Category: gardening
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Some of us are just so easy and thankful. My Christmas cactus lives in the darkest corner of my flat. Neglected and without any attention or care. Just a drop of water every once and awhile. Still each year just before the Christmas it starts to blossom reminding me about the coming holiday season. I…
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During the holidays I simply enjoy the idleness and just relax. I try not to do anything except endorse the laziness and enjoy the company of my family. While waiting for this quiet time of the year I just love to by the flowers of the season. They are so colorful and give me something…
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The first snow arrived few days ago and it is dark and cold outside. It is a perfect time to start planning for the next spring. I want my geraniums to bloom early in the summer and this is a right time to start growing them. There are so many varieties which makes it hard…
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Last winter I started early. I was determined to grow peppers of my own. I had never tried that before. I planted the seeds and watched them grow. The first flowers came and soon I had my first pepper growing. I decided to keep only one and gave the others to my friends. Peppers are…
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There are still many things to do before the winter arrives. One of the matters is to find suitable spring flowers for the next year. Options are many and it is hard not to buy everything possible. I wondered around in a shop and saw what I was looking for. Shelves after shelves of bulbs…
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Some salt and a drop of lemon juice. Avocados are so good. I simply enjoy the soft greasy taste of them. And since there is a seed size of a golf ball, naturally I have to try to grow one. Internet is full of instruction how to get the seed germinate. I spent fee minutes…
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I was not able to resist the temptation. I saw a package of pelargonium seeds in the store. It was December and the darkest time of the year. But still the best time to try to grow pelargoniums for the next summer. I knew that my apartment with its merciless central heating was way too…
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Soon the gardeners will face the toughest time of the year. Snow will cover the ground and several months of inactiveness lays ahead. For some of us it is a blessing and a time to rest. Unfortunately for me the winter is simply too long. First months go quite well. I spent time with the…
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I still have a picture of my grandmother standing proudly next to a sunflower twice her height. It helped to have few cows in the farm as a source of fertilizer. After the cows were gone I never saw sunflowers quite that big. Usually I prefer perennials over annuals but there are few exceptions and…
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I have always liked roses. There is simply elegance and beauty in them that is hard to beat. This spring I looked into my mom’s garden and found out that the winter had claimed its toll. Everything looked black and dead. During the winter we did not have much snow which would have protected and…
Gardening in the North 