Sofias Country Gardens
March spring cleaning
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...
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Sofias Country Gardens
- Jan 24, 2020
- 4 min
Why I support organic farmers
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
Happy New Year 2020
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 đ I remember as...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Dec 21, 2019
- 2 min
Gingerbread House
I am the luckiest person to have such wonderful Godfathers who spend their summers and Christmases at the farm with me. Of course it is...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Dec 8, 2019
- 1 min
Winter is coming
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!...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
Autumn hues
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jun 24, 2019
- 1 min
Chicken update
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,...
Sofias Country Gardens
- May 11, 2019
- 3 min
Babies in da house!
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.....
Sofias Country Gardens
- May 3, 2019
- 2 min
Behind the scenes
Do you ever get that feeling when visiting other peoples gardens that everything is just magically perfect and then you come home and...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Apr 25, 2019
- 3 min
Spring is here!
Suddenly after months and months of waiting, spring leaps upon us with absurd intensity. In a cold climate like Finland, we go from zero...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Mar 1, 2019
- 4 min
Hippy happy chicks
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Dec 29, 2018
- 1 min
Midwinter paradise
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....
Sofias Country Gardens
- Aug 4, 2018
- 3 min
Country life in summer
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Mar 3, 2018
- 3 min
Four things to do in February
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Feb 17, 2018
- 2 min
Renovating Stensund...
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Feb 10, 2018
- 3 min
A woodland path
Between Stensund and HumlegÄrd there is a dense forrest. It is the kind of forrest where one expects goblins, gnomes and wolves to turn...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jan 11, 2018
- 5 min
Five promises for the new year
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...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Dec 9, 2017
- 3 min
The Gatekeepers Cottage gets a new life
Most of the time, I tend to have an ongoing crazy project. My children just sigh when they see my eyes lit up, as they know that more...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min
October 2017
October is the month when my garden prepares to go to bed for the winter. A bit like me really... The darker and shorter the days become,...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Oct 10, 2017
- 2 min
September 2017
In September the meadow we planted in spring (June blogpost) in front of the old farmhouse at Stensund came alive and reached its zenit....
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