Dreaming of a tranquil summer
Spring is the busiest time of our year. There’s seeds to sow, plant s to grow and garden beds to make or remake. Yet, I dream of spending time in my hammock with a good book.
Å dyrke mat er en prioritet for oss, og vi lærer noe nytt hele tiden. Vi prøver ut både ettårige og flerårige spiselige. Vi ønsker å plante bær, frukttrær og spiselige planter som kan danne en jevn matkilde. Noe av det vi planter har vi ikke smakt før, og vi blir utfordret til å lage mat på nye måter. Les mer om hva vi dyrker og opplever her.
Spring is the busiest time of our year. There’s seeds to sow, plant s to grow and garden beds to make or remake. Yet, I dream of spending time in my hammock with a good book.
I have been in a program to register the production of food in a private garden. I have spent 180 hours tidying, planting, weeding, watering, and harvesting fruit and vegetables.
May is the time for rhubarb harvest. I have researched ways of using rhubarb, and here is a list of what I have done this year.
Nothing tastes like natural apple juice. No sugar added. Just pure juice – delicious. Here are descriptions of the two methods I have used to make juice.
I have used the remains after steaming apples juice to make a tasty apple butter that can be used for baking or as a bread spread. See the recipe here.
The garden season 2022 is over. To our astonishment, we were harvesting produce, like salad, leek, kale, carrots, and parsnip until the end of November. That is not normal. Yet, it is time to sum up what went well and what we were less successful with this year.
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.
January is nearing the end and my first seeds have already germinated. Last year was miserable in that respect. Due to the pandemic, Frank and I were stuck
Growing vegetables was my main motivation for buying a farm in Sweden. I have had a vegetable patch before, both in Northern Norway, as well as in my
Raspberries were the first plant we planted in our vegetable patch. I was eager to get anything growing and planted 30 raspberries type Asker and Veten, both types
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