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  • Ajvar- the Balkans red monster

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    When you say the word “Ajvar” in the Balkans it opens a neverending debate. What is the most accurate recipe? Are onions allowed, how many eggplants can be used, can it be baked or must it be cooked on the…

  • Neverending (weeds) story

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    Where there are vegetables there are also weeds. But, this year there are more weeds than vegetables.  The rainy summer we’ve been having is making me weed every single time I get in the garden. I rarely get the opportunity…

  • 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…

  • When you finally had enough of the seedling terror

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    There is nothing more frustrating than to keep having the same problem in the garden year after year. Especially when you had perfect results for years and then out of nowhere suddenly nothing goes as it should.This is what has…

  • I don’t have enough room…again

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    The seedling season has just started and I’ve already got space issues. This year we only place in working order one of the germination boxes because we came to the conclusion that my old green coffin is just too old…