A Greenhouse from Old Windows

A Greenhouse from Old Windows.

An article about my greenhouse written by Stephie McCarthy at Flea Market Gardening. The pictures in the article are from my blog or my book "Året i Köksträdgården"

Welcome to a Winter Garden Tour...

"Resarö, Sweden — North winds blow hard from the Baltic Sea and buffet against the willow fence around Tyra Lindhe’s kitchen garden. Designer, author, and creator of one of the most appealing Internet garden sites since 2006, this January, Tyra is showing visitors around her greenhouse made from vintage windows rescued from an attic in her seacoast town in Stockholm County. An ardent photographer, Tyra delights visitors with views of her cobbles-and-millstone courtyard glowing in the last rays of afternoon sun. Then as night falls, this creative gardener lights white candles in the windows and instantly adds even more enchantment." read more...

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I know I'm totally bonkers...and love it!

This post "I know I'm totally bonkers...and love it!" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog 

Tyras Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

My Indoor Miniature Garden

I got this crazy and wild idea last night that I would like to have an indoor succulent garden ;-) or perhaps more appropriately put an indoor garden with succulents. I know, I know... I'm totally bonkers! This is the result, I'm not finished with it yet, got to get more plants and another kind of lighting. I lined the table drawerI with a piece of plastic coated fabric, added soil and planted my pots into soil and then filled up with crushed cacao shells

Voilà! I got my first miniature garden and it is in my living room. I'm so satisfied with the result, I wonder what my Hubby says when he arrives from Paris tonight. 

Succulents and an orchid in my living room table.

Succulents

Echeverias, read more at  The amazing world of succulents by Judy Maier

Wish you all a great weekend! Tyra

January in the Garden

This post 'January in the Garden' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog

Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

January in the Garden...well it is certainly not much green out there.

I’m not a huge fan of the month January; as a matter of fact I would like to press the delete button and make it go away. It is the coldest month of the year here on my latitude. I aim for and always wish to work my garden all year around but I must admit I never manage to do that, but I’m stubborn and I’ll never give up. Some time I'll get my four season garden. (Perhaps I have to move)

This is the month for planning and dreaming and this year is no different. I’ve started to plan the structure of my garden and rotation plan for 2013 and I’ve also order some of the seeds that I need.  Now I just have to wait for Valentine’s Day; that is the day when I start off with my sowing indoors on the veranda - Operation Occupation

You have to do the best of it...here we have some pictures to brighten up even the darkest of winter-days

Show Me Your Greenhouse!

This post"Show me your greenhouse/Vis Mig Dit Drivhus - Claus Dalby" was originally uploaded by Tyra

Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN and reblogged in The greenhouse... and Tyra's Garden

 Show Me Your Greenhouse

 - Vis mig dit drivhus

The first garden book to be the read this year was a book from Claus Dalby. In this impressive and heavy plus five hundred pages book, we follow him on a garden tour. The author takes us on a grand garden tour through Scandinavia, visiting hundreds of garden and of course the same amount of astonishing greenhouses.

Claus Dalby has this amazing eye for what to shoot with him camera. That really impressed me on his visit in my garden last fall. He registered in a blink of an eye all interesting items worth detecting in my garden on that very day. He saw exactly those things that I wanted him to notice, most astonishing.  If it was plants or arrangement he caught them all with his camera.

After having read the book I have one greenhouse that really caught my heart and that is the greenhouse at Hørsholm in Denmark. The owners to this magnificent greenhouse are Margit and Knut-Georg Engen. The greenhouse was built in 1948 and has an area of 60 square meters. I love the design it is elegant yet not too extravagant it still looks like a greenhouse should look like if you know that I mean.

If you are looking for a greenhouse design or have a general interest of Scandinavian interior designs this is a good book to start off with. I know that it isn’t in your language but I think it can be of great help anyway as it is most inspirational.

The greenhouse in Tyra's Garden

Nu har jag läst årets första trädgårdsbok och det är en
riktig "tegelsten" från Claus Dalby. Som alla de övriga av Claus andra böcker är det här en
underbar bok att bläddra i, han är riktigt bra fotograf och skriver rakt och
lättbegripligt.
 Han har en fantastisk förmåga att se alla de små detaljerna och det var jag verkligen
fascinerad av vid vårt möte i höstas. Han var så snabb på att upptäcka alla de
små "godbitarna" som fanns att fånga just den dagen i min potager. Om det
så gällde växter, rätta vinklar och alla små vrår så såg han vad jag brukar se och
fånga med mitt öga i min trädgård.

 Margit och Knut-Georg  Engens drivhus - Hørsholm

Engen's greenhouse in Hørsholm

Mitt favoritbesök var i det ”Engenska Växthuset” i Hørsholm.
Där bor Margit och Knut-Georg (vilket fint namn, två gamla kunganamn ihopsatta)
Växthuset är från 1948 och har en ansenlig yta på 60kvm, alldeles perfekt,
vilken dröm! Högt i tak och fin nockvinkel. Det här växthuset blev absolut min
favorit när jag samlat alla intryck från boken.

Show my your greenhouse - Vis mig dit drivhus

Claus Dalby

Thank you Claus for "a great garden tour" - Tack Claus för en fantastisk ”trädgårdsresa”
You find more of Claus Dalby's book here at Klematis

- Mer om Claus Dalbys böcker finner du här - Klematis

This is a picture that reminds me of a picture by the Swedish artist Hanna Pauli and the picture is "Breakfast time". The photo of my greenhouse looks like it is taken on an early morning in Juni. I can imagine myself carrying out a tray with the breakfast, to enjoy it out in the green. But it is not, it is actually taken by Claus Dalby at his visit in september last fall.

