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    Garden diary January 2026: Snow and seedlings

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    After a couple of mild winters, we almost forgot what our real winter looks like. This winter is reminding us of the past times. A year of snow Mild and rainy, these were the conditions in the previous couple of…

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    Garden diary 2025: We’re very behind on work

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    Although this year looks like a very average one on paper, the reality is very different. Cold, rain, and wind kept us from doing our usual garden work and now, in April, we’re very much behind on all of the…

  • Garden diary week 5: Cleaning up the yard

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    The past week, after a couple of weeks of snow and freezing weather, we jumped into spring-like weather. This brought us out of the house and we’ve started with garden work. It’s still too cold for sowing and planting, but…

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    Weekly progress week 2: Snow and first seedlings

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    Snow is becoming a rare event here in Croatia. Although we had at least a couple of snowy weeks a year in previous decades, this is changing lately. Last Friday, we got our first decent snow, and of course, it…

  • Monthly review: June in my garden

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    After a very cold spring with vast amounts of rain, June brought us much milder weather, with the first summer heat wave—something the garden really needed. Moody weather The biggest issue with the weather in this part of Croatia is…