Summer has finally reached North-East Germany. The neighbors have shifted from complaining about rain to complaining about heat. With the summer garden looking great, I turned my attention to winter greens--while trying not to think about winter. I also dug up some potatoes and mulched some more.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:05 Making soil blocks 00:57 Checking on the carrots 01:08 I got old straw as mulch 02:24 Mulching tomatoes with straw 03:54 Good slug, bad slug 04:48 Mulching the carrot bed 05:01 Edges for the pepper bed 07:03 Flying ant day 07:20 A whirlwind to end July 07:55 Emotional rollercoaster 08:45 But it did get better! 09:35 My first cucumber 09:51 Harvesting potatoes 10:30 Why grow potatoes in Irish beds? 12:09 Distracted by weeds 12:32 Topping potatoes against blight 14:59 Thank you!