Garden
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Orchid problems
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After an adventure with the new plant aka the orchid Keiki, my orchid has been blooming like crazy. It grew 3 stems with dozens of wonderful flowers that were flowering for months. And then out of nowhere, the plant started showing…
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Cabbage transplanting
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Although it’s Sunday, today I’ve decided to do some last-minute cabbage planting. I’ve sown some late cabbages in July and today I decided to transplant them just before the rain next week. I’m not sure the seedlings will have time to…
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Streptocarpus -cape primrose
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A few weeks ago I bought two plants of Streptocarpus. The delicate leaves and flowers have been badly beaten up from the boxed delivery, so I had no idea what to expect from the plants. A few weeks later the…
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Tomatoes have never looked worse
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This year has been a real disaster for tomatoes. First, as I wrote before my tomatoes were struck by Pythium rot caused by infected soil, then the May cold did a number on the seedlings and their height and the…
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Wednesday harvest
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I haven’t harvested anything since last Friday so today was a good day to harvest. I had a helping paw with me today. We harvested beans, chard, kale, tomatoes, cucumbers, kohlrabi, and carrots. And then we went to the orchard…