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107 Edges for the beds
During pockets of sunshine between endless rain, I weeded the beds, added edges along some of my beds using materials from the plots, and planted some more seeds. While there were pockets of sunshine, most days were wet, dark, and gray. The rain would not stop. My husband tried to join me in the garden…
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106 Harvesting the garlic + Strawberry jam
Almost every day brings fresh rain around here at the moment. Many days, we are forced to work around the weather–and take breaks when it rains. Or we ignore the weather and go to the garden anyway. On a rainy day, we made strawberry jam, then rescued the garlic from the non-stop rain by harvesting…
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105 Everything needs planting
The garden was weeks behind, so I spent every free minute catching up. Every gap in the weather was spent in and around my beds. Everything was a rescue mission against clocks set by weather and wind. When it rained, I turned the tops of the onion I’d harvested into green onion pesto and planted…
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104 I had to harvest my onions
These gardens are a trial run. Learning is the priority here. Every day in the garden teaches me new things about regenerative gardening. This time, I plant a lot more sunflowers, harvest onions in the rain, move a lot of water into storage, and start a new bed for the corn–oh, yes, and I planted…
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103 Elderflower syrup and sunflowers
So much has happened since I returned from the hiking trip with my husband’s family. Let’s make some elderflower syrup while I catch up up a bit. We’d only been gone a few days but grass had taken over everywhere. Sunflowers urgently needed to go into the ground, so I prepared beds for them. I…
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102 Returning to the garden
After a week on vacation, I was eager to get back to the garden but one of the wettest rainstorms we’d ever experienced kept us inside. During a weather break, I went to check on everything in the garden. This is essentially another May garden tour, just after the vacation. Note: The video version of…
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101 We never go on vacation
At the end of May, we went on a hiking trip with my husband’s family to the Kleinwalsertal in Austria. We never go on vacation. We prefer to stay home–or move to a new place. 25 hours of driving. 8 people. Thousands of liters of rain. 3 days of hiking. I’m not sure it’s in…
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100 A year restoring the garden
A year ago, I adopted neglected land to restore and enjoy while we live in an apartment nearby. So much has happened since. I restored the garden house–well, mostly. We cleaned up endless amounts of trash and cut free trees and paths. We also added a second plot. Even more has happened there. But let’s…
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099 Leaving the garden
Leaving my new garden for a few days at the beginning of the planting season made me nervous. For weeks, I’d planned and prepared. I was ready–at least the garden was. Now it was time to hand over the garden. I did a final tour of the land before we left. Note: The video version…