deep digging

  • Valentine’s day digging

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     Digging the garden in the middle of February?  Yes, this is just the situation that happened this week. This February has been warmer than what we’re accustomed to. Usually, at this time of the year, the garden is covered in…

  • Last garden visit in 2021

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     Although my garden is just below the house, December has kept me well away from the garden. It has been really cold and frosty. Almost all of the mornings have been well below 0°C (32°F), and daily temperatures refused to…

  • Digging through the fog

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    The Forest garden, especially on the hill, during autumn, is characterized by two things: fog and rain. Sunny days usually don’t start with a sunrise, but with a long morning fog that sticks until the late afternoon. There are many…

  • The choosing challenge

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     This week has been a real choosing challenge for me. The dry summer kept my vegetables hibernating until the rain a couple of weeks ago when the plants woke up and started growing like crazy. All of the plants are…

  • The digging “fun”

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    This week after 20 days we finally got some decent rain. The rain fell on two separate days and was falling for 12 hours each time, so the garden finally got some much-needed moisture. The north winds that followed the…