Garden diary

  • Harvest Wednesday on Tuesday

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    Usually, I harvest every Wednesday. Somehow, this day works for me like a harvest day, but I had to move it to Tuesday this week. This week is very busy for me and I have to mow the orchard. I…

  • Post rain cleaning part 2- more tomato blight

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     We’re back to our normal rain dodging. For the past 3 days, there have been showers all around us and we didn’t get a single drop. Since we’re surrounded by 4 mountains, all the rain ends up on the mountains,…

  • Seedling disaster

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     The seedlings that I’ve sown in July were growing really well. Most of them already had big leaves, and some were even ready for transplanting. I was just waiting for the rain to soften the soil, and then this happened….

  • Post rain cleaning and blight eruption

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    Finally, we got some rain. Although it was only 10mm, it’s still good to have some rain for the plants, so today as I always do after the rain, I went to clean up the garden. The plan was to…

  • First tomato harvest- harvest Wednesday

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    This week was the first time in this gardening season that I’ve harvested my tomatoes. Although summer has been really hot, the cold spring and slow soil warming had delayed my tomatoes. But, finally, tomatoes are ready, and I’ve harvested…