winter
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Garden diary: week 5 – a break from cold
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January and February are very slow months in our garden. There’s not much going on since temperatures are just too low to grow anything outside. Luckily this winter wasn’t as bad as we’re used to. We had a couple of…
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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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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…
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January review: a lot of waiting
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January is usually the slowest garden month of the year. There is no real garden work that can be done during January, we can only start some of the seedlings, but other than that, there’s not much that can be…
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Garden visit in January
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January visits to the garden aren’t something we do here. The garden is usually covered in snow, or completely frozen. It’s hard to even get to the garden if the weather isn’t sunny but cold. The past couple of days…