sow melon seeds with great anticipation. I like a bit of variety with my melons and I have the room, so I start off with Sugar Baby Watermelon. It is always reliable and even in a poor…
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Category: COOKING, GARDENING
Tags: Coastal gardening, Don't let things go to waste if you have taken the time to grow it, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Making jam, March, Melon Jam, melons, New Zealand, Rockmelon, Sarah the Gardener
I have a lot on my computer gardening plate. But I need to keep my hand in the soil to keep the garden on track and stop my eyes going square in front of the screen. It is so nice…
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Category: GARDENING
Tags: Bird of paradise seedlings, caring for lime trees, Cats in the garden, Coastal gardening, dogs in the garden, Early Autumn, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, March, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener
Once again summer has come to an end and as usual my monthly video garden tour has been left to the last minute. It has been a busy time just recently with a lot more doing stuff than documenting the…
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Category: GARDENING, VIDEO
Tags: Boy and girl asparagus, Coastal gardening, February, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, how to tell when a melon is ready, Identifying carrot seedlins, Late Summer, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, Tomato Potato psyllid, Wind break maths
In order to decide what to grow, (see yesterday’s post) I needed to assess the state of the garden and see what can go where, and what is still lingering. It is always good to do a state of the…
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Category: GARDENING, Uncategorized
Tags: Coastal gardening, cool season seed sowing, February, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Late Summer, Late summer garden to do list, New Zealand, Sarah the Gardener, sowing seed, State of the garden, what to sow in autumn
I put socks on yesterday. I’m probably just being a bit namby pamby, but my feet got cold. Not winter cold by any stretch of the imagination. But that shock cold when the temperatures you have been used to up…
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