garden
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Monthly review: August
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After an unusually rainy July, August has been less rainy and mildly warm. Over the past 10 years, we actually got used to very hot Augusts with temperatures over 35°C all through the month, but this year was a bit…
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August in my garden-what can I do?
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August is the month in which we finish with most of our transplanting and sowing jobs and concentrate on keeping our plants healthy. Since August in the Northern hemisphere is the hottest month of the year the biggest job we…
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Peter pepper- the dirtiest pepper in the garden
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A few years back I got a couple of seeds of the unusually shaped chili pepper which after first sowing became one of my favorite peppers and a display pepper which brings giggles from each person that sees it. Peter pepper…
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Tomatopedia: Indigo rose- the purple garden beauty
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A few years back I came across some Indigo rose seeds. I’ve sown them and was amazed by the wonderful color of this tomato. Beautiful little purple balls on a bright green plant soon turned into a real center display among all…
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Cyclanthera pedata
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kaywa, achocha, pepino de rellenar Achocha, a herbaceous vigorous vine is one of the very rarely sown vegetables in Europe. To Croatia, it was brought only a few years back and it still doesn’t even have a name, although some…