Garden
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Monthly review: August
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August has continued the trend of a moody and wet month set by June and July. Although it has rained for only 11 days the amount has passed 174 liters and took this August well above average. The average amount…
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Drowning in kale
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After a couple of really bad kale years, in which I barely harvested a head or two I started growing leaf kale. First I started with Nero di Toscana kale and the past year I added curly kale to my…
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Time to collect seeds
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The gardening season is slowly coming to an end and it’s time to start collecting seeds for next season. This year I don’t have many plants in the garden that will produce seeds, due to the very cold spring which…
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Another small harvest
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Although smaller, my harvests are still regular. I harvest my vegetables every 4-5 days depending on the weather forecast. Yesterday I’ve harvested some lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, beans, carrots, kohlrabi, a cabbage, and some strawflowers which I’ll try to dry. The warmth…
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Spring bulbs and planning a new flowerbed
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Today I decided to clean our front yard flowerbed. This flowerbed has been giving me headaches because I can’t decide what to do with it. At first, it was full of summer annual flowers, then I had spring flowers in…