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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
My Blog List
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2019 - Gratitude4 years ago
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Around the bend in the river.5 years ago
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A long time coming6 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 present13 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:
Oh wow! It looks amazing! Can't wait to see it in all its glory in your garden. :-)
Hiya!
Good luck with your pumpkin--The one I got was thrillingly delicious--I will look forward to reading about how it turns out!
Hello Chocolate Lady - really enjoyed your blog and I'll be back, especially to look at more of your squash posts. Cesca I'm quite impatient about it also!
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