Sarah The Gardener
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Sarah O'Neil is an author, blogger and passionate gardener writing about the ups and downs of her country garden.
Sarah The Gardener
17h ago
It’s working… so far. After a couple of weeks of applying my new gardening philosophy’s I seem to be making great progress. I’ve written a massive list of absolutely everything, although I should probably type it up and make it official before I forget what my chicken scrawl handwriting actually says. I have even managed to cross things off already which is super satisfying. I’m ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
6d ago
Optimistic strategies for a better garden in 2025 – Part Two Just to recap where we’re at, last year the garden got a little out of control for life reasons and this year I want to do better. This year I have a plan, and I’ve already shared some of my ideas and strategies for a more efficient gardening journey >here<. But in a nutshell ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
1w ago
Optimistic strategies for a better garden in 2025 – Part One. As I’ve mentioned >before<, last year in the garden wasn’t as ideal as I would have liked it to be, and weeds have crept into corners that previously were quite manageable. Some of the things like travel and MS fatigue can’t really be changed, but upon reflection there are things I can attempt to ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
2w ago
Where did things go wrong? I am standing in the gap between years and looking back to figure out how I should go forward. One big reason the garden wasn’t the sole focus of my world was last year there was a lot of travel, which enabled the slide into dodgy weedy edges. The travel was exciting and mostly work related – if not mine ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
2w ago
Is it too late to say Happy New Year? Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and festive season salutations! As the first Monday of a fresh new year, it feels like the perfect time to start afresh. It always feels a little odd to be calling a fresh start when we’re in the middle of a growing season – but it is what it is, and ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
1M ago
Welcome to Summer. It is almost like November never happened! One moment I’m happily doing my thing, tending seedlings getting ready for the season ahead and sharing it all with you and then next thing I’m listening to Christmas carols in the warmth of early summer! It has been a bit of crazy period. Since I last updated, I was throwing myself in to preparations ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
1M ago
Things I want to achieve in December 24 This year has flown by. The feels like start of summer has arrived all of a sudden and I have no choice but to embrace it. The garden has been planted out for the season and managed to survive largely unattended throughout November with just weeding and watering from my handy helpers. But now it is the ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
3M ago
All in a morning’s work I’m a under a bit of pressure this season with a lot to be done in a short amount of time, in and out of the garden. To be fair if it was just the garden I’d be pottering along quite happily. But life is about balance, so the things beyond the garden influence the time I have available to ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
3M ago
A good streak In light of some pretty serious long-term goals, I’ve been hyper focused on the garden and getting stuff done. The days end with a satisfying ache in the bones that comes from an effort well spent. Not to be confused with pushing myself to the point of exhaustion of breakage. I’ve been there recently with my finger physio episode. My best advice ..read more
Sarah The Gardener
3M ago
Long term plans I have been super busy in the garden lately and it feels good. Well for my mental wellbeing. Progress is being made and I should easily be ready for the summer. Not so much in my body. I’ve been working muscles that haven’t seen action for a few months. Although to be fair with each garden session I appear to be a ..read more