Garden
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Garden in July: hot and stormy
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July was above-average warm, and, of course, the warmth brought us a couple of severe storms. But, even with the damaging winds the garden was thriving. Warm and stormy After the past year, which was insanely stormy, and brought us…
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Expanding the garden: trying to get more sun hours inside the forest garden
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When you’re surrounded by forest you try to adapt as much as you can. The lack of sun made us expand our garden to the most sunny areas. It was a difficult task, but now, after half of the season,…
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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…
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Nicotiana alata – Flowering tobacco (Jasmine tobacco)
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If you want a flowering tall plant that will smell deliciously in the evening then Nicotiana alata is your plant. This delicate perennial/annual plant will fill the garden with delicate flowers, and attract lots of butterflies and bees. Nicotiana alata…