Today is a special day. On this day 18 Jan in 2018 we move here to our then empty 10 acre property beside the sea on the wild west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

We began rebuilding our lives here - it hasn't been without its challenge, but it is very much the place we call home.

Thanks so much for listening.

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in a still very hot January Summer in New Zealand.

Sarah the Gardener : o)

Apologies for not posting yesterday. I have decided not to put pressure on myself to do something everyday so it doesn't become a chore and suck the joy out of it. I'm just keeping it real - like I do in my garden. : o)

Come with me as I wander the garden looking for the ingredients for our dinner tonight.

There is a lot to choose from, but not everything is right for tonight.

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Come again soon - for another

Sarah the Gardener : o)

Today is super soggy so I'm pretty much forced to stay indoors where I've done my Monday 'Computer Gardening'.

I did put on my red rain coat and ventured out into the garden to find out why my weather station wasn't recording the rain.

Any yesterday we had a surprise visitor in the garden - well it took me by surprise that's for sure.

Thanks so much for listening.

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in a momentarily soggy January Summer in New Zealand.

Sarah the Gardener : o)

Today is still really hot so I've decided to stay indoors where it is much cooler and do some 'kitchen gardening'.

I have strawberries, gherkins, cucumbers, some tomatoes and a couple of jalapeno peppers and will come up some delicious things, once I decide what I'll do with them.

Thanks so much for listening.

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in a very hot January Summer in New Zealand.

Sarah the Gardener : o)

Welcome to 2024. I've decided to have another go at sharing my thoughts audibly. Surely 5 minute bursts of chit chat is sustainable in the long term.

Today is more of an intro to my garden and my world.

Thanks so much for listening. 

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in a very hot January Summer in New Zealand. 

Sarah the Gardener : o)

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://gardeningkiwi.wordpress.com/2021/06/21/is-this-the-start-of-something-wonderful/ which includes images from the garden to compliment the podcast along with onion growing tips in the captions. I think this is podcast 13.

It is also a bit of a celebration.  It is the shortest day of the year, and it is also the 10th anniversary of my blog over on WordPress.  

Thanks so much for listening. 

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in June in Early Winter in New Zealand. 

Sarah the Gardener : o)

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://gardeningkiwi.wordpress.com/2021/06/12/late-again-tour/ which includes an 18 minute video tour of my garden and an image from the garden to compliment the podcast.

I think this is podcast 12.  It hasn't taken long at all to get to a dozen posts!

The main purpose of this post was to give a tour of the garden so the actual word bit is light, but this is a once in a month occurrence for my video visit to the garden.

Thanks so much for listening.

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in June in Early Winter in New Zealand. Sarah the Gardener

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This episode is also available as a blog post: https://gardeningkiwi.wordpress.com/2021/06/09/all-hands-on-deck/ which includes images from the garden to compliment the podcast. 

I think this is podcast 11 however there is a high chance I may lose count soon enough.  

This time we are talking about spring bulbs, plants in pots and cleaning up a bit of a mess.  Progress is being made and things are being crossed of the list. 

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in June in Early Winter in New Zealand. Sarah the Gardener  : o)

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://gardeningkiwi.wordpress.com/2021/06/07/no-hibernation-for-me/ which includes images from the garden to compliment the podcast.

This is my 10th podcast and I think I'm getting the hang of it and it doesn't seem to add to much more time to the creation of the original blog post so I think I'll keep doing it.  I should really try and figure out how to find out if anyone is actually listening!  

Now have a plan for how to move forward this winter, and the only things that will hold me up is the weather and me.

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in June in Early Winter in New Zealand.

Sarah the Gardener  : o)

This episode is also available as a blog post: https://gardeningkiwi.wordpress.com/2021/06/02/and-so-in-summary/  T which includes images from the garden. This is podcast #9. 

Winter is now upon us and I need to keep up the pace.  May was productive, but winter needs to be as well.  

Come again soon - for another update from my garden in June in Early Winter in New Zealand. 

Sarah the Gardener  : o)