harvest

  • Cucamelon: A small taste bomb

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    Many gardeners like to try something new in their gardens. In search of new plants, we often grow exotic plants and veggies. Some we like and others grow only one season. Cucamelon, a Mexican miniature watermelon, is one of those…

  • Garden diary: A slow hot week

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    The past few days, I took a small rest from the everyday garden madness. I still harvested my veggies and watered the garden, but that’s pretty much everything I did. I needed a little break to recuperate my shoulder. Ever…

  • A cold week in July

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    May and June have been unusually warm. Temperatures have been over 30°C/86°F most of the days, and the rainfall, which was slim, wasn’t enough to keep the garden growing well. I was getting ready for a bad gardening year with…

  • Lavender harvest

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    In Croatia, June is usually a Lavender harvest month. In the coastal parts lavender flowers sooner, and in northwestern Croatia we harvest it around the end of June. The lavender isn’t very popular here due to the popular opinion that…

  • Tuesday is harvest day

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    Lately, I’ve converted my Tuesday morning into a harvest morning. I don’t know why but Tuesday is a day when I usually harvest my veggies. Mondays are just too busy, I usually dig both the main and side garden, clean…