my garden diary

  • The new orchid- orchid keiki part 2

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    rollinggarden

    This year I discovered that my orchid has started growing a new plant on one of the stems. Since I’m new at growing orchids I had no idea what this new growth was or what to do with it. I…

  • Flowers and the new herb garden

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    rollinggarden

    After a rough time with the weather, we finally got some nice weather and it was time to start getting some flowers and herbs for the balcony. Last week I got my delivery from our local family farm and I…

  • Already summer?

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    rollinggarden

    After a long cold period, we jumped right into summer. Daily temperatures are well over 20°C, somedays reaching over 25°C with a clear sky and full sun.  This kind of weather is actually torturing my seedlings which are now on…

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    When COVID-19 doesn’t change your life too much, but the weather does

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    rollinggarden

    Like most of the European countries, we’ve been quarantined for the past 10 days. The country didn’t declare full quarantine, but the restrictive measures that have been implemented have basically pushed us into quarantine. With the standard measures like keeping…

  • Orchard disaster

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    rollinggarden

    The thing I feared the most about this crazy warm weather happened this week. After a beautiful and warm February this week, the winter returned and was in full force. The warmth woke up my orchard and by the end of…