“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana 1863 – 1952 These are wise words indeed for a gardener to heed. If you forget what you did last season you will make the same mistakes again this coming season. Spend the long nights going through your photos, notes (if you took them) and social media posts and try to remember … Continue reading Monday Message:
“A garden is half-made when it is well planned. The best gardener is one who does the most gardening by the winter fire.” Liberty Hyde Bailey (An inspiring American horticulturist 1858 – 1954) Due to the sudden drop in temperature – although probably not cold by most folks standards – we don’t even get a frost here, I have decided computer gardening isn’t such a … Continue reading Monday Message
Keep doing the little things often so they don’t become big things later. This week I will be mostly weeding! Sarah the Gardener : o) Continue reading Monday Message:
On a Tuesday… again. Same same but different. Stay home, stay safe. Shop local, shop sensible. This is a still a weird old time. The Monday Message is on a Tuesday because we had a public holiday on Monday and I try… in normal times to not work on weekends and holidays so I get to enjoy my family. So even though they Mondayised an … Continue reading Monday Message:
As the days grow cooler, the love of a good chilli can add some heat! I have plenty to choose from in my garden – cayenne, jalapeno, padron (gone too far to be a playful game of spicy roulette – they are all very hot now), habanero, birds eye and a few others. And they are all ready and waiting for me to do something … Continue reading Monday Message
… On a Tuesday. The weather outside might be terrible, but all storms pass eventually. Today is really stormy – it was yesterday too. You really feel it out here exposed on the coast. The garden seems to be holding up ok, but there are no tender seedlings trying to establish themselves so there isn’t much to worry about. But storms here always sound so … Continue reading Monday Message:
I had the pleasure of chatting to the lovely Sam and Julia on Newstalk ZB this morning and one of the things we talked about was things that can be growing things from the kitchen when you don’t have ‘proper’ gardening supplies. For example: Take an avocado stone and suspend it over a jar of water with toothpicks to get it to sprout Try growing … Continue reading What to grow when you don’t have ‘proper’ supplies
Find a new rhythm and look for a new normal. It is strange times indeed. Daylight savings finished the other day and it made no difference – I didn’t need to be anywhere so time is almost irrelevant. Even the garden doesn’t need me as much these days, especially after the massive harvest I did the other day. There is still the tidy up to … Continue reading Monday Message:
Staying busy is a great way to keep your mind from the worries of the world for a while. While in lock down it is so tempting to be glued to each and every update that comes in, seemingly by the minute. But being an active relaxer with a tendency to worry about things, I decided it was in my best interests to just check … Continue reading Monday Message:
Do what you can to stay safe. 💚 It is indeed strange times. I’m doing well. It hasn’t reached into my area yet, but everyone is cautious. My community is being sensible and there is food in the supermarket and seedlings in the garden centre. We are in a good place to hunker down and the garden will give me more than enough to do. I … Continue reading Monday Message:
