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142 The first snow
The first snow has arrived and with it a lot of chaos. We got sick earlier this month, so most of November was spent on the couch. By the time, I was getting better, snow had arrived–and we found out we’d need to move home and garden. We got sick earlier this month, so most…
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141 Garden goes to sleep
The end of October brought dark, wet, but still very warm days. I had a plan for next year’s garden, so I brought cardboard into the garden to start new beds with. I’d already prepared most of the beds for winter, made most of the new beds. Three beds were left to start. I’ll likely…
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140A Fluffy harvesting and planting
If you need a break from politics, here’s a fluffy video where I plant garlic, harvest carrots, the sun shines, and a dog gets a treat. I struggled a lot to make this video, so there is a non-fluffy version in addition with some real-talk about the current situation. This is not it. This one…
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139 Bad-weather garden tour
A garden tour in bad weather with everything you missed because I lost three weeks worth of footage. I’ll show you the new beds I made, how I’ve turned everything over for winter, and give you an update on what’s still growing in November in North-East Germany. A garden tour doesn’t lend itself well to…
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137 Preserving the harvest
Fall is harvest season. I busily preserved the harvest from my and other gardens. Despite issues with blight, our tomatoes had produced enough for some canning. The neighbor’s apple trees had left me with goo harvests. In the garden, I harvested the rest of the sunflowers. Despite issues with blight earlier in the season, our…
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129 The heat wave
Late August brought a heat wave that lasted for weeks with no water–but a lot of sunshine. The grass had burned–even before I’d trimmed it. But I was soaking up every ray of sunshine. My grass clippings were still wet but neighbors had donated some days earlier. Time to mulch the beans. I’d mulched the…
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128 A stormy garden day
On a stormy day, I visit the garden, ramble on about the garden year, and show you a few of my favorite plants in the garden. There is a lot of me talking to the camera in this one. I’ve got this one tomato with the teeniest, tiniest little fruit. And it’s so prolific for…
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127 Growing winter wheat
Things change quickly in the garden. A recent festival and a few long talks also changed our plans for our future. Now, growing winter wheat is more than a pointless experiment. Winters were never part of the plan. Now, we might stick around. Permanently. A neighbor just wanted to dump the bedding from his rabbits…
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125 Gardening with a disability
Having two large gardens is a trial run to see if my body can handle it. So far, I haven’t missed a deadline. I adapt the techniques and tools to what my body can handle, but the most important lessons were on patience, pacing, and perfectionism. Good morning, it’s August and it’s so cold. It…