Sofias Country Gardens

There is an old saying in Finland that Rowan berry trees can't carry two, which means that if there is a good rowanberry year the...

Some years ago a friend of mine gave me Little Gem squash seeds to try out, and much to my delight they were beautiful so two years in a...

They say "Give a woman a zucchini plant and you will never eat anything else!" and it probably holds true to a fair degree. At least each...

As I love trying out new varieties there are few vegetables that I grow time and again, yet bean Blauhilde is one of the rare exceptions....

The beetroot have been great this year again! The cold spring set them back some weeks, but they have like the intermitted rain we had...

Some time ago I was having dinner with the daughter of my friend. She is a bright and aware young person who has chosen to be vegetarian...

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...

This time of the year I always have too many zucchinis in the garden. It seems that no matter how late everything else is, the zucchini...

This autumn my godfathers spent a month in the country with me, and as we love to spend time cooking one of our projects was to pickle...

The best part of growing my own food is the simplicity and variety it offers with different vegetables for dinner each night. If we are...

Growing my own food is one of the biggest pleasures in life. I love the aspect of knowing that there are no pesticides or additives and...

How I found veganism When my daughter became a vegan some five years ago I didn't quite get it. This might sound strange, as I had been...

In the 1970's there was a BBC production called "The good life" where a couple tires of the modern stress and tries to become totally...