Category: gardening
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It has been a cool and cold spring up here in the north. Now all the snow is finally gone and the lake is free of ice. The crocuses just started to bloom few days ago but we still have below zero nights. Luckily that does not prevent me from buying flowers to the balcony.…
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Spring is finally here! Not yet warm but all the snow is now gone. After a long period of darkness the days are getting longer and longer. It is a bit early but first violets found their way to my balcony. Simply could not resist the temptation when saw them in the store.…
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The spring is nearly here! Two more months and you can actually do things in the garden! To manage the excruciating wait I have been visiting shops to ease my pain. On one of those trips I bought a narcissus which turned out to be a beautiful choice. My challenge was that it is too…
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Days are still short and nights long up here in the north. Few more months to go before you can actually plant something outside. Too dark to grow anything inside yet. In my desperate need to have flowers in the flat I always end up buying orchids. Just to have something beautiful blooming. Now back…
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I gapped an amaryllis to go with me while shopping for groceries. When I arrived at home I started to wonder what was the variety of my purchase. The label just said Merry Christmas. It took me a while and some googling to understand that Merry Christmas was the name of the variety for this…
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A single bloom and I am thrilled! Usually my Christmas cactus is full of flowers at this time of the year. Unfortunately last spring my ten-year-old friend started to die and eventually perished. Luckily I managed to take some cuttings just on time. Now I have two new cacti growing and doing well. Now my…
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It is cold and dark outside. A perfect time to grow Christmas flowers inside while waiting for the spring. Popov started to bloom and brightens my day. Like the colors it has. Do not know why but I am becoming fonder of amaryllis each passing year. I guess it simply is that they are big…
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Time to wait and dream! Nothing much you can do in the garden during the next six months. The long wait for the spring has started. What a perfect excuse to start buying flowers to home! Picked up a cyclamen from the local grocery store while shopping for the weekend. Just to have something on…
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Autumn has been beautiful. Sunny days and only few rainy ones. The nights are already cold but some of the flowers are still standing. Spent the whole day outside enjoying the colors of October and planting bulbs for the spring. Hope they make it through the winter. Was not that successful last year and have…
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Twilight Zone sunflowers made it and finally started to bloom. This was the first summer I planted them. A successful experiment even though part of them were lost to moles who seem to be numerous this year. As a variety it is small and short. A tiny spectacle among larger sunflowers with a bit peculiar…
Gardening in the North 