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Tag: gardening

Today’s harvest

12. July 2015 PiaFarm Life

With a high probability of tzatziki.

tzatsiki

berryfest

Growing woad

1. June 2015 PiaChit Chat

My woad is growing itself, and it’s becoming a problem actually because I can’t always see the difference between first and second year. Except in this case:

woadfield

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Greenhouse from scraps

30. May 2015 PiaChit Chat

It did blow over in the storm. All of it lifted off and landed on my strawberries…

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No dig update

27. May 2015 PiaChit Chat

I have in fact managed to fill every box this year, which was a bit of a surprise. That is, the homemade tomato green house is still waiting for plants, as the cucumbers need at least 15° C and it’s still about 5 at night here. Last year I built a smaller version from the remains of my windswept greenhouse, so I extended and added plastic. Perhaps it’ll blow off in the first storm, but it was worth a shot.

newgreenhouse1

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Not a proper winter

6. December 2014 PiaChit Chat

Look what I spotted in the garden today…

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#strawberries in december #warmwinter

A post shared by Pia (@colourcottage) on Dec 6, 2014 at 3:50am PST

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