gardening Archives ⋆ tias cottage ❀ recipes & cottage garden https://cottageontheleft.com/category/gardening/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:41:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cottageontheleft.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-tias-cottage-on-the-left-32x32.png gardening Archives ⋆ tias cottage ❀ recipes & cottage garden https://cottageontheleft.com/category/gardening/ 32 32 Autumn Garden Photo Diary🍂 | Everything Growing, Blooming & Harvesting Right Now https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-harvest-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autumn-garden-harvest-update https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-harvest-update/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:41:06 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2188 Autumn garden diary entry ~ a gentle wander through our autumn garden in Australia. Growing & harvesting: The grape harvest has come to an end, with plenty to share, though the vine is still lush and green for now. Tomatoes are still slowly ripening as the plants begin to fade, while the finger eggplant has […]

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]]> https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-harvest-update/feed/ 0 Autumn Garden Video Diary | Silent Garden moments & updates https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-diary-silent-updates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=autumn-garden-diary-silent-updates https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-diary-silent-updates/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2026 01:47:50 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2151 Welcome to my cottage garden in Australia 🍂🌸 A few quiet moments captured as the garden shifts from summer into autumn. Bees dancing on pink hollyhocks and elderflowers, grape vines turning deep purple, ready to harvest, and cherry tomatoes of many varieties still thriving, not slowing down this autumn. An ode to autumn abundance and […]

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]]> https://cottageontheleft.com/autumn-garden-diary-silent-updates/feed/ 0 Summer Garden Video Diary | Silent Garden Moments & Updates https://cottageontheleft.com/summer-garden-diary-silent-updates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=summer-garden-diary-silent-updates https://cottageontheleft.com/summer-garden-diary-silent-updates/#respond Sun, 29 Mar 2026 01:31:53 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2154 Welcome to my cottage garden in Australia 🌸 A few quiet moments I captured over summer, watching the garden grow and bloom through sunshine, wind and rain. Spot the daisies, foxgloves, hollyhocks, cornflowers, and pink and red poppies, with butterflies and bees moving through the flowers. If you love slow living, garden therapy, or simply […]

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]]> https://cottageontheleft.com/summer-garden-diary-silent-updates/feed/ 0 Summer Garden Photo Gallery https://cottageontheleft.com/what-grew-in-our-summer-garden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-grew-in-our-summer-garden https://cottageontheleft.com/what-grew-in-our-summer-garden/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:15:19 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2122 A gentle wander through our summer garden. Growing & harvesting:Many varieties of cherry tomatoes, flowers like; daisies, hollyhocks, cornflowers, statice, sweet peas. We started the summer full of poppies, now gently fading into seed with the heat of the season. Still unfolding:The dahlias and Japanese anemone are in bud. Grapes are ripening on the vine. […]

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]]> https://cottageontheleft.com/what-grew-in-our-summer-garden/feed/ 1 Autumn Flower updates ~ A Peaceful April Garden Video Diary https://cottageontheleft.com/april-garden-video-diary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-garden-video-diary Tue, 13 May 2025 05:37:15 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2080 An ode to dahlias, sunchokes & cosmos In this silent garden diary video, I take you through the pretty moments of our April garden — now deep into autumn here in Australia. This video is an ode to the quiet charm of white dahlias, cosmos, and sunchokes. April garden updates video~ Last upload, my white […]

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]]> Sunchoke Surprise: How we grew a huge harvest with barely any water https://cottageontheleft.com/how-we-grew-a-huge-harvest-of-sunchokes-with-barely-any-water/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-we-grew-a-huge-harvest-of-sunchokes-with-barely-any-water Fri, 02 May 2025 06:24:40 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=2034 This year, we decided to give sunchokes (also known as Jerusalem artichokes) a go again, and what a rewarding experience it turned out to be. Scroll through my experiences, tips and sunchoke photo gallery! From my experience, sunchokes are a fantastic plant for beginners—they practically grow themselves. They multiply and spread easily without the need […]

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]]> Autumn garden must dos ~ My cottage garden this Melbourne Autumn & what I’m planting https://cottageontheleft.com/cottage-garden-must-dos-for-autumn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cottage-garden-must-dos-for-autumn https://cottageontheleft.com/cottage-garden-must-dos-for-autumn/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:38:43 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=1912 This Melbourne autumn, I’m harvesting the last of my summer crops while sowing seeds and bulbs for winter and spring—some in the greenhouse, others straight into garden beds and pots. While I spend plenty of time in the garden, I’m always exploring and implementing lazy, efficient, and sustainable options that make my life easier. The […]

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]]> https://cottageontheleft.com/cottage-garden-must-dos-for-autumn/feed/ 1 End of Summer Gardening Recap – What I Grew This Season in Melbourne https://cottageontheleft.com/end-of-summer-gardening-recap-what-i-grew-this-season-in-melbourne/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=end-of-summer-gardening-recap-what-i-grew-this-season-in-melbourne Fri, 28 Feb 2025 05:39:46 +0000 https://cottageontheleft.com/?p=1822 As summer comes to a close here in Melbourne, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the past few months in our garden. The summer heat has made it challenging to keep up with the extra watering our garden demands, yet our space is vibrant with flowers and vegetables. Thanks to homemade soil boosters and […]

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