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My Dutch Garden: Flooding, Greenhouses and Rose Arches

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An expat mom grows stuff. Sunday, July 22, 2007. Flooding, Greenhouses and Rose Arches. Just been up to the allotment to find that some of the localised thunderstorms we have been having localised themselves directly over the Nesserlaan! I took some pictures. First here is the flooding:. See the flooding on the pathway too? They are placed at right angles to cover the beds of ailing tomatoes and protect them from the wind and storms that are expected the next few days. When they are used properly the...

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My Dutch Garden: Too too hot

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An expat mom grows stuff. Friday, June 8, 2007. It's 35 degrees out there and we're melting. I visited the allotment this afternoon at lunch time as we have a busy week and it's the only time I could go. I can't help but feel that the water I gave the plants probably all evaporated! I asked about the redcurrants on my plot and apparently the plants are 17 years old! June 11, 2007 at 3:10 PM. I have very good experience with buying new plants. June 16, 2007 at 7:25 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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My Dutch Garden: Tomato Update

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An expat mom grows stuff. Sunday, July 22, 2007. Weeks since I updated on the garden, but first I'll do an update on the tomatoes. The Orange Berry cherry tomatoes. Are ripening. The few that I had on the allotment ripened first, but have very poor yields due to the excess rain we had (and are still having). But, hey, I got a few and everyone said I wouldn't harvest anything! Each Orange Berry plant (at home in containers) has set about five trusses with about 8 fruits per truss. Is also a moderately vig...

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My Dutch Garden: April 2007

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An expat mom grows stuff. Thursday, April 26, 2007. 34 days and counting . Without rain, that is! I can't believe it. The newspaper headlines. Today were full of how it's not quite a drought. In a place where it usually rains every day I think this qualifies as a drought! I'm especially concerned because I'm on vacation. This week. I've asked some of the other gardeners to look after my plot and water my plants, but there's always the fear of returning to find everything dead and dying. Today I quickly v...

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My Dutch Garden: February 2007

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An expat mom grows stuff. Wednesday, February 7, 2007. My green thumbs are about to get a workout. Yesterday I went to the volkstuin. Community garden or allotment for English speakers) and finalised the deal with the head of the association. I am now the proud lessee of 50 m2. Of very muddy tilled land which currently houses a plum tree and some blackberry canes. You can see some pictures I took at the allotment today over here. Including a beautiful photograph of a heron in the water. Bed #5: Tomatoes,...

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My Dutch Garden: September 2007

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An expat mom grows stuff. Sunday, September 23, 2007. So where was I? Somehow the summer took over and the garden got relegated to second place. I've still been working in the garden, but mostly just to weed, tidy up and harvest stuff. We have had a remarkable butternut and gemsquash harvest. Great raspberries and blackberries. Nasty apples. A good crop of strawberries. Plans for next year? Onions and garlic were good this year and so were the shallots. I intend to plant a gooseberry bush and to try ...

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My Dutch Garden: Water misery ....

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An expat mom grows stuff. Wednesday, July 11, 2007. My garden was underwater for about a week. In the one half where I have raised beds the water was able to drain away more easily, but the other half is still completely soaked and the earth has started to smell terrible as it rots. The potatoes were in that area and they became infected with potato blight, so between the smell of the wet ground and the rotten potatoes it's terrible! Leeks and carrots are ok. Beans and sweetpeas (lathyrus) are drowned.

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My Dutch Garden: January 2007

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An expat mom grows stuff. Monday, January 1, 2007. Welcome to my garden. In January 2007 I signed our family up for an allotment, or volkstuin. At our local allotment or volkstuinvereniging. The allotment is in Amstelveen, on the Nesserlaan and is part of the moestuin. Complex called de Nesserlaan Tuinvereniging. This is a journal of our attempts at growing enough food for a family of four, in a gentle, mostly organic fashion. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What"s this all about? Other gardens I visit.

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My Dutch Garden: So where was I?

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An expat mom grows stuff. Sunday, September 23, 2007. So where was I? Somehow the summer took over and the garden got relegated to second place. I've still been working in the garden, but mostly just to weed, tidy up and harvest stuff. We have had a remarkable butternut and gemsquash harvest. Great raspberries and blackberries. Nasty apples. A good crop of strawberries. Plans for next year? Onions and garlic were good this year and so were the shallots. I intend to plant a gooseberry bush and to try ...