Articles tagged with gardening
Conserving the Carrots In Sand
We had a lots of carrots in our garden. Before frost we harvested them all, Lumias Mom came over to help on a sunny day and we got everything out in an hour or so. But the problem really is: we can't eat them all at once. So we searched for an… more
The Last Tomatoes - or: Winter Is Coming
When we came to Finland I immediately started building a small tomato green house. I built it from old cupboard parts, basically with nearly no costs at all - just for the screws and the PVC foil.
Welcome October
It's the 1st of October. In Finland, the summer is definitely over. The leaves are dropping, the temperatures are dropping and the amound of daylight hours is declining too. The garden is getting emptier also.
The Great Squash and Pumpkin Harvest
Lumia planted a lot of different curcubitas and most of them grew fruits. On the field were Spaghetti, Hokkaido, Futsu, Blue Banana and one type which I don't know its name. So we got a huge variety of different squashes.
Learning How to Offshoot Bushes
When we started with our Nordic Permaculture we didn't have much clue about berry bushes. We simply bought what we needed from the garden shop and planted them.
Bringing the Onions In
Sunday the 21st was the day of the day of bringing in the onions. Onions? Great scott! Onions! Yes, we planted a lots of them months ago. But let's not talk about history. Back in the future it is the time to harvest them. And that's what we did… more
New Berry on the Block
A few days back my friend came to visit and brought a young blackberry plant as a housewarming present. What joy!