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Lists of things to do

While we were away, I did do a lot of thinking about what needs to be done to get the garden ready for the spring.  I have a fixed vision in my head of how I want it to be and it is shaping up nicely.  But things were also happening behind the scenes.  I’m not all that great with my spatial awareness as shown … Continue reading Lists of things to do

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Sarah the GardenerJuly 23, 201811 Comments
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Moving Mountains

I have a mountain of earth to move. It equates to 6 truckloads of good quality swamp-like soil from ‘up near Froggies’ near where we used to live.  I feel confident it will be a fabulous growing medium for my new garden and it appears to be weed free.  It has been hanging about for a couple of months now and nothing nasty has reared … Continue reading Moving Mountains

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Sarah the GardenerJune 30, 2018June 30, 201811 Comments
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Progress

I feel like I have bitten off more than I can chew, and my eyes are bigger than my stomach but I really want what I want, so I will work hard to get there.   My garden is huge.  Last time it was built up slowly over 10 years.  This time I want it all done in 10 weeks.  Actually I have longer than that … Continue reading Progress

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How do you know what gardening to do now? 🤷Ideally keeping a detailed record of your garden activities, will give you loads of helpful advice from past you, with reminders of what worked well and what didn’t.But if you are anything like me and hopeless with journalling (I have more perfectly lovely notebooks with pristine pages except the first couple than I care to admit) then there are other ways:🤔 I have a camera roll filled with photos of the garden – more often than not a quick out of focus snap as I walk away from a completed task to remind future me what I did and when I did it.🤔 See what the local gardeners are doing. Copy what the majority of them are doing, instead of what a random enthusiastic outlier is doing. There is no race in gardening – you certainly don’t need to be the first – except to have the first red tomato – that is something to be proud off.🤔 Pay close attention to the weather forecast, compare it with the historical data for the same time of the year and see if it fits in with what the plants need. 🤔 Notice the changes in the environment – are blossoms blossoming, are the swallow’s back, are the weeds popping up with a vengeance. This is ‘phenology’ and is nature’s calendar. Look up what these natural spring things suggest is good to do in the garden. 🤔 Ask ya Mum – she usually knows best.🤔 Look at what books and magazines are suggesting you do and compare it with everything above and make an informed decision. There’s no hurry and plants started later when it is warmer will always do better. 🤔 Don’t believe everything you see on the internet – although this bit is ok! : o) ... See MoreSee Less

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I had the most magnificent time at Waiuku Mitre 10 today, chatting to the loveliest gardeners and celebrating the launch of my new book. Thanks so much to the good people at Yates NZ for the Small Garden seeds I was able to gift to everyone who came to say hi.I'm so grateful for such a fabulous opportunity. : o) ... See MoreSee Less

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Meanwhile... there are green babies showing up in the greenhouse. Things are about to get quite busy! : o) ... See MoreSee Less

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It's official. My book Growing Vegetables is out in the wild and at all good bookstores nationwide! Thanks to the lovely folk at Whitcoulls Pukekohe who let me sign a few copies! Let me know if you see it out in the wild! : o) ... See MoreSee Less

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It was quite rainy today - we've had 7mls and its still steadily falling.You think I would have taken the opportunity to get some housework done....Yeah nah...Looking wistfully out the window wondering if my raincoat is good enough but not really wanting to test it out is much more conducive to a day like today! : o) ... See MoreSee Less

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