Easter Cactus "in Floribus"

ICE...Brrrr

Sadly but true, and oh-so-common in April we get this setback in nature. Cold winds have given us really cold nights with many degrees below zero. Every morning I find a thick layer with ice in my wooden water barrels. But during the day we have had sunny but still a bit nippy gorgeous April weather. I spend a lot of time in the greenhouse where there is 23 degrees C. (74F) and no wind whatsoever, that’s the way I like it.

Today Ester start and I wish you all a wonderful Easter Holiday! / xoxo Tyra

Toil the Soil - Kitchen Garden and Fleamarket Gardening

This post Toil the Soil - Kitchen Garden and Fleamarket Gardening was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden / Tyras Trädgård

 

 

TOIL the SOIL

In this issue you meet Charlotta,  Marie and me. Kitchen Garden and Fleamarket Gardening

Rubbish or treasure? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  

So very true!

"It was actually rather by chance the whole project started. In 2002 the family found 36 very old windows in an attic, they dated from 1901. My husband thought it would be a great idea to throw the ‘junk’ away but I certainly disagreed with that, I didn’t like that idea at all. Now my resourceful mind started to work intensively. Those window had a history, they were beautiful, single glass windows with a lot of charm and in a fairly good condition too. It didn’t take long until the thought of building greenhouse of them begun to progress"...read more in Toil the Soil

Blooming Friday - This weeks theme On the ground

I'm bending it a bit...I'm thinking ground...earth...dirt...and soil

Don't be a stranger my friend - Do write something!

Vertical Garden in the Ladies Room

When I visited the Garden Fair in Stockholm last weekend I had a wonderful time. There where so many gorgeous flowers, plants, pots, greenhouses and people to look at and admire but what really cought my eye was a 'vertical garden', a wall in the 'Ladies'. Absolutely stunning!

As I got home I looked up Vertical Garden and found Patrick Blanc.. just look at this

Patrick Blanc  

Very inspirational...:-)....hm....now where can I build a vertical garden?

xoxo TYRA

Wild Flowers Native to the Forest Floor

April Blooms

The wild flower ~ Common Hepatica ~

Today the botanical name is Hepatica nobilis but Carl von Linné gave it the name Anemone hepatica. Common names: Common Hepatica, Kidneywort, Liverwort, Pennywort. This little pretty flower is a member of the Ranunculaceae family that is native to the forest floors of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In my country you are not allowed to pick the Hepatica nor dig it up. In the beginning of April each year we can admire and enjoy its astonishing yet uncomplicated beauty in the woods. Among the dry leaves on the forest floor this little fellow reaches up towards the sun and says 'Hello it is spring!'

 
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This is my contribution to this weeks Today's Flower as well as Monday Mosaic. I wish to say Thank you to our dear hosts and to all the visiters,


 I wish you a lovely week 



...and now something in my native tongue

photo: Tyra 'Arty Hepatica' 

Blåsippan ute i backarna står,
 nigen och säger att nu är det vår!

Se men inte röra!

 Jag hörde på naturmorgon i morse att Blåsippan är fridlyst i hela landet.

I bland kan man hitta blåsippor som är nästan röda, lite cerice rosaröda i färgen och de kallas rödsippor men är alltså samma blomma. Hepatica nobilis och tillhör familjen Ranuculaceae. Läs mer om vår älskade blå sippa här i Den virtuella floran Det äldre vetenskapliga namnet var Anemone hepatica

Peace-in-the-home ~ Soleirolia soleirolii

Mother of thousands,
 Angel's tears or Irish moss?


What do you call this little darling, we call it hemtrevnad and of all the english names of this plant I think Peace-in-the-home is the closest equivalent.
It is Easter Monday and the last day of the Easter Holiday. We have had a most wonderful Easter even wheather-wise until today, another set back in the wheather...but they say it will be over quickly and the spring will be back tomorrow.

Mosaic Monday

"The plant Soleirolia soleirolii (syn. Helxine soleirolii) of the nettle family has a number of common names, including baby's tears, angel's tears, mind-your-own-business, peace-in-the-home, pollyanna vine, mother of thousands, and the Corsican curse. It has also been called Irish moss; however, it is not a moss, nor should it be confused with Sagina subulata or Chondrus crispus, which are also known as "Irish moss". It is a delicate-looking creeping herb with juicy bright green or yellow leaves and multitudes of tiny white flowers. It grows close to the ground in mats and is sometimes used in ornamental gardens alongside ferns and other moisture-loving type of plants." wikipedia


TYRA

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

~ APRIL ~

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

Don't be a stranger - do write something.

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