Garden diary

  • Transplanting onions and lettuce

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    When you don’t have a big greenhouse April is the month when a gardener is always struggling with space. There is never enough room for pots, bags, seedlings, and plants. The same problem is ever present in my garden. I’m…

  • Already summer?

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    After a long cold period, we jumped right into summer. Daily temperatures are well over 20°C, somedays reaching over 25°C with a clear sky and full sun.  This kind of weather is actually torturing my seedlings which are now on…

  • First garden sowing this year

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    After 2 weeks of cold and wind, we finally got some sunny weather and I’ve decided to do my first garden sowing of the year. This year I’ve started a whole month later than last year. The past year I’ve…

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    When COVID-19 doesn’t change your life too much, but the weather does

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    Like most of the European countries, we’ve been quarantined for the past 10 days. The country didn’t declare full quarantine, but the restrictive measures that have been implemented have basically pushed us into quarantine. With the standard measures like keeping…

  • Monthly review: March

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    March has continued the trend of unusually warm and dry weather. The first 20 days have been really warm with daily temperatures over 20°C and fully sunny days. We had a continuous 10 sunny days which raised our average March…