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  • Baby plants all around

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     Although 90% of seedlings have been planted and are already grown enough to be considered adult plants, there are still a bunch of baby plants all around my garden and the yard. At this time of the season, I rarely…

  • Harvesting and cooking brassica greens

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     I’ve never had such an early brassica harvest in all my gardening years.  This year I decided to try a new approach to growing brassica greens. Usually, I’d sow the brassica seedlings around March, transplant them in the middle of…

  • As dry as a bone

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    rollinggarden

    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…

  • Sunday lunch: Sarma

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     Sarma – the Manna meal of the Balkans, is a dish that every single person in Balkans eats at least once a year. Usually, this meal is prepared around New year’s, but in many houses, it’s eaten throughout the winter….

  • Removing the sunshade plants

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    rollinggarden

    Although we’ve had a week of abundant sunshine, due to the low morning temperatures, the temperatures haven’t reached over 30°C (86°F). This is wonderful for the vegetables and garden plants. They aren’t experiencing heat distress anymore. Still, we’re in a…