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Seedlings week 13: tomato stakes
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When you tell someone that your seedlings need stakes, the first thing you hear is that you’ve sown them too early. But, for me, staking my seedlings is actually the sign that I did something right and that this year,…
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Seedling progress week 10: crates are back
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We’re back in winter. Although the days are sunny, temperatures are low, and in combination with the wind, it’s freezing cold. We had only one windless day since the beginning of March, and the rest of the days have…
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seedlings week 9: here comes the cold
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Just as the seedlings started getting big enough for a safe sunbathing, the weather changed, and we’re back to winter temperatures. Mornings are getting colder every day, and although the days are sunny, the temperature doesn’t reach 10°C (50°F). This…
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Seedlings week 7: bigger pots
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Spring is definitely here, days are getting longer, and temperatures are well above the average. The morning temperatures are still around freezing point, but the daily temperatures are high enough to start growing some of the seedlings outside. Also, with…
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Seedling progress week 6: sunbathing first seedlings
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It has been a very very long time since we had a February as warm as this one. Over the past decade, February was usually the coldest month of the year, with constant cold winds, temperatures below zero, and snow…