forest garden
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Tomatoes in a forest garden? How, where and when.
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Tomatoes love the sun and warmth, but is it possible to grow them in a garden surrounded by forest or a shaded area? Choosing the right time, variety, and care makes it possible to grow them even in a garden with minimal sun. My garden, over the past 20 years, has become a forest garden.…
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Lavender harvest
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In Croatia, June is usually a Lavender harvest month. In the coastal parts lavender flowers sooner, and in northwestern Croatia we harvest it around the end of June. The lavender isn’t very popular here due to the popular opinion that the lavender can’t survive in the cold, but actually, some varieties grow excellent even in…
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Monthly review: April
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April really flew by. I have a feeling that I wrote a March review a week ago and it’s already time to write about April. Probably because we didn’t have any big weather changes, and the whole month looked like it was just one day over and over. After the first few cooler days, in…
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Is spring already here?
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After a very long period of cold, February started with unusually warm weather. What we thought would be a short break from the winter is now turning out to be a whole month of spring weather and temperatures. Mild mornings and full sun days have been warming us throughout the week, and by the looks…
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Digging through the fog
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The Forest garden, especially on the hill, during autumn, is characterized by two things: fog and rain. Sunny days usually don’t start with a sunrise, but with a long morning fog that sticks until the late afternoon. There are many days that we don’t even see the sun from the fog. The rest of the…