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Garden diary: after rain visit and harvest
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This week we finally got some much-needed rain. It wasn’t too much. We got 20mm of rain over 48 hours. The slow and steady rain managed every drop to be soaked in. Still, even with the continuous rain, the garden…
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Garden Diary: July side garden progress
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This year we started a new side vegetable garden. After demolishing the old sheds, the space was filled with new beds, vegetable spaces, and a small garden. The garden is making nice progress every month, and this year we’re learning…
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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…
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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…
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Another excellent harvest and more storms – the main garden weekly review
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The weeks in June are all the same. Extreme warmth followed by a couple of storms and then more extreme heat. After a very rainy past week, this week we didn’t get any rain at all. The storms have passed…