Sofias Country Gardens

April was a tricky month for the gardener in this cold climate part of the world. One moment it was beautiful and warm, and the next... well not quite so nice. I did get April fooled, and started to work on the kitchen garden. The very last of last years ecological horse manure from my friend Maria was added to the vegetable bed, spread out and raked in. (I'm trying out a variant of the no dig method, whereby I don't dig the beds except for lightly where I'm planting new thi

I think Easter is one of my favourite holidays. I probably say the same thing about all national holidays, but as I'm a great chocoholic...

I wake up to shouts: "What is this??" and glance outside to see what is causing the commotion. With relief I find it is nothing serious,...

March is usually a beautiful month with the last layers of snow covering the land all the way to easter, and long bright days ending in a...

Most years in the middle of March there is a heavy layer of snow still covering the ground, but this year we have hardly had any snow at...

With all the bad news about pollution and animal extinction streaming over us daily, it is easy to become desolate at the state of our...

As the new decade has begun I would like to wish you all a wonderful New Year 2020 as well as a very happy New Decennium 💙 I remember as...

I love it when suddenly the dark skies open and snow starts to fall for the first time of the season. It is the highlight of the autumn!...

September is such a lovely month, with lots of colour and a joyful sense of completion. There is still a lot to do in the garden, like...

My little baby chicks have into teenagers and now live outside in their own little coop. I think one is a hen and the other a rooster,...

This week I have been super busy. I haven't gotten much done, but I've been super busy none the less. Mostly doing nothing but staring.....

Do you ever get that feeling when visiting other peoples gardens that everything is just magically perfect and then you come home and...

Suddenly after months and months of waiting, spring leaps upon us with absurd intensity. In a cold climate like Finland, we go from zero...

One of the great joys in summer is having my summer chicken at home. As I spend much of my winters in town or travelling, my summer...

As we are going into the new year I would like to thank you all for following my blog and for the kind comments and support you give me....

Stating the obvious, country life in summer is vastly different from winter and this week as I have been pottering about in the garden I...

In February winter is at its zenith, with the ground frozen solid and the garden fast asleep with a deep layer of snow like a blanket...

The thing about old houses is that although they are charming like nothing else, they do require a lot of upkeep. Throughout the years it...

Between Stensund and Humlegård there is a dense forrest. It is the kind of forrest where one expects goblins, gnomes and wolves to turn...

I love the new year! It is my favourite time of year, filled with the promise of new beginnings and a fresh start. Living in Finland I...