SARAH THE GARDENER
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Joy in the garden
Today is the longest day and finally I have something to be joyful about. The weather seems to have turned. It is sunny and warm; the sky is blue and the cicadas are singing. Now that is kind of summer…
Read MoreThe state of the Garden Part Two of Three (or possibly four)
I just wanted to quickly fill you with what I’ve done in the garden so far this year, and to be honest it didn’t feel like much, but when it came to writing it down I created a mountain of…
Read MoreChange Comes Quickly
There has been an imperceptible shift in the garden. Up until this point I feel like I have been managing tender young seedlings, doing what I can to nurture them into independence. They have been scrawny, scrappy and poorly and…
Read MoreChange of plans… again
But that is the beauty of the garden – it is completely forgiving. Plans can be made, but nothing is set in concrete – except the things actually set in concrete like fence posts! Over the last year I have…
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 MoreToo much zucchini? Make cake.
I always plant too many zucchini plants. I can’t help myself. Those rose coloured glasses combined with teeny tiny seedlings and the gluts of summers past become a distant blur. So each summer I am faced with the same problem…
Read MoreToo much and yet not enough
Slaving over a hot stove on a hot summer day isn’t my idea of fun… well actually – it kind of is. But that is what I have been doing. Processing the harvest. Now that the holidays are a thing…
Read MoreI thought about putting on socks!
BANG – it’s autumn. It is like someone has just flipped a switch. I woke at my usual time, although admittedly for the last week or so I have been sleeping a little longer, and was shocked to find it…
Read MoreI think there has been a misunderstanding: I wanted pickles not prickles!
The kids have finally gone back to school and the weather has naturally turned to being the ideal summer weather. It happens every year. Iffy weather prevents the kids getting into really enjoying the summer holidays and then they go…
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