my garden diary

  • Puppies, puppies everywhere

    .

    Last year in February we lost our loved dog Nero.  Since we have Srećko(happy) who doesn’t like other dogs, animals, bugs, people, or cars getting another dog wasn’t an option. Still, fate decided to intervene and 8 months ago our neighbor…

  • Expanding our house plant collection

    .

    A few days back I decided to buy some new house plants and expand our house collection. I haven’t had many plants in the house. Just a couple of plants that I took from my mum and a few my…

  • Monthly review: July

    .

    After a very cold beginning of the month, the end brought us the heat we’ve been missing and turned this month into an average month with above-average rainfall.  But let’s start from the beginning. June has made us heat hungry…

  • Tackling the weeds day 3

    .

    After I’ve cleaned 2/3 of the garden, today was the day to continue the cleaning. I still had plenty to do. I started cleaning my chard/ex pea bed.  After I’ve harvested the peas I’ve sown some more chard on the…

  • Cleaning beans and brassicas

    .

    After waiting a day for the soil to dry I decided to clean up the weeds around my brassicas and beans.  This year I didn’t make a single bed of beans or brassicas but rather I’ve scattered a few smaller…