Garden
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Garden diary July 2025: We got rain and straw
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After years of searching, we finally found someone in our area who sells straw. Now the garden has straw mulch. Together with the straw, we finally got some rain, and now we’re in almost ideal condition, preparing for the late…
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Garden diary 2025: cold May and burning June
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After a very cold spring, with temperatures below the average, summer came hot and dry. What were supposed to be the two mildest months ended up being a real challenge for us. May May continued the spring’s average trend. The…
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Garden diary 2025: We’re very behind on work
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Although this year looks like a very average one on paper, the reality is very different. Cold, rain, and wind kept us from doing our usual garden work and now, in April, we’re very much behind on all of the…
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2024 review: Hot and stormy
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With the beginning of a new year, we usually look back at the year behind us. This 2024 in our garden has been challenging. With lots of work, in the end, things paid off. It can always improve, but we’re…
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Garden in July: hot and stormy
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July was above-average warm, and, of course, the warmth brought us a couple of severe storms. But, even with the damaging winds the garden was thriving. Warm and stormy After the past year, which was insanely stormy, and brought us…