Category Archives: Gardening

Sun, rain and the garden

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Barbara Good

The start of summer has been a funny old thing here in Ballarat. The end of November got really hot with a string of days in the high 30s (Celsius) and then the first week or so of December we … Continue reading →

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Restoring the Patch

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Barbara Good

It’s been quite a while since I really got stuck into the vegetable garden and I really haven’t grown that much to eat in the last twelve months. When I think back a couple of years when the patch was … Continue reading →

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A Long Garden Weekend

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Barbara Good

This weekend was a long one in Ballarat thanks to our local show day being on Friday. It also coincided with the most gloriously sunny weekend we’ve had for a long time. While we didn’t make it to the actual … Continue reading →

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One Step Closer

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Barbara Good

Yet again it’s been a quiet six months on the blog – though with a few odd days where my stats went through the roof (relatively speaking consider this little blog is no high traffic site) for no apparent reason. … Continue reading →

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Garden Share Collective – March

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Barbara Good

In the midst of the start of the school, getting myself ready to find some work and life in general I missed the last Garden Share Collective – hosted by Strayed from the Table. In the two months since my … Continue reading →

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#FoodIsFree – a local initiative

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Barbara Good

Some time late last week I came home to find a flyer from a neighbour in my letterbox.  She was inviting the residents of the street to participate in a local movement called #FoodIsFree.  The idea is to leave any … Continue reading →

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Garden Share Collective – January, 2015

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Barbara Good

Welcome to 2015’s very first blog post and the first for quite a while.  I have enjoyed a break from most of my regular schedule over the last couple of weeks and have spent some lovely, quiet time with my family, … Continue reading →

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Respect for my winter garden

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Barbara Good

Hi there, I’ve been a bit slack on the posting lately so thought a greeting was a good place to start today.  Hope you’re all enjoying this time of year, isn’t spring great!  My weekly schedule is starting to open … Continue reading →

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Tomato Seedlings

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Barbara Good

I won’t start by yet again whingeing about how infrequently I’ve been making it out into the garden – you’ve all heard that before – today’s post is about what I HAVE managed to do recently.  And this is for … Continue reading →

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Garden Share Collective – August 2014

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Barbara Good

Welcome to another month in my patch and touring around the other fabulous Garden Share Collective gardens.  Not a lot has been happening in my neck of the woods of the gardening variety anyway.  We’ve had a very cold, wet, … Continue reading →

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