garden
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Seven times is enough
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This year clearly isn’t a zucchini year in my garden. Last year I had my first harvests in June, but this year I don’t have any mature plants. I’ve sown zucchinis in March in pots and the first sown seedlings…
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Monthly review: May
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After a very long dry period, May brought us much-needed rain. A total of 121mm fell over a period of 31 days. Much of the rain fell during the stormy showers so they didn’t really soak the soil. The water…
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Finally a long expected rain period
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The beginning of May finally brought us the rain we were hoping for the past 4 months. The amount wasn’t too huge, around 40mm, but it has been raining for 6 days out of 15 so the soil got wet…
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Monthly review
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April has continued the trend of the first 3 months. Lots of sunny weather with a few very cold days and very small amounts of rain. The month started with a period of 9 days with the full sun without…
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Orchard time
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One of the first things that have to be done in a new gardening season is always the orchard. Pruning the trees is something I really don’t like doing. I’m a very short person and trees are like giants to…