SARAH THE GARDENER
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What a difference a day can make. It has been a typical spring week with dramatically horrible days hounded with strong winds, rain coming in sideways and a drop in temperature that can make us believe we are back in…
Read MoreSmall Picture Thinking
For the last wee while I have been Big Picture Thinking, with my drive to get spring ready. But now we are in spring and as the garden wakes from its winter dormancy I’m finding things are moving fast. There…
Read MoreMaking more work for myself.
During #MakeMayCount, I need to embrace activities that happen beyond the garden and value them as productive time. Yesterday I spent several hours in the morning doing some computer gardening but found myself getting frustrated at being indoors because I…
Read MoreSlight confession
I may have lied at the start of the Make May Count project. Well maybe not lie exactly, just stretched the truth when I said, “the garden is looking tidy and in control”. I had dark areas of shame. Mostly…
Read MoreGetting better
It has been well over a week since I felt ‘normal’. Actually, I never feel normal, let me rephrase that. It has been well over a week since I felt well. This cold has really taken its toll on me. …
Read MoreBack in the garden
It seems like forever since I have been in the garden. Last week I was at the flower show which was exciting and inspiring, and I loved every moment. This week we had a bereavement in the family and while…
Read MoreStorm weeding
This is the absolute best kind of weeding there is. After a period of sustained torrential rain the soil becomes so moist deep down that even the nastiest weed like dock weed slips right out of the ground with the…
Read MoreIt’s slowly drying out
It has been an interesting week. It hasn’t rained for a start. Well not much. These days rain doesn’t count unless it is bucketing down. And Sunday doesn’t count as this week, because if it did then I would have…
Read MoreEasy weeding
Finally, the rain has stopped for long enough for the soil to dry out enough to begin the laborious task of digging and weeding. This is when I regret having such a large garden, but this feeling soon passes as…
Read MoreHot buttered toast with a good blob of Black Currant Jam
A lot of things are demanding my attention in the garden at the moment as the festive season neglect is slowly coming to an end. I’m torn between doing a systematic overhaul one bed at a time so the garden…
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