Garden

  • Heliotropium arborescens – heliotrope

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    Heliotropium arborescens, a plant that was in the gardens of our grandmothers known as “the cherry pie flower” or “bradarka” was once a very popular flower. The Peru native plants have been a part of every garden in Europe, as…

  • Everything ends(and begins) on the balcony

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     The real autumn is here. The past week we started with our first mild morning frost temperatures and morning fogs. Of course, this means that soon there won’t be much left in the garden. The only veggies that can survive…

  • Another seed delivery

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     Last week after the first delivery of the seedbox from Planthouse, I got my second delivery from Pšeno. Pšeno is a farm shop that holds absolutely everything a farmer needs, and that of course includes seeds. I’ve been ordering seeds…

  • December in October

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    Persistent Genoa cyclone brought us 8 days of rain. Although the amount wasn’t too big, with a total of 80mm of rain, the rainfall was so continuous that the soil is completely soaked. Even the strong north winds didn’t dry…

  • Whole lot of nothing and a wrong something

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     I haven’t been writing about my orchard this year because there was absolutely nothing to write about. The frost that we had during the first 10 days of April, with temperatures below -5°C(23°F), killed absolutely every flower in the orchard….