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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – May 2023]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 12:44:36 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[The last couple of weeks have been cool and wet here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), pretty average weather for this time of year. There were some warm and sunny days inbetween, giving a little taste of summer (I can't wait for it). The plants... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – April 2023]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Apr 2023 11:39:08 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Spring has been kind this year in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). It hasn't been dry like other years and the late frosts were only mild. It hasn't been too cold or too warm. The plants in my garden have progressed nicely, there are quite a few... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – March 2023]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:06:03 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Winter since February has been relatively mild here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), it has been generally a mild winter. The minimum temperature of this winter had already been reached in December during a harsh cold spell with around -8C/18F.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – February 2023]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:55:31 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Winter has been average to mild so far in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). We had a harsh cold snap in December with low temperatures around -8C/18F. After that it fluctuated between mild and cold weather, two times it got down to -6 or -5C (21-23F).... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – January 2023]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2023 13:45:25 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Happy new year! The start into the new year has been wet and very mild here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). After a cold start into December with snow and a minimum of almost -8C/18F, the temperatures have stayed well above freezing since.... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – December 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:43:59 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It got cold the last couple of days, really cold. Going into December we hadn't had any frosts here in Zürich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), then, the snow came and the temperatures dropped very fast. The minimum temperature was almost -8C/18F at night,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bloom Day – November 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:27:54 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We're already in the middle of November – almost winter now... Luckily, we haven't had any frosts yet in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), and looking back, autumn was relatively mild. We had plenty of rain with temperatures staying somewhere between... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – October 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2022 10:02:17 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Autumn this year continued to be cool and relatively wet here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). It was like someone had turned a switch: summer was gone very quickly in September and didn't return. After a dry summer many plants appreciated... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – September 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:48:12 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[With the beginning of September the weather in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b) switched to cooler temperatures and finally, we had some rain. Summer has been long, hot and dry this year. To be honest, I loved it. But as it was once again one of... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – August 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 17:39:21 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[This summer has been very hot and dry so far here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). We had many days with temperatures above 30C/86F, and a few highs up to 35C/95F. Rain storms have been few and far between, so I really hope the rain in this... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – July 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:05:50 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What a difference to last year! Last year, right on Bloom Day in July, a devastating hail storm hit my garden, mowing off all the blooms and causing lasting damage to many shrubs (if you examine the bark of the shrubs you can still see the scars...).... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – June 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 22:59:08 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It has been a wonderful late spring/early summer here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b). We had lots of sunshine and warmth, but also some rain showers inbetween, so no drought yet. The temperatures are starting to reach the 30°C mark (86F),... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – May 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 13:18:45 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It feels like an early summer here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b)! It's sunny, hot, but not too dry yet. The temperatures reach above 25C/77F, but the nights are still cool and nice (no frosts anymore, luckily). The plants generally love it,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – April 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:00:23 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[After a very dry March, April started with a cold snap here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), bringing much-needed rain, a bit of snow and temperatures as low as -2.5C/27.5F. Luckily the cold lasted only for a short time, afterwards the weather... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – March 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:12:07 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It has been very dry here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b) this last month, worringly dry. We had no significant rainfall since the end of February – just an endless string of sunny days. And what's even more worrisome, there's no rain predicted... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – February 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:59:06 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[It has been a very mild winter so far here in Zurich, Switzerland (hardiness zone 7b), with lots of sun and dry weather. We still get down to -3C/26.6F at night sometimes, but well above freezing during the day. The minimum temperature this winter was... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – January 2022]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:27:23 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Happy 2022! A new garden year awaits with new opportunities and new challenges. Hopefully, this year will be better than the last, without any extreme weather events (like 2021: massive snow fall, late frosts, hailstorms, wet summer...), and maybe finally... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – December 2021]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:11:41 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the last Bloom Day of 2021! It has not been a good year for my garden in Zurich, Switzerland (zone 7b), if I'm being honest. Record snowfall in January broke many shrubs and trees, followed by a devastating hail storm in July which shredded... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Garden Bloggers‘ Bloom Day – November 2021]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:35:59 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! New blog, who dis? I have been blogging on Wordpress since 10 years, inconsistently and mostly for my own record keeping. Recently, there have been some big changes on Wordpress which made it harder for me to blog. Additionally, I used... ]]></description>
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