vrt v septembru / our garden in September 2022

Končno! Na našem vrtu je letos zacvetela prva dalija. Dež na začetku meseca je bil prijetna osvežitev za rastline in tudi za nas. Zacvetele so nekatere rože, večinoma vrtnice.

Finally! The first dahlia is blooming this year. The rain at the beginning of the month was a very welcome refreshment for the plants and for us. Some flowers are blooming, mostly roses.

Žal dežuje že cel mesec, iz neba se izliva voda, sledijo si nevihte z bliskanjem. Temperature so precej nizke. Vse skupaj malo spomni na november. Na kratko, še en mesec ekstremnega vremena.

Unfortunately, the rain lasted for a whole month, water is pouring down, we have storms and lightning, the temperatures are unusually low. In fact, it looks like November. To summarise, another month of extreme weather conditions!

Te dni sem presajala solato, radič pa že lepo raste. Zanje čase prebiram vrtnarsko knjigo, ki razlaga, kako vzgajati sadike v zaprtem prostoru, da jih obvarujemo pred poletno vročino ter predlaga različne rešitve vrtnarjenja glede na vremenske razmere. Pravzaprav, sem kar malo zmedena. Vzgajanje sadik v zaprtem prostoru, pokrivanje gred, izdelava visokih gred, .... zahteva precej dodatnega dela in še vedno ne zagotavlja uspeha. Konec meseca bom posejala grah. Upam, da bo zrastel zgodaj spomladi. Gojenje graha in fižola je zaradi visokih poletnih temperatur postalo skoraj nemogoče. 

These days I am planting the salad and our radicchio is growing well. Lately I have been reading a book about gardening explaining how to grow little plants inside to prevent them from summer heat and suggesting solutions useful in changing weather conditions. To be honest, I’m totally confused, planting indoors, covering beds, preparing covered raised beds… All these tasks take a lot of additional work and don’t guarantee success. By the end of the month, I'm going to plant pea seeds for next spring. Growing peas and beans is almost impossible because of hot temperatures during the summer.

Pesto iz sveže bazilike diši čudovito.

The fresh basil pesto smells wonderful.

Letos smo pridelali nekaj drobcenih jabolk in tudi okoli dvajset plodov asimine. Lepo dišijo in imajo okus podoben banani, ali bolje, nekaj vmesnega med banano in magom. Naši fantje niso bili preveč navdušeni nad asiminami, zato pa so se nama z hčerjo zdele odlične.

We have some really small apples and our Asimina has about twenty fruits. They smell lovely and taste like bananas or a mixture between banana and mango. Our boys weren't very keen on it, but me and my daughter found them delicious.

Spodnja slika prikazuje neobičajno vreme zadnje dni. Poslikana je z mojim mobijem in je precej slabe kvalitete. 

The picture below shows unusual weather these days. It is taken during my evening walk with my mobile phone and it's of poor quality.

Naša mačka obožuje toplo sonce.

Our cat likes the warmth of the sun.