Winter journals
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Ferns and Walk up garden
25
Apr
2013
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Scattered Clouds 6°C / 43°FI am a complete garden novice as you can tell from my questions… but I was told to hang on in there with ferns as they come back after dying down in winter… but i have a feeling that my ferns have had it! Should I did them out or hang on in there?
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18
Mar
2013
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You know you’re ready for spring when you feel like you should start talking back to the weather forecast… Weather Forecast: 15 to 20 centimetres of snow tonight through Tuesday. Me: No thank you. We have enough snow. Please refrain from snowing until December 1. Adequate and appropr...Sunny -7°C / 19°F -
10
Mar
2013
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Another cold snap for the UK :-(
Scattered Clouds -2°C / 28°FWe’ve even had some very light snow here on Scilly and the poor Channel Islands (which are much nearer to the French coast) have been hit by blizzards and gale force winds bringing drifting snow, closing airports and schools. It’s been a rum old winter, you might say…. So I̵...
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Paperbark Maple
09
Mar
2013
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Sunny 9°C / 49°FI cannot wait for this Spring, we had such a hard winter. Now that plants are starting to poke their heads up and the snow is mostly melted, I’m actually starting to feel like Spring is on its way. Snowdrops, Winter Aconite, and some of the crocus are making a showing right now. It makes...
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02
Mar
2013
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Micro Greens: Should be indoor crop, or in cold frame
Salad mix 'Micro greens'- Under attack Earwigs & Wildlife! Dying and Backyard No-Dig Permaculture gardenBasic rundown of heavy losses if sown outdoors— First 20% of sprouts lost to earwigs and wildlife such as lizards. Got rid of earwigs and encouraged dog to harass lizards. Next 20% of sprouts lost, primarily to songbirds that nest close by. Put out other foods for birds, pruned my shrubs he... -
Artichoke , Eastern Companion-Planted Vegetable garden , Zone 4 & 5 Forest garden , Northern Border garden...
01
Mar
2013
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Light Snow 0°C / 32°F… out like a lamb? I hope so. It snowed on Wednesday, again yesterday, and again today. So it’s plan B on the cold frame search. Wait five weeks until the snow melts on its own. Start sprouts and microgreens indoors this weekend. It’s warm, which is a mixed blessing. I much pref...
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Zone 4 & 5 Forest garden
13
Feb
2013
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I was getting worried about not seeing as many animal tracks this year, but conditions this week were just right and it appears the deer, hare, and other wild critters are still passing through or living in the area. Photos Snowshoe hare Deer Hare/rabbit ? Small rabbit (background) and somet...
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11
Feb
2013
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Since my last journal entry back in July, life has completely changed. Finally I’m well underway to becoming a mom. Springtime promises more than bulbs and flowers this year! By now I’m seriously not lifting soil or heavy pots anymore. Gardenwise everything has come to a slumbering ha...Scattered Clouds -2°C / 28°F -
29
Jan
2013
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Sunny 10°C / 50°F… and I’ve only just put in the 15th January Bloom Day photo of my Sweet Violet so I’m hoping I get my January 2013 Bloom Day badge at the last minute. I’ve been very lax about Folia over the past year but I’m determined to do better this year. For a start, I went Pr...
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12
Jan
2013
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In the last two weeks I have winter sown arugula, dinosaur kale, bok choy, parsley, chard, kale, sweet william, canterbury bells, spinach, and penstemon husker red. Winter sowing always makes winter more tolerable. Also, my geraniums are germinating in the basement under lights!Overcast 7°C / 45°F -
radish 'd'avignon' Harvesting, Kitchen garden , mache 'medallion' Harvesting, and radish 'd'avignon' CF#3 H...
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Jan
2013
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Clear -2°C / 28°FI have dreamed of cold frames for years. I have winter gardened before under plastic. It worked well, but had some drawbacks. Mainly, the difficulty of getting in and out of the tunnel, but also, collapsing under snow, not holding warmth as well as they should, and difficulty in harvesting. La...
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Zone 4 & 5 Forest garden , Chickens - Barred Plymouth Rock , and Poultry garden
31
Dec
2012
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Light Snow 0°C / 32°FWe had more snow on Saturday and today, so much that it totally covered my previous snowshoe trails. I spent about and hour today breaking and packing down trails. About 3 km of snowshoeing in total according to my GPS. The snow has it’s benefits: I can wander through areas that are usually...
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27
Dec
2012
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Some food plants like to be grown indoors in Winter.
Basil 'Sweet' Under Attack Whiteflies! Dying, Windowsill garden , Celery Showing True Leaves, and Escarole ...Some of my indoor food plants are doing pretty well on my windowsill despite cool conditions and relatively low lighting. The Celery and endive are thriving in these Wintry conditions. :) Basil apparently is not one of the plants that likes my current indoor conditions. Even with daily watering,... -
27 Dec 2012
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Mostly Cloudy 5°C / 41°FDecember sowings in small modules with no heating on in the greenhouse. The temperature has gone down to -3 on several occasions. The seeds which have germinated are: Rocket (22 days, 8/9) Salad bowl (22 days, 6/9 – only the green ones) Mizuna (22 days, 8/9) Spinach Amazon (25 days, 8/9) Th...
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27
Dec
2012
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Light Snow -4°C / 25°FWe’ve had two substantial snowstorms in the past week. More snow fell today than last week. It was super windy and some snow drifts are about four feet high. Fortunately the road has been plowed, the driveway cleared, and I got the deck and front porch cleared. I’m watching “Lif...
