So when I bought the Crown Princess Margareta rose, I checked if it survives in Finnish climate, I smelled it and checked the price.What i did not check – was what type of rose it is.Turns out it is a climbing one. Heh.Also – I didn’t really have a solid plan for where it should…
How one cherry tomato becomes two roses and a clematis
Went to pick up a weed whacker today – and was asked to also bring home one more plant of cherry tomatoes.I came home with a clematis, two roses, a weed whacker and a storage box for my yarn. Oh and a decorative ball thingy for the herbal garden. A completely logical result of the…
Manuals…
Today we put together the mini greenhouse! I’ll start with the happy picture so you’ll know we survived the assembly, before I dive into how it got put together. The website where we first found this little greenhouse boasts that it is easy to assemble. Coming from the land that gave the world IKEA I…
How hard can it be to make a willow obelisk?
You know how you get that brilliant idea? You can really see the thing you imagined before you, and you figure, that isn’t even hard to do.Yeah… famous last thoughts.I wanted a simple willow obelisk for my sweet peas in the garden. Not even a big one because it is for a large pot I…
Rye bread and a very important bench
Busy day at the croft!I baked the Finnish rye bread my husband has dreamt about. After a lengthy process with adding water and feeding the sourdough for 2 days, the bread was finally ready for the oven.For those interested, I followed this recipe (in Swedish): https://www.saltakvarn.se/recept/finskt-ragbrod/And it looks perfect! The crust is hard and it…
Throwing stuff into the ground and hoping for the best
For those of you who never tried to move a giant rhubarb plant that was very well established where it used to grow – I can tell you that it requires a large portion of determination and zero fucks to give about gardening in style. This is sweaty and heavy – and you will probably…
When a whole lot of nothing is progress
Major steps made in preparing the vegetable garden today.The Jerusalem artichokes were dug out of the ground and the major part of the vegetable garden was worked over with the Cultivator.It is kind of funny that major progress in this case is that there is a whole lot of nothing growing in the vegetable garden….
Are we there yet?
Made another run to the garden shops today to get the last bits of equipment needed for the garden. Including a mini greenhouse that you put on top of two stacked planting boxes. I’m quite excited about it – even if it won’t be like a real big greenhouse. (I secretly dream of one of…
Third time’s the charm?
Today I dug up a rose that hasn’t been doing that well and planted an Autumn hydrangea called Vanilla-Fraise. This is the third Autumn hydrangea that I am planting.The two previous ones died terrible deaths by husband. The first got trampled to death and the second became a victim of the lawn mower.I am contemplating…
That a hole in the ground can bring such a feeling of accomplishment!
Today I continued expanding our vegetable garden. I had to realise that all my hopes and dreams for our veggie patch won’t come true this year. My husband rightfully pointed out that unless we get some seeds and potatoes into the ground we won’t have any veggies at all this year (I kind of hate…
The Peaceful Croft 