tomatoes
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Garden diary: after rain visit and harvest
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This week we finally got some much-needed rain. It wasn’t too much. We got 20mm of rain over 48 hours. The slow and steady rain managed every drop to be soaked in. Still, even with the continuous rain, the garden…
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Garden diary: A slow hot week
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The past few days, I took a small rest from the everyday garden madness. I still harvested my veggies and watered the garden, but that’s pretty much everything I did. I needed a little break to recuperate my shoulder. Ever…
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Blossom end rot – what can we do about it?
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In the summer our garden thrives and enjoys the warmth and the sun that it gets daily. We’re happy to see our vegetables grow and are excited to see the new fruits forming on the plants. But as the harvest…
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A cold week in July
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May and June have been unusually warm. Temperatures have been over 30°C/86°F most of the days, and the rainfall, which was slim, wasn’t enough to keep the garden growing well. I was getting ready for a bad gardening year with…
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Tomatoes are out of control
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For most of the past week, I was away from the garden. The weather changed abruptly, and after a few warm weeks, we again had an episode of cold, rainy, and windy days. Of course, as soon as we get…