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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...
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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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    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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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