If I had a favourite thing to grow, I would have to say…carrots. Why? I think it’s because I failed at growing them numerous times, and now, they’re something that I will always have in my garden (at the right time of year). They’re not the easiest vegetable to grow. They need the right soil, […]
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I had tried gardening before on occasion. I’d plant something here, bring a house plant into my home there (I’m still no good at indoor plants) or try and plant a herb that I had bought at the supermarket. It never really took. I would get busy, forget about it and then suddenly it would
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This week was hot. The garden did not like it. It’s the quick change, I think. The plants were given no time to acclimatise. Therefore, not much grew this week. The garden just simply tried to get through it. What did grow this week was the idea of what is possible. I have read books
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You know that smell when it rains? There is even a word for it apparently – petrichor. I don’t even know how to describe the smell, but I know how it makes me feel. I grew up on cattle properties and so rain was always welcomed. It meant everyone could relax. We might actually get
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We buy our meat in bulk. It means we can buy directly from local producers which is good for our local farming community and good for the environment. It does work out to be slightly cheaper than buying from the supermarket which is a nice bonus. One of the issues is that when you order
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I don’t grow sunflowers for their seeds. I don’t grow sunflowers for the birds (though they seem to think I do). I don’t even grow sunflowers because my 5 year old loves to plant sunflower seeds. I don’t even grow them because the bees love them (but this is a nice bonus). I grow sunflowers
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