my garden diary
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Orchid keiki – or the story of the strange growth on my pretty plant
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One of my favorite flowers has always been orchids. Their delicate flowers are some of the most beautiful flowers I’ve ever seen and in my eyes, they represent something very gentle and sensitive. Still, no matter how much I loved…
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Annual raspberry pruning
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This week we had lots of sun and unusually warm weather so I used it to do as much garden work as I could. The manure has been spread and mixed with soil, I’ve pruned my roses and now came…
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Using pelleted manure for the first time
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Manure is one of the important elements in gardening. During the years the vegetables drain our soil of minerals which they need for good growth and our soil can become poor giving us poorly grown plants and each year fewer…
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Crowded place
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When I started sowing my tomatoes I’ve noticed that I would have a desperate space problem. I really don’t have any room for my seedlings. Both greenhouses are full and I still have a bunch of seeds to sow. I’ve…
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I don’t have enough room…again
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The seedling season has just started and I’ve already got space issues. This year we only place in working order one of the germination boxes because we came to the conclusion that my old green coffin is just too old…