Garden diary
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Finally a long expected rain period
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The beginning of May finally brought us the rain we were hoping for the past 4 months. The amount wasn’t too huge, around 40mm, but it has been raining for 6 days out of 15 so the soil got wet…
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Growing garden
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Although the lack of rain this month has been terrible my garden did benefit from the few waterings we did over the weeks and everything I’ve sown has germinated and is growing nicely.Garlic and carrots are on the sunniest part…
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Monthly review
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April has continued the trend of the first 3 months. Lots of sunny weather with a few very cold days and very small amounts of rain. The month started with a period of 9 days with the full sun without…
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Transplanting cabbages
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End of the April is usually a great time to transplant cabbages and early flower seedlings. Temperatures can still drop around 0°C but not so much that they could hurt the seedlings. Tomatoes and peppers are more delicate and they…
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The new orchid- orchid keiki part 2
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This year I discovered that my orchid has started growing a new plant on one of the stems. Since I’m new at growing orchids I had no idea what this new growth was or what to do with it. I…