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karinxxl

@karinxxl

Dog Lover, scrub nurse and gardening/cooking nerd

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Aug 30, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC

A next happy little accident

I have written before about happy little accidents happening in the garden. With this, I mean that all of a sudden seedlings are popping up on places where you didn't really intend them to. Most ofte…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Aug 21, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC

Tomato harvest at its easiest starting from scratch

I have a bit of a range of successes in the garden over the last couple of weeks. One of the things that was kind of challenging was that it was extremely dry here and just way more hot than that Dut…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Aug 18, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC

Another exchange bites the Dutch dust

The last couple of years have been challenging in regulations depending on in which country you live in how easy stuff works for you. I used to like working in Binance. It had an easy interface, had…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Aug 10, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC

The art of bagging

I'm not a person that buys a lot of stuff as I really think things need to be functional in a way that suits you. The functional part, that is where the habits comes in of trying to go for nice stuff…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Aug 1, 2026, 1:44 PM UTC

The helping hand of good seamanship

There is this rule in when boating around that is different from when you are driving your car. In driving on the road there is the 'right of way' kind of rule. This also applies in general on when b…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Jul 28, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC

Not all projects turn out as winners

I like to think that when doing stuff in and around the house that everything is possible for me. Sure I won't be putting tiles on the wall in the bathroom because that can result in a lot of damage.…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Jul 24, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC

Doing some serious propagating with Thai Basil cuttings

From what I have learned in my amateur gardening sessions in growing stuff, is that it isn't always the easiest to grow from seed and you should spare yourself the effort of this. Especially growing…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Jul 7, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC

It isn't always champagne sailing

I love the terminology of this phrase called 'Champagne Sailing', where just all circumstances would be in the range of perfect and even better. When I think about this, then it should be something l…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Jun 30, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

Garlicious!

Let's start off this blog by already paying my dues to the title of this post. Because yes this post will be about homemade garlic, but the reality of the 'garlicious' title can only be claimed by th…

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karinxxl
@karinxxl Jun 22, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC

Shots from the sky | Contrast, details and weather

Even though as I am really not a big fan of flying in general, the shots from the sky never seem to amaze me, and I would always choose a window seat if the option is there in some kind of way. That…

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