Garden diary

  • Canna lily planting

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      A few weeks before the last frost date is a perfect time to get the Canna lilies out of the basement and plant them. Canna lily is a tropical plant and can’t survive our winter, so they are stored…

  • First pepper transplanting

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     The last possible frost date in this region of Croatia is May 15th, still this year some of my seedlings just couldn’t wait so long. Some of the peppers started growing buds and turning yellow, and I decided that it…

  • Seedlings week 16: Everything out

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     After a long period of carrying in and out, last Thursday I finally moved all the seedlings outside. The heated shelves have been emptied, and the wardrobe is now filled with blankets and clothes. The temperature past 14 days has…

  • Spring garden cleaning

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    During the past couple of months, I’ve been concentrating on making my new veggie garden, so the big garden was a bit neglected. This is why on Monday, I tried to do as much work as I could in one…

  • New beds and containers are full

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      The last weeks’ soil saga ended with Friday sowing. After we moved most of the soil to the new beds and garden, it was finally the time to start sowing. We have placed new containers all around the yard….