Organic Gardening
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Judging from the picture above this might not look like much…but it is! It is my oregano surviving the winter in a gardening zone it shouldn’t. Last year my herb garden did very well. In my part of Sweden the majority of herbs are grown as annuals. My oregano plant looked strong and I decided…
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For a few years I’ve been working with a combination of different types of composting methods such as bokashi, wormfarms, recycling yard waste, Hugelkultur raised beds, as a result every year my compost produced a little bit more of that desirable black gold. It looks like 2026 is the first year I do not have…
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Daily Gratitude Challenge 2026 – Progress
It’s starting to grow! What are you grateful for today? Maria
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Today I’m grateful for an amazing sunny Sunday in February. I took my bike up to the allotment garden and started some more seeds. I also enjoyed listening to the birds and nature around me. What are you grateful for today? Please tell me in a comment. Maria
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Weekend Coffee Share – Let the fun begin!
Welcome to the weekend coffee share! Can I get you a cup of coffee? Or tea? It is snowing outside.. and I started planting seeds yesterday. What? Why? Isn’t it a bit early, you ask. Well, I only sow seeds that benefit from the natural cold stratification to trigger germination. I have them outdoors in…
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Today I spent some time making a map of my allotment garden. I placed all the perennials in their places, and now I can easily see the spaces available (the empty squares are empty garden beds) for annuals. Annuals are plants that only live for a year. In colder climates many plants are grown as…
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Today I am grateful for the endless possibilities ahead of me this upcoming gardening season. In a garden the saying “Imagination is the only limits” is very true. Imagining how I want my garden this year fills me with gratitude considering all the possibilities. As the snow keeps falling I enjoy planning for a bountiful…
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February is the time of the year when I go through all the seeds I’ve saved in my personal seed bank, and order new seeds as needed. The ones I “needed” this year arrived in the mail today. What are you grateful for today? Would you like to join me in this Daily Gratitude Practice 2026?…
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I am grateful for all the gardens that are a part of my gardening journey. This is an experimental garden I had in California back in 2018, where half of the garden was planted in-ground and half of the garden was a container garden. My daughter had begged me for years to have her own…
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For a couple years I’ve been eyeing a gardening book that are slightly different from most gardening books I’ve seen. I ordered it a week ago, and it arrived today. I woke up with a fever and some other boring symptoms this morning, seeing the book in the mail made me smile. I have not…
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