Garden diary

  • Poor pea season is over

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    rollinggarden

    July is the month in which we get our first harvests. Usually one of the first vegetables that give us significant harvests are peas. By the middle of June, pods start forming and the first harvests begin in the last…

  • Seven times is enough

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    rollinggarden

    This year clearly isn’t a zucchini year in my garden. Last year I had my first harvests in June, but this year I don’t have any mature plants.  I’ve sown zucchinis in March in pots and the first sown seedlings…

  • Weeds and rain

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    rollinggarden

    When you have a downhill garden it’s all about timing. If you go to the garden too soon after the rain you won’t be able to do anything without falling but if you wait too long you risk having another…

  • Orchard surprise- first harvest

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    rollinggarden

    After a long rain period, on Friday, I finally got some dry weather to visit my garden. I thought I’d do some weeding because the garden is covered in weeds, but, instead, I ended up having my first big harvest. …

  • Monthly review: May

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    rollinggarden

    After a very long dry period, May brought us much-needed rain.  A total of 121mm fell over a period of 31 days. Much of the rain fell during the stormy showers so they didn’t really soak the soil. The water…