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OK, so it’s hot out there but that doesn’t mean that you should abandon the garden for the couch and the cricket.

Frangipani blooming its head off in the heat of Summer

Here are five great suggestions to keep your garden looking fabulous all Summer long. Please do all of these jobs in the morning, we don’t want you or your plants wilting. Also, you don’t need to do everything all at once. slow down, it is Summer after all.

This year let’s start by mindfully gardening, you are not really in a hurry, are you? Let’s find joy in the flowers and the birds and the bees enjoying the space that you have created for them as well as for yourself.

Take your time, take it easy. Put some lovely music on while you garden and enjoy your beautiful space. Just a little task each day will give you the results you are chasing for a beautiful garden space.

Let’s be realistic, it’s the holidays and you do need to make time for other things like the beach, a spot of fishing, a stroll around the airconditioned shops, coffee with a friend, long brunches, or reading a book in the shade under a tree.

Again this year, I will be cooking another Christmas ham but before and after you will find me in the garden

The shops are heaving with gift ideas and I don’t know about you, but this year more than ever, it feels like every retailer is chasing me down to eke out the very last remaining dollar left on my credit card.

Does anyone actually “need” another Christmas-pine scented candle??? My inbox is exploding with buy this, buy that, last shipping opportunity before Christmas, and hey, do I want another 30% off? No, I do not, stop this nonsense. I mean how many beach towels does one person use in a single lifetime, new picnic basket anyone? Stop, just STOP!

I am getting into my garden and hoping it all goes away. Our gardens are the gift that we give to ourselves. Investing a little of your time (and your cash) in your garden each week will make you happier than you could ever imagine and enormously happier than a pine-scented candle would.

Your garden is the gift that keeps on giving, 365 days of the year. Your garden is the place that will offer you peace and joy. You can partake in an endless list of activities, and a constant source of change. Embracing a gardening life will give you a sense of purpose and offer a welcome distraction as you navigate your busy lives. The garden offers the best diversion from whatever might be on your mind. Nothing is more distracting than weeds or attempting to identify a particular pest or disease.

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