Category: gardening
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Now that I have found the sunflowers again I wanted to try a new color. The ones I have cultivate earlier have always been yellow. I ended up choosing a red variant called Ruby. The summer was cool so I did not expect much from my experiment but in the end it turned out that…
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I have always admired my mom’s cosmos flowers. She plants the seeds in the spring and collects them in the autumn. The seeds are originally from her dear old friend. Her cosmos grows quickly and blooms heavily with many different colors. The variety is quick to grow and is used to the short summers we…
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Unexpectedly something went right. The dahlia tubers I planted in the spring looked pathetic. I was so sure that they will not grow. They were dry and tiny. Not quite sure what happened. Was it the new flower bed I made? Was it the cold and rainy summer we had? Was it my mom’s cats…
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Sweet Rosy is my first double lily. Never tried to grow them before. I planted two bulbs to a pot in my balcony early April and finally they are starting to bloom. Just love the structure and complexity of the bloom itself. My plan is to move the bulbs to the summer cottage in the…
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This year the Lollypop lilies were the first ones to bloom. I planted them in the spring and they seem to enjoy the cool summer weather. Lilies are easy and do not need much attention. Perfect flowers for summer cottage where you cannot be all the time. They tolerate the cold winters and are reliable…
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My Nano Pink pelargoniums finally stated to bloom! I planted the seeds in November. I was so sure that blooming would start early in the summer. But was I wrong. The summer here in the north has been coolest one during this century and this has delayed the plants. My geraniums have grown slowly like…
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Each year it is fun try something new. You never know how the new comers will do and how they will turn out to be. This year I sowed some Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila Menziesii) seeds. I just saw them on a web site and decided to give them a try. Originally my idea was…
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My wait was rewarded this July. Last year I planted aquilegia McKana seeds and now they have started to bloom. I was not sure if they make through the winter but everything went well and nearly all plants started to grow in the spring. The flowers are a bit bigger than in any of the…
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Usually I have few herbs growing among the flowers. Just to have something that can be used in the kitchen during the summer. This year I only ended up having a rosemary growing in my balcony. Usually I have more but the spring and start of the summer have been quite cold. I live too…
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It was a fine spruce when my great grandparents lived here. I never met them but they were the ones who build the small house and made this place their modest home. It was not much but it was a home. Like the spruce the house is still there. Existing even they are long gone.…
Gardening in the North 