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Garden diary week 7: Using the spring weather
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After a very cold week, the last 7 days have been extremely warm with May temperatures. Of course, I had to use this kind of weather to do some garden work left behind last year, and prepare the garden for…
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Garden diary: The main garden season has ended
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My main garden season has ended with the beginning of the cooler days. The mornings are around the frost temperatures; daily temperatures are below 5°C(41°F), which means there’s no chance of growing any more vegetables. So it’s time to wrap…
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Garden diary: summer in autumn
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After two weeks of enormous rainfall, which managed to compensate for the whole summer drought, we’re back to sunny and warm weather. This is helping us finish the needed winter preparations and prolong our garden season. Another dry period September…
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Orchard pruning part 1
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Usually, the first thing done in the new gardening year is orchard pruning, but as this year has been a weird one, the orchard pruning is falling behind and it still hasn’t been done. Our orchard is an old…
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Valentine’s day digging
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Digging the garden in the middle of February? Yes, this is just the situation that happened this week. This February has been warmer than what we’re accustomed to. Usually, at this time of the year, the garden is covered in…