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In this week's gardening blog post I had to build a trellis for my sweet pea seedlings. I'm dreaming of sweet peas flowering now in summer.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=220&title=the-sweet-pea-project:-building-a-trellis-for-my-growing-sweet-peas

In this week's gardening blog post I did a reshuffle in one of the shadiest parts of the garden, and also may have bought another hydrangea...

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=215&title=a-winter-reshuffle-in-the-shade-garden

In this week's gardening blog post I joined the current pansy and viola growing craze, and sowed a bunch of seeds to see what the hype was all about.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=214&title=growing-specialty-cut-flower-pansies-for-my-garden

In this weeks' winter gardening blog post I finally pruned all the roses in my front garden. Find out which roses stayed, which roses got the chop, and which new ones I've bought to replace them 👀 🥀

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=212&title=winter-rose-pruning-in-the-front-garden

In this week's gardening blog post I take a look at what July has been like in the garden. We've had torrential rain, many frosts, and I made friends with a Pīwakawaka.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=210&title=july-in-the-garden---2026

In this week's gardening blog post, one of my biggest winter jobs was lifting and storing my seedling dahlia tubers ready for next season.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=208&title=digging-up-dividing-and-storing-my-seedling-dahlias

In this week's gardening blog post I share how I saved seeds from my dahlias and Floret zinnias.

Seed saving has kept me busy throughout autumn and early winter, but it's satisfying to have so many packets safely stored away ready for spring. 💐

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=203&title=saving-dahlia-and-zinnia-seeds-for-next-season

After a couple of weeks on holiday, it's back to regular posting on my blog.

As a bonus blog post today, it's currently apple harvesting season, and we've been busy processing them in various forms to keep over the autumn and winter.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=49&title=dehydrating-apples-for-snacks

In this week's gardening blog post I've been pressing flowers and leaves this summer for making specimen frames later this year.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=40&title=pressing-flowers-and-leaves-this-summer

In the last blog post of the year I share with you all the new rose bushes now flowering in my garden.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=178&title=new-roses-flowering-in-the-garden

In today's gardening blog post we take a look at the ranunculus and peony varieties growing this spring.

https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=171&title=ranunculus-and-peonies-flowering

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In this week's gardening blog post I ordered soapwort, and a bunch of other natural dye plants, from Kahikatea Farm. I plan to do a lot of natural dyeing this summer...

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=177&title=kahikatea-farm-soapwort-plant-order

A bonus blog post this week because I'm in the December 2025 issue of the New Zealand Gardener magazine talking about my adventures in growing sugar beet for making my own sugar.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=175&title=im-in-the-december-2025-issue-of-the-new-zealand-gardener-magazine

Dahlia 1: Tanita, a decorative dahlia I got from Mount Mera Botanical is the first dahlia flowering this late spring.

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Damask rose harvest is in full swing these days. Every morning I go out and harvest the open roses, and then they go straight into the freezer for storage until the harvest is over. #garden #nzgardening #nzgarden #BloomScrolling #rose

My fedex package has arrived containing my course work for Floret’s Flower Farm workshop. I’m so excited to be studying online with them for six weeks in January 2026.

This has been a dream I’ve wanted to do for years. #floret #gardening #nzgarden #garden

It’s now rose season :meowheart:

This is Gertrude Jekyll. #BloomScrolling #nzgarden #roses

My new daffodil obsession, Tete Boucle. They are so small and so frilly 🌼

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In today's gardening blog post I share my Susie Ripley Gardening Seed Haul I got this winter.

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ttps://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=153&title=susie-ripley-gardening-seed-haul

Today's dahlia profile on my blog is Mystic Sparkler, which was bred in NZ by Keith Hammett.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=116&title=dahlia-profile---keith-hammett-mystic-sparkler

Three hydrangeas in a fence line shaded spot mysteriously dying in late summer. Enjoying contemplating which flowering native to replace them with. Possibly Brachyglottis B. repanda x B. greyii 'Leith Gold'? #gardening #nzgarden

This week's blog post is all about growing potatoes.

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https://www.craftygardener.co.nz/?post_id=36&title=planting-the-first-of-my-potatoes

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/

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

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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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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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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