Garden diary
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My seed mania is starting to kick in
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Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while knows that I have a problem with seeds. I absolutely adore them. I love the small colorful bags of seeds, I love the feeling of new seed bags in my…
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Flowers in August
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Flowers bring color to our gardens. They break the green carpet of vegetables and bring joy to our beds and yards. August is the month when most of the flowers thrive and show their best suits.The same is in my…
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Monthly review: August
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August has continued the trend of a moody and wet month set by June and July. Although it has rained for only 11 days the amount has passed 174 liters and took this August well above average. The average amount…
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Drowning in kale
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After a couple of really bad kale years, in which I barely harvested a head or two I started growing leaf kale. First I started with Nero di Toscana kale and the past year I added curly kale to my…
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Time to collect seeds
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The gardening season is slowly coming to an end and it’s time to start collecting seeds for next season. This year I don’t have many plants in the garden that will produce seeds, due to the very cold spring which…