Garden
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Garden diary July 2025: We got rain and straw
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After years of searching, we finally found someone in our area who sells straw. Now the garden has straw mulch. Together with the straw, we finally got some rain, and now we’re in almost ideal condition, preparing for the late season. The unbearable drought has ended The 14mm of rain that we got during June…
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Garden diary 2025: cold May and burning June
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After a very cold spring, with temperatures below the average, summer came hot and dry. What were supposed to be the two mildest months ended up being a real challenge for us. May May continued the spring’s average trend. The mornings have been around the frost temperatures the entire month, and with quite cold days.…
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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 work that was supposed to be done by now. It’s very questionable if we’ll be…
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2024 review: Hot and stormy
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With the beginning of a new year, we usually look back at the year behind us. This 2024 in our garden has been challenging. With lots of work, in the end, things paid off. It can always improve, but we’re happy with this year’s results. January- June: Warm and very stormy The past couple of…
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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 hail even in November, we’re now used to having extreme weather changes. This July wasn’t…