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I can’t say that I’ve had much success with garden trimmers so far. The story so far goes something like this: I spontaneously acquired a cordless Black&Decker GLC2500. It didn’t work since the battery capacity was way too low. Unlike the price which was quite high. So I returned it. I then bought a [...]
A local supermarket had a 50% sale on garden utilities, including Gardena garden tools and irrigation systems. It’s easy to get carried away isn’t it.
The best investment ever when it comes to moving bulky / heavy potted plants around the garden or into winter storage. I should have thought about that a long time ago, especially now that one get a decent model for less than 300 SEK. I used to have this older “brick and mortar” hand truck [...]
Euphorbia pulcherrima + Brugmansia. The towering and majestic brugmansia specimen is the pride of the backyard this year.
So the last trimmer didn’t really work. I decided to go back to an updated version a corded trimmer instead and the 550W Black & Decker GL 701 QS which is a “faux petrol / brush cutter” type model. I thought about actual petrol a couple of times but decided again that it would be [...]
The last strawberry has been picked and the last potato has been unearthed. Produce was considerably lower than last year for some reason. Not that it’s such a big deal when you’re growing for fun on an amateur level. But you’d think that partial crop rotation (potatoes for strawberries) would have been enough.
Well, one thing [...]
The weather has been stormy but so far the Brugmansia has been doing well. I did remove some excessive plant material and pot though just to be on the safe side. Keeping these plants safe for the winter has been a big problem so far, so I’ll try to keep one or two in room [...]
Great year for Yponomeuta sp. (small ermine moths). Not so great a year for the fruit trees. Simply amazing creatures when it comes to defoliations. Luckily I caught the little blighters in time, or so I’d like to believe. I’m somewhat puzzled that the larvae managed to survive the relatively harsh winter though. With the [...]
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