summer
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Removing the sunshade plants
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Although we’ve had a week of abundant sunshine, due to the low morning temperatures, the temperatures haven’t reached over 30°C (86°F). This is wonderful for the vegetables and garden plants. They aren’t experiencing heat distress anymore. Still, we’re in a…
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The summer killer was here
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The Assumption of Mary, August 15th, is a well-known date in Croatian inland as the summer destroyer. Around the 15th, we get a hard weather change with strong north winds that drastically lower the temperatures. We still get some warm…
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Rain and heatwave
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After a very rainy May, June started exactly the same. Most of the days were rainy with lots of short showers. Some of them turned into spring storms, while others would just make the garden wet for an hour and…
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Monthly review: August
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August has continued the trend of a moody and wet month set by June and July. Although it has rained for only 11 days the amount has passed 174 liters and took this August well above average. The average amount…
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Spring bulbs and planning a new flowerbed
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Today I decided to clean our front yard flowerbed. This flowerbed has been giving me headaches because I can’t decide what to do with it. At first, it was full of summer annual flowers, then I had spring flowers in…