Articles tagged with gardening
One Year in Finland
23rd of May 2017 came and went. Why is that an important date anyway? Well, it's the one-year anniversary of our life in Finland. On the 23rd of May 2016 my Mum picked us up from the Tampere airport and brought us back to the house, which was… more
Starting Our Mushroom Farm
In 2016 I planned to start a small mushroom (general, funghi) farm. My first interest got me into reading about button mushrooms, but I dropped them very soon for Shitake and Pleurotus. Both could be cultivated on logs.
Meet Aronia Mitschurinii
Do you know the aronia berries, also called chokeberries? We have a few bushes on our premises so we got a chance to get to know them this year and would love to share that knowledge with you, too!
Collecting the Zucchini Seeds
When we harvested the zucchinis back in September 2016 they were really big. They were that big that we called them "our pigs". We deliberately let them grow that size in order to collect the seeds. So how did I do that?
Overwintering Herbs - Trial and Error
Last summer I sowed and planted all kinds of biennial and perennial herbs in my garden.
From seed I had
- thyme
- marjoram
- parsley and
- chives
and as young plants from the garden store I… more
Planting Winter Garlic
Did you know that in cold climates it's better to plant garlic in the fall than in spring? It gives it a head start and enables it to grow big bulbs by the next fall.
We Are Harvesting our Corn
When a friend of ours who lives a few kilometres from us said that he would be harvesting their corn the next day, we thought that we should look after ours as well. On the next day the weather wasn't that nice, so we decided to wait a little… more