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Het nieuwe jaar

Jandra — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:18:34 +0000

Een nieuw jaar! Geluk en gezondheid gewenst en dat het ook voor de moestuin maar een vruchtbaar jaar mag worden.

Tjonge, wat gaat het hard met de tijd. Dankzij de hele zachte winter tot dusverre, heb ik nog een en ander in de tuin staan.

De prei is aardig oogstbaar, alhoewel sommig wel erg dun gebleven zijn. Dit zijn enkele van de dikkere exemplaren. Helemaal niet gek.

Long time no see…

Jandra — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:25:39 +0000

It’s been a long time since I posted on my blog. We’ve had a weird summer. Very wet and cool after a super dry spring. Most veg grew reasonably well. For the new season I’ve already planted Radar overwintering onions and Rose de Lautrec garlic. Also onion ‘St. Jan’.

Mitschi

Jandra — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:09:55 +0000

Yesterday’s harvest

Jandra — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:06:53 +0000

Frog

Jandra — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:53:40 +0000

One of our cats found an interesting prey hiding in a box bush. She harrassed it long enough to chase it out of the bush and it turned out to be a frog. She caught it instantly, but quickly had to release it. Obviously it released some nasty chemicals, for the cat was foaming at the mouth within a minute. We put the dazed, but unharmed, frog in our brand new pond, where it seems to have made itsself at home.

Finally

Jandra — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:23:51 +0000

Rain! And more than a few millimeters, though I’ve heard it’ll take a fortnight of steady rain to get up to the normal total amount rainfall for this time of year.

Tomato blossom drop

Jandra — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:42:46 +0000

Several tomato plants are suffering from blossom drop. I”ve checked the symptoms and the causes can be many. I’ll just give them some fertilizer and I’ve cut them partly to allow them to make new stems with flowers. We’ll see. Fortunately not all plants are affected, so I’m still expecting at least some crop.

Broody fish

Jandra — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:27:09 +0000

Fry

Jandra — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:16:30 +0000

Our rosy-red minnows have only been in our brand new pond for a few weeks, but there’s a male busily protecting a clutch of eggs underneath a tiny pond-lily leaf. They may hatch any time now. Exciting.

First earlies

Jandra — Tue, 31 May 2011 06:38:41 +0000

Yesterday I havested the potato plant, which had been growing in a big pot since early spring. I started it indoors, moving it to the greenhouse when it grew on and finally outside after the risk of frost at night had passed. The yeald was over a pound. We ate a lovely potato salad yesterday!