What happens when you don't eat your CABBAGE?

This post, 'What happens when you don't eat your cabbage? was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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I found this in my fridge a few days ago, a bit embarrassing! I mean it must have been growing in the root vegetable box for several days…Still I’m amazed over it and I think it looks great. I have saved it and when I looked at it today in the greenhouse it has now started to change colour into a pale green. I will take I new picture tomorrow and show you.

I have been so busy planting tomatoes into bigger pots today and that sure is heavy work, the new pots are 12 litres/3,17 gallons pots and I have planted at least 15 of those today. Mixing my own soil etc.... but I'm not complaining, I'm loving every minute of it. My body is tender and I think I have to take a soothing bath to heal the soreness in my back and legs. If I'm weak tonight the tomatoes are the opposite, they are very happy and soon I can move them into the greenhouse. Can you imagine my veranda with + 50 tomatoes, chilies and gherkins etc? It is soooo crowded! My non gardening husband will arrive from a business trip late tonight and he is not going to be happy, but he's use to it :-)

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The Greenhouse - April and the weather has been great for several weeks now!
The cabbage seedlings are coming on fine, these are the different cabbages what are going into my potager this year.


Brassica oleracea L. ' Bosworth' ( sprouts)
Brassica oleracea L. 'Georgia Southern' (collards)
Brassica oleraea v. capitata rubra 'Red Express'
Brassica oleracea var. acephala sabellica 'Pentland Brigs'
Brassica oleracea var. acephala sabellica 'Red Russian'
and at last the Brassica oleracea var. acephala sabellica ' Nero di Toscana'
and the 'N di T' is not at all tasty but I only grow because I think it is so beautiful.


It is beginning to get quite warm (ish) in the mornings now, consequently I can start to bring out my morning tea into the greenhouse and that is something I really enjoy. Life is good!

Here I'm attending some roses I bought the other day, bargains (of course) from my local store I just couldn't resist them :-) but the pots where much too small so they had to be repotted into larger pots, is that the correct word repotted?

Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.


Have a great weekend and enjoy the lovely days of spring!

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Happy gardening/ Tyra

Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day - Potager

This post, 'GBBD-Potager' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day

At last spring is here and we can all go out in the garden and enjoy all the lovely blooms. Suddenly our brownish grey 'winter gardens' turns to green and the flowers adds spashes of colour. Everything happens so fast now and you can almost see the grass grow. Now is the time to tidy up the Potager and prepare the beds for the coming growing season. I made a new 'fence' of some sticks and small branches for my peas to climb on, I love to work with the willow. Everything looks rather neat and tidy now and I'm ready to plant :-)....my poor body is aching though. Ahww

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Spring blooms in the garden

It is also ABC Wednesday and this weeks letter is M. My M stands for MOON PLANTING and you can read more about this subject here where I store all my ABC's, in the Greenhouse

To see more GBBD posts or to join in this month please visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens.

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Do you follow the moon?

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Happy gardening my friends/ Tyra

HAPPY EASTER!

I wish you All a Happy Easter!

Blommig långfredag

Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.

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TYRA

Here comes the Sun - Tussilago farfara

This post, 'Here comes the sun - Tussilago farfara' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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HERE COMES THE SUN - the sun of spring

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In yesterdays post I wrote about LOVE an ABC post in the Greenhouse and to go with it I had a great song from the Beatles 'All you need is love' and today another one came to my mind 'Here comes the sun'. This small messenger that tells us that the spring is here and it looks just like a perfect sun to me. About YESTERDAY why not take that one as well..

or should I LET IT BE? I just love that one, one of the best.

COLTSFOOT Tussilago farfara

Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by seeds and rhizomes. Tussilago is often found in colonies of dozens of plants. The flowers, which superficially resemble dandelions, appear in early spring before dandelions appear. The leaves, which resemble a colt's foot in cross section, do not appear usually until after the seeds are set. Thus, the flowers appear on stems with no apparent leaves, and the later appearing leaves then wither and die during the season without seeming to set flowers. The plant is typically between 10 - 30 cm in height. From wikipedia.

Tussilago - kärt barn har många namn säjs det.

Den här lilla godingen hittade jag på väg hem från jobbet i lördags, en enda liten tussilago men oj vad glad jag blev! Vårens budbärande.

'Den tidigast blommande svenska örten; då går tjälen ur marken, snön smälter i skuggan, isen lossnar på floderna, grodan kväker i kärren, trasten sjunger i skogen, orren spelar på ljungen och ärlan bebådar Floras ankomst.' Carl von Linne'

Hästhov, hosthäva, hostört, lungbota, brösttobak, tandvärksbota, läkeblad, tjälablomma, majblomma, lerblad, hin ondes blomma, hin ondes rova, farfarsblad, farfarsblad, fålafötter, skråp, mjölblad, surblad, skarvagräs, hästhuvud, tussilon

Odling och bruk - Växtdroger och beredningar.

TYRA

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Just some Potty Stuff

This post, 'Just some Potty Stuff' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Pots in the Greenhouse.

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It is finally happening things in my pots in the greenhouse, the Auriculas are looking great, no flowers yet but still... it's green and growing. I think the daffodils will bloom any day now, in Sweden we call them Easter lilies (Påsklilja) and I'm sure they will be just beautiful for Easter. Today has been a lovely, sunny day and I was out all day doing some digging in my potager. I prepared all the raised beds and they look so neat and tidy now, I'm ready to plant my onions and sow the first seeds! My herbs seem to have manage the cold winter very well all except the Rosemary, I have cut it down but doubt it will come again.

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Så då äntligen börjar det hända grejer! Som vi har väntat på den här våren. Har inte våren varit lägre och trögare än vanligt? Nu börjar det gro i alla krukor ute i växthuset. Aurikula, pioner, örter och kryddor alla mina vänner börjat titta opp! Örterna och kryddorna har klarat sig fint alla utom Rosmarin som ser stendöd ut. Jag har klippt mer den men det ser inte hoppfullt ut. Hoppas det nu blir några fina dagar till då kan man börja peta ner lite lök och kanske så lite fröer.

I wish you all a sunny and wonderful spring weekend!

Don't be a stranger - do write something

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TYRA

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Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.