Sofias Country Gardens
5 ways to teach kids to garden
It is perhaps not very surprising to find that out of my three children, two are vegan/ vegetarian and the third only eats free range...
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Sofias Country Gardens
- Sep 1, 2018
- 2 min
Just one more...
â âThe thing I like the best about gardening is that you are never "done" or "ready". Just when one part of the garden starts looking...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Aug 25, 2018
- 2 min
My favourite carrots
Each year I have some staple vegetables that I grow, and a mix of different coloured carrots is one of them. For many years I bought a...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jul 14, 2018
- 2 min
A new rose pergola
Remember last new year when I made New Years resolutions and promised myself I would have a rose pergola this year? Well, this summer we...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jun 30, 2018
- 2 min
Midsummer at the Gatekeepers Cottage
After a month with no rain I was amazed to have anything at all growing in my gardens. I do spend an extraordinary amount of time...
Sofias Country Gardens
- May 19, 2018
- 2 min
A week in the garden in May
At Stensund we have two glorious flowering cherries that my mother and father planted for my sister and me when we were little, and each...
Sofias Country Gardens
- May 12, 2018
- 4 min
How I use wood chip mulch in my garden
One of the great benefits of having a farm with large woods is the abundant raw material I have access to. Each year there are trees that...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Apr 28, 2018
- 3 min
Spring cleaning
For the soul, April is the most demanding month. Suddenly the sun comes out dancing from nowhere like a tease promising all sorts of fun,...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Mar 31, 2018
- 5 min
How to care for the spring garden in a cold climate
Gardening in a cold climate really is quite a bit different than in a more tempered climate, and I can say this with certainty after...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Dec 21, 2017
- 2 min
November and December 2017
During the last two months of the year, there is little to be done in the garden but buckle down for the winter. The ground is mostly too...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Nov 8, 2017
- 2 min
October 2017
October is the month when my garden prepares to go to bed for the winter. A bit like me really... The darker and shorter the days become,...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Aug 27, 2017
- 2 min
Enjoying a secret
I have a secret garden tucked away above the house at HumlegÄrd. Although it is just above the parking lot by the front door, it is...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jul 13, 2017
- 2 min
June 2017
And suddenly summer arrived, cooler than expected but with a lush greenery due to all the rain. Everywhere flowers burst out from their...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jun 11, 2017
- 2 min
Never enough time for weeds
By the end of May summer is suddenly in full bloom. It is a magic transformation that occurs within the space of a week or two. The days...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Apr 30, 2017
- 2 min
First of May weekend
In Finland we like to celebrate Vappu on the 30th of April. It is one of the biggest holidays in the annual calendar, and continues until...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Apr 1, 2017
- 4 min
Sedum and a wild lawn
One of the great joys in my life is being close to nature and wildlife in the countryside, and I think that my favourite kind of wildlife...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Feb 24, 2017
- 3 min
Making a secret garden
Just above the house at HumlegÄrd there is a wide crevice in the hillside, and seeing it was placed so perfectly with views over the...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jul 29, 2016
- 2 min
Beans, beans, beans...
As you probably know most gardeners are obsessed with the weather, and I am no exception although I try to keep a positive frame of mind...
Sofias Country Gardens
- Jun 13, 2016
- 3 min
Flower mania
Come late may and my gardens are in bloom. I have never understood minimalism in gardens - I mean it is beautiful with minimalistic...
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