I'm no longer the Mother of two pre-schoolers. Indeed the request to bake cakes and help with the school library and - God forbid - join the PTA, will probably arrive this afternoon.
Baby and me are home in the mess, home on this dark wet day, home without either of our big boys.
And it's raining. Pouring.
If it would clear up, then I could garden. Like chocolate for my soul.
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Not high tech, not high spec. One woman's journey outside of nappies and dishes and into tulips, borlotti beans and compost recipes.
About Me
- Sandra
- West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
- community . garden . kitchen . politics
Current growing projects
- Below is a list of everything currently in my garden. Some items I only have one plant of while others I have 20. Seeing how much I have growing really encourages me. It's nowhere near self-sufficiency levels but it is very satisfying, even exciting.
- Flowers - calendulas, canna lilly, clematis, daffodils, freesias, fuchsias, hydrangeas, nasturtiums, pansies, roses, sunflowers
- Fruit - Blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, feijoas, lemons, raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries
- Herbs - Aloe vera, bay, chamomile (German), comfrey, feverfew, mint, oregano, chives, garlic chives, lemon verbena, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon thyme
- Vegetables - globe artichokes, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cavolo nero, curly and red russian kale, chilli peppers, leeks, onions (Welsh bunching and red Brunswick),peas, rua and maori potatoes, pumpkin (buttercup squash and Musquee de Provence), radiccio, rocket, swiss chard or silverbeet - Ironman, Bright Lights, yams, zucchini costata
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- library day.
- Magnolia update
- The Omnivore's Dilemma
- The bread challenge
- The overprotective mother
- PTA
- Spring Bulbs
- A story from Central Otago
- Inside out and upside down
- Chickpea heaven
- bug your bank
- growing an activist: Paulo Friere
- kaput
- Missing the garden
- Dinner
- the mumsy look
- Growing an activist
- Dinner
- What exactly is activism?
- zucchini pickle
- Saving the magnolia
- Dinner
- The walnut tree
- Dinner
- Dinner
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- proud little post
- Dinner
- Dinner
- Rock dust and hippies
- food questions
- Dinner
- Dinner
- The Sea Between
- manure, compost, household waste
- An apprentice
- Dinner
- the dinner diary
- Hopelessly behind
- today, tomorrow
- National gardening day
- dark wet day
- rain, fruit trees, seed germination
- projects #2
- tomatoes
- garlic
- new projects
- progress
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My Blog List
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2019 - How time flies4 years ago
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Around the bend in the river.5 years ago
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Finding Magical Mindful Moments6 years ago
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Talkin’ ’bout a revolution..12 years ago
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"Let's just call it summer!"13 years ago
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Supporting Canterbury small business13 years ago
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An early Christmas present14 years ago
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High quality procrastination support
- A Lady's Conversation Circle
- Against the current
- Back Forty
- Bean Sprouts
- Cesca
- Christy's Waiheke paradise
- Cottage Smallholder
- Garlic Breath
- Gillybean's garden
- Joanna's food
- Laughing Gastronome
- Lush gardening
- Mariella
- Morag's Nappy Lady blog
- Nikki's journey
- Nova's creations
- NZ Gardener
- One day in Hania
- Permaculture in Brittany
- Rachael's gone global...
- Rubbish Diet
- Sad Little Garden
- Sharon
- Star Cooked
- Tania's Larger Family Life
- The compost family
- Wild Picnic
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3 comments:
How quickly he has grown! I hope Fionn had a wonderful first day at school and that it didn't feel too strange for you without him at home.
He had a great time and though day one was awful for me, day two was fine. I'm still waiting with eager anticipation for you to start blogging Tania...
Glad his day went well. I know what you mean about the first day being so awful. It isn't the same when the house is that bit quieter is it?
Already started blogging Sandra. If you're really bored you can find it at www.thesullivanfamily.wordpress.com
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