Garden diary

  • Mulching away

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     Over the past couple of years, the gardening world has turned into a mulching madness. Everybody mulches and mulch is the solution to every single garden problem. Heat problem- you need to mulch, disease problem you need to mulch, garden…

  • Mixed beds

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     This year I decided to make a couple of mixed beds. Usually, I had well-defined beds with just one or two vegetable varieties, and this worked well as long as the year was good for those vegetables. I’ve been trying…

  • Lavender harvest

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     The beginning of July is my lavender time. I have two big bushes which I grow opposite to every single recommendation that gardeners have. I never cover them or protect them from frost, I don’t use any fertilizers and never…

  • Onion and garlic harvest

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     June brought us first harvests. The cold has been affecting us for too long so everything is a bit late but still, I’ve started harvesting peas, strawberries, lettuce, and cucumbers.  A few days back I’ve finally harvested my onions. I’ve…

  • review: Garden in June

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     June has been a real rollercoaster of weather. From unusually cold first 10 days to the August temperatures in the last couple of days. We got our first heatwave that lasted 12 days without a break and got the lowest…