Waxwings (sidensvans) have arrived here in numbers with about 70 in the garden today! Most of their favourite berry, rowan (rogn) had gone by the time they arrived […]
Harvesting winter vegetables before the freeze
I’ve been self-sufficient in fresh vegetables year round and have blogged and lectured about how I can do this even in winter without a greenhouse, without a freezer […]
Apple Harvest
Due to the really cold May this year, the apple trees (Aroma) tried and tried to flower but seemed to give up. I was surprised nevertheless that some […]
Harvest moon rise and the combine
What better sound to accompany the rising harvest moon than a combine harvester in the field below the house. Post Views: 114
Henry’s Quinoa Harvest
At the Væres Venner community garden, I’ve planted 6 or 7 different Good King Henry (Chenopodium bonus-henricus; stolt henrik) plants from different sources. In my book you can […]
Harvest (almost) complete
The last 2-3 days I’ve been working hard to harvest and bring in less hardy plants from the garden as it was forecast to be maximum -6C tomorrow, […]
Keeping warm
This is how we keep warm up here…harvesting two leeks ;) I think I’ll wait some days before I attempt to harvest the rest…it’s forecast to be above […]
