Garden

  • Planting new strawberries

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     There’s no better way to start the spring than with a new order of seedlings and bulbs. A few weeks ago, I ordered a fairly large amount of goodies from our Garden center Sieberz . This isn’t the first time that…

  • New flowers

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         I’m not really a gift-loving person. I don’t like celebrations, birthdays or gifts. But one thing I do love is getting new flowers. After a couple of disastrous gifts, my hubby learned the lesson, and now every time…

  • As dry as a bone

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    16 days without rain. It doesn’t sound like a long period, but when you calculate in only 60mm of rain since December and no snow this year, you come to the state we’re in right now. The soil is as…

  • Seedlings week 11: first sunbathing

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    Finally, we’re in the spring. After a really cold period, with morning temperatures reaching -9°C (15°F), the end of last week brought us some warm and sunny weather. I honestly couldn’t wait for this. As soon as the temperatures reached…

  • Orchard pruning part 2

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      We finally did it. The orchard has been pruned. We managed to find one warm enough day without the wind and finish with the apple pruning. This time my hubby helped me trim the higher branches, so we managed…