Blog Post: My first post on my new blog. Today I'm taking about sowing saffron and garlic bulbs 🌱

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=18&title=planting-garlic-and-saffron-bulbs

FYI Garden Posts Dahlia Catalogue is out today, and some dahlias are already sold out! They have all the Cafe Au Lait dahlia varieties.

I got only got three dahlias 😇

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https://www.gardenpost.co.nz/products/3486/

My first melon! They have taken a very long time to get going given cloud and rain, but hopefully there's enough sun to get one or two ripe enough to eat ...
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Pohutukawa still coming along nicely. I have another 9 or so that I'm going to move over to this sheet and the 1st of March.

Going to bonsai some (apparently in a few years). I think I'll probably have to look after these for another year or so at least until the rest are ready to give away. #gardening #nzgarden

A while ago I made these two raised beds. Makes gardening so much easier! 180cm x 90cm fence palings and some other bits and pieces out of the shed. Summer crop of tomatoes, beetroot, basil, beans, lettuces.
Women can do almost anything🌱

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#Hydroponics systems are looking healthy! Got some good looking trusses on the tomatoes, Cherry Berry is going particularly nuts!
Blumat watering system has required almost no tweaking and the plants (and myself) are very pleased with it so far.
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Mōrena, More beauty to start the day. Albertine flowers once and for a long time. Hardy and a favourite. There was a large bush of this on the way to school when I was young. I would stop to smell the apple-y fragrance. Got to watch the thorns though. Great fence jumper deterrent. Have a happy day!

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Mōrena, More beauty to start the day. Albertine flowers once and for a long time. Hardy and a favourite. There was a large bush of this on the way to school when I was young. I would stop to smell the apple-y fragrance. Got to watch the thorns though. Great fence jumper deterrent.

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I must try harder to migrate here. That said, here are the unsolicited garden pics I just posted on *the other place*. Follow me to see what the cactus dahlia looks like when it opens! Feat. oriental lilies #gardening #dahlia #lilly #nzgarden #summer #whatsummer

Disclaimer: I will probably eventually post less garden and more data/stats/nerd stuff here but not today.

One of the things that really sold my place to me was the amount of green around the house. I really didn't realize how much work it was going to be to maintain by myself. But the simple rewards make up for it.
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One of the things that really sold my place to me was the amount of green around the house. I really didn't realize how much work it was going to be to maintain by myself. But the simple rewards make up for it.
#NZGarden

#nzgarden photos taken a week apart, should have done taller stakes.

With the warm and wet spring weather here in the Waikato, everything is growing like topsy! On the plus side, the garden is full of flowers and honeybees and this sheltered wee corner makes for a rather delightful mid afternoon hidey space 😁

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First rose of the season in bloom. I think this rose is Aotearoa, it smells amazing. #nzgarden #rose

Many sunblock breaks because this is NZ ☀️ #nzgarden #sunsafe