Garden
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Seedling progress week 10: crates are back
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We’re back in winter. Although the days are sunny, temperatures are low, and in combination with the wind, it’s freezing cold. We had only one windless day since the beginning of March, and the rest of the days have…
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Orchard pruning part 1
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Usually, the first thing done in the new gardening year is orchard pruning, but as this year has been a weird one, the orchard pruning is falling behind and it still hasn’t been done. Our orchard is an old…
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seedlings week 9: here comes the cold
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Just as the seedlings started getting big enough for a safe sunbathing, the weather changed, and we’re back to winter temperatures. Mornings are getting colder every day, and although the days are sunny, the temperature doesn’t reach 10°C (50°F). This…
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Moody February: back to the winter
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Moody February showed its true face once again. Just as I feared this week we jumped from late spring back to the middle of winter. The temperature has dropped back below 0°C (32°F), and cold north winds started turning the…
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Seedlings week 8: more brassicas
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After 8 weeks, the seedling shelf is now a small seedling forest. The seedlings that I’ve transplanted last week are growing well, and there haven’t been any lost seedlings. This week I’ve decided to transplant my leggy brassicas to…