The summer weather seems to have been and gone. A few nice days with blazing temperatures and then boof… back to the wet and miserable. This doesn’t bode well. Unless of course it was the soggy spring putting the boot in one last time. This is what I am hoping it is as I have high hopes for season. However, if it is going to … Continue reading Tomatoes, salad & new things
I’m quite pleased with my routine schedule for the garden. In the past, I’d wander around aimlessly until I found a chore that needed doing, couldn’t be ignored anymore or was really easy and there was no real focus. The garden felt like an endless chore sometimes as by the time you look care of the weeds in the last bed, the first one was … Continue reading Sector Two
Wow, we are now into the growing season. It was a busy first day, but I managed to find some time to sow my tomato seeds. It is hard to believe in less than two months I’ll be planting them out in the garden. I have so much hope for this this year. It is about time we had a good one. Come again … Continue reading I declare this spring officially open
I probably should have done this ages ago, but I finally dug up my spuds. The fact the foliage had gone brown and crispy, and had almost completely dried to nothing in the summer sun was a fair indication they weren’t going to get any bigger. So I grabbed my fork and went hunting for potatoes. However before the exciting search for buried treasure, I … Continue reading Spuds are up
Not wanting wish away my summer but I really need to think about winter. The summer garden is in full swing and doing its thing. The tomato inundation has begun and it is such a pleasure to enjoy fresh at its best. The basil is positively flourishing and having both complimenting each other side by side on the plate is a delightful indulgence. If there … Continue reading Thinking about cooler days.
Getting back into the garden has been easy. It is the deciding what to do that has been the hard part. Everywhere I look something demands my attention. There are weeds everywhere and so the places I have managed to tend to stand out like pristine examples of a well managed garden. It’s not actually. But the contrast between where I’ve been and where I … Continue reading Comings and Goings
I’ve been quite busy this week and there have been a lot of changes to the garden. But the best bit is the tomatoes and a whole range of other plants are in, Hooray. But the sun is still shining magnificently and it is calling to me to get out there and soak it in. So while I’m out there getting some garden action, … Continue reading The Tomatoes are in!
Just to recap from yesterday. I’m bringing you all up to date with the garden as it is now – warts and all. I’m running behind, but this is ok. It is still spring. So moving on from the onion and garlic of yesterday we have what makes a garden feel like a garden. Tomatoes are almost essential in a veggie patch. Well they do … Continue reading The Big Picture – Part two
I’ve been a little busy lately and it is has kept me from my dirty little love – the garden. I kind of feel I need to say “hello my name is Sarah the Gardener and I haven’t gardened in two weeks.” The only real saving grace is, it is winter so there isn’t a lot to be done. Having said that, there are … Continue reading Tomatoes in Winter
I have been kidding myself with the misguided theory that so long as there are tomatoes in the garden then there is still a claim to summer. But the tomatoes have been a little manky of late, so I pulled them out. You can watch this incredibly sad occasion here: Come again soon – I’ve been doing some thinking, mostly because it is too cold … Continue reading It’s not tomato weather anymore
