zucchinis

  • Another excellent harvest and more storms – the main garden weekly review

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    The weeks in June are all the same. Extreme warmth followed by a couple of storms and then more extreme heat. After a very rainy past week, this week we didn’t get any rain at all. The storms have passed…

  • Changes bring big harvests

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    We all strive to grow big and beautiful pieces of vegetables. We want perfect lettuce heads, big cabbages, long carrots, and lots of beans and peas per plant. But, what if we notice that no matter what we do we…

  • Sowing week

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    This year has been very specific when it comes to sowing. Somehow, with cold March all of the vegetables ended up being sown at the same time. There has been no March sowing, the plants that needed to be sown…

  • Seedlings week 14: back out again

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      After a cold wave we got last week, this week has been a very nice and warm spring week. The Monday temperatures were quite low but didn’t drop under the freezing point. Now, the temperatures are back to mild…

  • Catching May sun makes huge difference

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    Spring sun is the most important thing for the summer vegetables.  Those 2 months of sun and warmth will define the rest of the season. Losing the May warmth can delay the harvests up to 40 days and disrupt the…