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    Cottage Gardens in south of Finland

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    Experimenting in the kitchen garden
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • May 29
    • 3 min

    Experimenting in the kitchen garden

    People often ask me at what time in the spring I start planting my kitchen garden. It's a very good question, as the weather and...
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    October harvest
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Oct 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    October harvest

    Generally in Finland, October is the month that has the highest average rainfall and this year I have really noticed it. Perhaps it is...
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    Little Gem squash
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Oct 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Little Gem squash

    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...
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    Happy harvests
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Happy harvests

    Mid August and the kitchen garden is at its best. It is such a fleeting moment of time, this zenith of the vegetable gardening year when...
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    Foodie family
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Foodie family

    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...
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    Beginning of the vegetable season
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Beginning of the vegetable season

    At this time of year I'm always grumbling about how late the vegetables are when in fact they are perfectly on time. I feel like I'm...
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    Kitchen garden in autumn
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Kitchen garden in autumn

    After three weeks of rain we finally got some sunshine and dry weather - for about a week! Some autumns are like this, that the rain...
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    September rain
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Sep 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    September rain

    This week it has been raining more or less constantly, and even when there has been a break in the downpour the skies have been dark and...
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    Late summer harvest
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Late summer harvest

    We've had the most beautiful sunshine for the last weeks, and yet there is a crispness to the air that reminds me the summer soon draws...
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    Garden gone wild
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Garden gone wild

    By now my kitchen garden has gone quite mad and wild. I love to grow Marigolds in my garden for the bees and other beneficial insects,...
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    Foodie paradise
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    Foodie paradise

    It has been a long wait, that's for sure! A little nibble here and there as the vegetables have slowly grown to size, but nothing like...
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    On epic failure and small success
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    On epic failure and small success

    Blessed are the gardeners who always succeed, but I'm just not one of them. Sometimes things just don't work out as planned. Sometimes,...
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    A year in the kitchen garden
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Apr 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    A year in the kitchen garden

    As it has been a grey and slightly cold week, I haven't gotten any nice pictures from the garden so instead I thought I would make a...
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    How to start a vegetable garden
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    How to start a vegetable garden

    Starting a vegetable garden may seem like a difficult project, while in fact it is quite simple and a lot of fun. As I'm often asked by...
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    Crop rotation
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Feb 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    Crop rotation

    One of the key practices in organic gardening is the use of crop rotation, where no crops are grown in the same place in consecutive...
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    Hopi blue sweetcorn
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jan 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Hopi blue sweetcorn

    If there is one thing I really love, it is to try out growing new and colourful vegetable varieties. This always happens with sweetcorn...
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    Potato Violet Queen
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Potato Violet Queen

    I'll say it straight up front: I'm not a great fan of potatoes. Mostly they are a boring and bland staple food served at cheap...
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    Cauliflower Neckarperle
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Oct 25, 2019
    • 5 min

    Cauliflower Neckarperle

    I think the first time I felt worthy of calling myself a gardener was a few years ago when I managed to grow my very first own crop of...
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    A last hurrah
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Sep 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    A last hurrah

    I knew I shouldn't have gone away in August. I knew it, but couldn't resist the temptation to do two consecutive garden journeys into...
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    Late August and harvest
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Late August and harvest

    I had a lovely two weeks away, when I was improving on my garden photography and visiting wonderful gardens for inspiration, but truly...
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