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    Sofias Country Gardens

    Cottage Gardens in south of Finland

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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 star...
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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 t...
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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, bu...
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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 th...
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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, e...
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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 coll...
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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 f...
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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 year...
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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 w...
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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 restaurant...
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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 ca...
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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 oth...
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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 th...
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    Peas please!
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    Peas please!

    I just love growing peas! It may be because my first gardening success was growing peas, and I still remember the pride and joy I felt th...
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    Veggarden update
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    Veggarden update

    This is what the kitchen garden looks like at the moment. I feel like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland who shouts "Oh my fur and w...
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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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    Peas and potatoes
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Peas and potatoes

    This year again, as always in fact, I'm filling almost half of the garden with peas, beans and potatoes. I love peas and beans, and it br...
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    The veg are coming...
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Jul 12, 2019
    • 3 min

    The veg are coming...

    This year I have a feeling that everything in the kitchen garden has been late. This may or may not be an objective truth, as I do recall...
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    Pea Blauwschokker
    Sofias Country Gardens
    • Mar 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pea Blauwschokker

    Most years I try to grow something new in my vegetable garden, and this year it was the pea Blauwschokker. When I say new, I mean new to ...
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