Category: gardening
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Enjoying the long Easter weekend and the beautiful weather we have. Days are now bright and full of light because of the snow cover and increasing day light time. Have had time to take long walks and see friends. To cook good food and enjoy peaceful dinners. Inside the Easter flowers are blooming. Daffodils are…
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No signs of spring yet up here in the north. Days are getting longer and I am getting more and more impatient. Still two more months to go before you can plant something outside. That does not seem to stop me from planting everything possible inside. Chilies have germinated and so have the coleus seeds.…
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October is here but I am harvesting strawberries. This is the first time I am able to taste the Alpine Strawberry Alexandria and are they sweet and tasty! The size of a berry is larger than the wild strawberries have but much smaller than in the cultivated varieties. I have newer tried to grow strawberries…
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Time to harvest! Peas did well this year. Sawed the seeds already in April which is early up here. Normally peas are planted few weeks later. I tried a new variety called Douce Provence and it did surprisingly well even though we had the coldest summer in twenty years. Spring was dry and cold and…
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The first hints of autumn are here. Ornamental brassicas are starting to display their colors. The Red Pigeon is yet another newcomer to my garden. It has succeeded well and I like the colors it has. If I am right it will tolerate the cold well and continue to grow two more months. Getting even…
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A new variety I tried for the fist time this year. Everything started slowly. My original idea was to have new potatoes after the mid summer and now it is mid-August. Planted the potatoes already late April but nothing happened for weeks. Spring was simply too cold. The end result was good though. Beautiful white…
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The first dahlia just started to bloom. I have been waiting for this. They always add color to the autumn garden. It has been rainy but it seems to suite the dahlias well. They are growing strong after a slow start. Do not have that many varieties this year. There is always a limit how…
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It is time for the marigolds to start blooming. Only have color orange this year. Up here in the north marigolds are one of the most reliable annual bloomers. Not that sensitive to cold and can take different kind of weather without suffering too much. I think I will have yellow ones next year just…
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First cosmos flowers are starting to bloom. The ones I have gotten from my mom always go first. The others follow a month later in August. I have been trying to find an early blooming variety with no luck. Simply because the summers are so short up here in the north. This far I have…
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Bought the seeds for this poppy simply because it looked a bit unusual. Turned out that it is a beautiful one and surprisingly easy to grow. The combination of white and read is quite striking. Also the shape of the flower is not regular. Have been waiting and waiting for it to start blooming and…
Gardening in the North 