Garden
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Violent weather change
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After almost a whole month of sun and drought, this weekend brought us a violent weather change. From almost 25°C(77°F) we dropped to 0°C(32°F) in just 24h. Instead of rain, we got snow. Luckily the soil was warm enough from…
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Seedlings week 13: tomato stakes
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When you tell someone that your seedlings need stakes, the first thing you hear is that you’ve sown them too early. But, for me, staking my seedlings is actually the sign that I did something right and that this year,…
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Monthly review: March- one big cabbage roll
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In Croatian, when you want to explain the inadequateness of the word “average” there’s a saying that roughly translates as: “Some people eat only meat, some eat only cabbages and some get the soup, but in the end, we all…
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Unusual carrot sowing
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This has been a very weird beginning of the year. After a very cold and dry February and the beginning of March, the rest of the month has been unusually dry with full sun. There hasn’t been a single…
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New roses
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Roses are plants that I’ve always adored, but I never had much luck with. Usually, when I bought roses they were never what I wanted. The only rose that was actually what I wanted was my lily rose, which…