I have been rather busy lately. I am fortunate in that my workloads and deadlines haven’t changed and writing about gardening is just as popular as it ever was. So, I have been tucked away in my office or creating…
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Category: Uncategorized
Tags: April, Coastal gardening, garden through the troubled times, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, harvesting pumpkins, Harvesting the last of summer, Mid Autumn, Monday Message, New Zealand, preparing pumpkins for storage, Sarah the Gardener, stay safe, sweetcorn, watermelon
This is an easy sector for me to plan as most things don’t move. There are two asparagus beds and they have already had all the attention they need for the start of the season. All I have to do…
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Tags: garden planning, GARDENING, Growing Vegetables, Jerusalem artichokes, July, midwinter, New Zealand, painted mountain corn, peas, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, watermelon, yams
My recent article in Bite, the fabulous foodie section of the NZ Herald came with a wonderful accompaniment, a collection of recipes to complement what is being harvested in my garden. Each one was a mouth-watering wonder and it only made…
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Category: COOKING, Uncategorized
Tags: Bite, Early Autumn, GARDENING, March, New Zealand, NZ Herald, Sarah O'Neil, Sarah the Gardener, tomato, Tomato and Watermelon Salad, watermelon
I am slowly coming to terms with it being autumn. I don’t really mind it so much as a season, but the thing that does bother me about it most is the year is whizzing by so fast. Days…
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