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    Sofias Country Gardens

    Cottage Gardens in south of Finland

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    Bean Blauhilde
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 5
    • 3 min

    Bean Blauhilde

    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....
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    August beetroot harvest
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    August beetroot harvest

    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 al...
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    Why I prefer organically grown food
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • May 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    Why I prefer organically grown food

    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 ...
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    Vegan zucchini fritters
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Vegan zucchini fritters

    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 w...
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    Best pickled beetroots
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Dec 1, 2018
    • 2 min

    Best pickled beetroots

    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 be...
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    Food fast and slow
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Food fast and slow

    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 i...
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    Blue potato salad
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 20, 2018
    • 2 min

    Blue potato salad

    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 t...
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    5 reasons why I joined veganuary
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jan 27, 2018
    • 7 min

    5 reasons why I joined veganuary

    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 g...
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    The good life
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 6, 2016
    • 3 min

    The good life

    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 sel...
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