Flower season kick off
Despite the cold weather, the plants are ready for a new season. Tulips, daffodils and fruit trees are competing for our attention and we’re looking forward to a new season in the garden.
Dette er vår lille gård i Sverige. Den er på 7 hektar, hvorav halvparten er skog og halvparten er åker. Foreløpig bruker vi bare en liten del av åkrene, og en nabo klipper gresset for å vedlikeholde dem. Men vi har mange planer og prosjekter, og du er velkommen til å lese om dem her.
Despite the cold weather, the plants are ready for a new season. Tulips, daffodils and fruit trees are competing for our attention and we’re looking forward to a new season in the garden.
Although the spring has been unusually cold this year, we have already completed a lot of tasks on our list. Building raised beds, sowing, and preparing for a new-build are just a few of our activities. We have also managed to squeeze in a trip to Poland.
April has been very cold with temperatures between 6-15 degrees celsius and lots of frost nights. However, in the greenhouse, the plants are doing fine.
It is the end of March 2022 and our garden is in the early awakening stages. This is the first in a series of garden tours which will show the changing seasons and development in our garden.
We started building an orangery in April 2020. However, due to Corona-restrictions, traveling between Norway and Sweden has been difficult in periods. The construction has therefore taken us almost two years to complete.
January is nearing the end and my first seeds have already germinated. Last year was miserable in that respect. Due to
The trees on our property is a mixture of spruce and deciduous trees like birch, European ash, and common aspen. Spruce,
Frank drove a tractor for the first time when he was twelve years old. Ever since then, he’s harboured a secret
This autumn I have treated myself to huge amounts of flower bulbs. Bulbs are expensive to buy, both in Norway and
Growing vegetables was my main motivation for buying a farm in Sweden. I have had a vegetable patch before, both in
Uten store fanfarer lanserer jeg i dag min nettbutikk. Varene i butikken er først og fremst ting jeg har laget i min systue.
De siste ukene har jeg «gått på jobb» etter frokost og, bare avbrutt av tissepauser, sydd til det har blitt mørkt. Jeg er inne i et sy-maraton som har blitt til bøttehatter, toalettmapper, vesker, grytekluter, pannebånd m.m.
In Sweden, most houses have a garden room where 2 or 3 walls are of glass. We decided to build a garden room instead. We call it the orangery