my garden diary

  • Main garden progress 23-29.05

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     Sun, sun, and more sun is the review of this week. Temperatures have been through the roof, with morning temperatures around 15°C(59°F), and daily have been around 30°C(86°F). Of course, because of the temperatures, the soil is pretty much all…

  • Strawberries and roses

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    May is usually the beginning of the strawberry harvest, so it’s also a perfect time to clean up the weeds. I’ve cleaned up all of the beds a few weeks ago, but with the rain and high-temperature mix, the weeds…

  • Side garden steps are here

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     Finally, after a long period and lots of work hours, we’ve managed to bring the side garden big jobs near the finish. After demolishing the worksheds, removing the demolition material, building a new veggie garden, and filling it with soil,…

  • Backyard cleaning

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    Finally, I got some free time to clean up the backyard. The backyard is actually very small. It has only the basement entrance, which I wrote about recently, my new onion/lettuce bed, and a retaining wall area which, no matter…

  • 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…