my garden diary

  • Time to collect seeds

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    The gardening season is slowly coming to an end and it’s time to start collecting seeds for next season. This year I don’t have many plants in the garden that will produce seeds, due to the very cold spring which…

  • Another small harvest

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    rollinggarden

    Although smaller, my harvests are still regular. I harvest my vegetables every 4-5 days depending on the weather forecast. Yesterday I’ve harvested some lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, beans, carrots, kohlrabi, a cabbage, and some strawflowers which I’ll try to dry. The warmth…

  • Orchid problems

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    After an adventure with the new plant aka the orchid Keiki, my orchid has been blooming like crazy. It grew 3 stems with dozens of wonderful flowers that were flowering for months.   And then out of nowhere, the plant started showing…

  • Cabbage transplanting

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    Although it’s Sunday, today I’ve decided to do some last-minute cabbage planting. I’ve sown some late cabbages in July and today I decided to transplant them just before the rain next week. I’m not sure the seedlings will have time to…

  • Tomatoes have never looked worse

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    This year has been a real disaster for tomatoes. First, as I wrote before my tomatoes were struck by Pythium rot caused by infected soil, then the May cold did a number on the seedlings and their height and the…