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An impatient gardener
An overview of learning to garden in a Nordic setting, along with a description of what grows when.
Jul 18, 20236 min read
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The flash that was summer
It started with the ants, and it ended with the swallows. The first time I remember looking at the garden and thinking, "Now it must be...
Sep 24, 20224 min read
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For tulips' sake
Planting a spring garden in autumn
Oct 24, 20213 min read
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Surprises in the wild
As newcomers to the second home experience, there is definitely an excitement about returning to a place we left behind weeks or even...
Aug 21, 20213 min read
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Oh deer. How does your garden grow?
The task of gardening looms large before us. There are all kinds of creatures out there, from ants to deer and everything in between....
Aug 6, 20214 min read
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Giving up secrets
Moving into a new house, especially one where other people have lived for a long time, requires pulling back layers to figure out how...
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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Restarting a garden
It's not that we are starting from scratch. There was a garden here. And I have gardened. It's just been a while. For about 15 years now,...
Aug 1, 20214 min read
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