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One of those nice discoveries in an old garden: brillant yellow crocus flowers appearing after the first rains in September and lasting til October. The leaves stay around until the spring, the plant then draws back into the bulb over…
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Linum
Pretty little flowers, as green manure or as perennials. Linum usitatissimum Sown in the fall of 2022 as green manure it covered wide swathes in the garden in dainty little blue flowers during May of 2023. Pretty but not very…
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Centranthus ruber (Valeriana rubra)
A pretty Mediterranean native that comes in a more or less bright pink, as well as in a reddish pink color (Centranthus ruber coccineus) and white (Centranthus ruber albus). It’s fairly heat and drought resistant with occasional deep watering. It…
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Wildflowers & Weeds
I have never seen as many different flowering weeds as I have here in the South of France – within my garden and also on my walks around the villages or in the garrigue. They provide great inspiration and ideas…
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Veggies in Winter
I used to be happy when the gardening season was over for the winter. It just gets to damn cold in Switzerland. Looking at frozen radiccio and harvesting brussel sprouts in subzero temperatures is just no fun at all. Here…
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Starting the trimming season
It is February and beautiful outside and my fingers are itching to get going in the garden. It’s too early to plant but I can start trimming some shrubs. There are two small olive trees that are overgrown with inner…