The greenhouse in Tyra's Garden

Här är en bild av mitt växthus som Claus Dalby har tagit och den påminner mig så om Hanna Paulis målning, Frukostdags. Det känns som en försommar morgon där jag precis är i färd med att duka upp till frukost i det gröna men i själva verket är det faktiskt en eftermiddag i september månad.

Om Frukostdags 

"Det är en fin sommarmorgon. Solen skiner. En kvinna vaknade imorse och beslutade sig för att göra frukost till hela familjen ute. 
De bor i en fin by. Omkring deras hus finns en liten skog. Kvinnan tänker att hon ska göra frukost i skogen.  
Hon ställer bordet och stolarna under ett stort träd. Sen dukar hon bordet. När hon är klar väcker hon barnen och sin man. Kvinnan ser glad ut"

Text: Malgorzata

Happy Gardening Folks!

LOL/ Tyra...

and that is Lots of Love ;D

Don't be a stanger, communicate! 

ou can write to tilltyra@gmail.com 

 or comment here.

 I would love to hear from you.

Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Sweet Nymph'

This post Hippeastrum - Amaryllis 'Sweet Nymph' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

'Sweet Nymph'

Soon January is coming to its end and so it is for all my dear Hippeastrums (Amaryllis). I have had six different varieties this year and they sure have given my so much joy. This is one of the last, the stunning 'Sweet Nymph'

'Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen

Within thy airy shell

By slow Meander's margent green,

And in the violet-embroidered vale

Where the lovelorn nightingale

Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well:

Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair

That likest thy Narcissus are?'

John Milton (1608-1674), 'Comus'

 John William Waterhouse - Echo and Narcissus

'Aphrodite'- Goddess of LOVE, Beauty and Pleasure

This post  'Aphrodite'- Goddess of LOVE, Beauty and Pleasure was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden



Still hibernating...zzz

I have a Goddess in bloom on my window-sill. It is the stunning Hippeastrum Amaryllis 'Aphrodite', named after the Greek goddess of love, beauty and pleasure. This magnificent amaryllis has been 'in floribus' for some days now and I just cannot take my eyes from it. Double pale pink almost white flowers with accentuated edges. Thank you 'Aphrodite' for brighten up even the darkest of days in January.

And now some in my native tongue.

Dagarna börjar nu bli längre och ljuset lite starkare men det här med trädgård och odling känns som det är oändligt långt borta. Men nu har i alla fall halva januari gått och det känns skönt. Jag tycker att januari är den tyngsta av vintermånaderna. Ingen riktig vinter har vi fått än heller och det tackar jag för. Vi har ett par minusgrader har vi här idag och ett par cm snö...det är lagom tycker jag. Och tänk så mycket pengar man tjänar när det är så här milt, elräkningen var på flera tusen kronor billigare den här perioden jämfört med samma förra året, thank you!

Don't be a stranger my friend - Communicate ;D
Love to hear from You.

TYRA

Today's Flower

'Exotic Star' - Amaryllis, Hippeastrum

This post 'Exotic Star' - Amaryllis, Hippeastrum was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

Winter flowers - My January blooms on the windowsills are all the different Amaryllises or should I call them by their botanical name, Hippeastrums

This one is called Exotic Star  (Gracilis Amayllis - Hippeastrum) and it sure looks very Exotic, don't you agree? I planted this bulb in late October and just before Christmas the first flower opened and revealed it's Exotic beauty. It is now the 2nd of January and it is still 'in floribus'

"For many years there was confusion amongst botanists over the generic names Amaryllis and Hippeastrum, one result of which is that the common name "amaryllis" is mainly used for cultivars of this genus, which are widely used as indoor flowering bulbs. The generic name Amaryllis applies to bulbs from South Africa, usually grown outdoors." Wikipedia

Amaryllis Planting and Care

Don't be a stranger my friend ~ do write something/ Tyra

Tulipa 'Apricot Parrot*

This post 'Tulipa 'Apricot Parrot' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden

A magnificent flower to brighten up even the darkest of January days.

Today's Flower is a tulip that I found on a visit to Keukenhof.

Tulipa 'Apricot Parrot'

This tulip is from 1935, it bloom late spring, height 14-16" about 50 cm. 

If you find the Parrot tulips fascinating you find some more interesting facts here at The Plant Expert 

Class10 Parrot Tulips

You can find your Apricot Parrot Tulip here, although this is not the time to buy the bulbs.

Prosperous Garden

This post Prosperous Garden was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

 

 

 

Prosperous Garden...Yes please!

 Well one can always dream can't I?

 

- It is so exciting to open this 'book' and turn the page to a perfectly blank unwritten sheet and start a brand new chapter of the Tyra's Garden story. I say welcome to the growing season of 2011; I have so many dreams and plans...no gigantic plans and project rather a lot of ideas how I can achieve a prosperous garden. Both when it comes to the beauty aspect, but perhaps even more important to get a sustainable, flourishing and 'tasty' potager that gives me a good yield.

During 2011, I have plans like to build new cold frames, a ladder for the apple trees, plant more ornamental grasses and last but not least I would also like to make plans for more winter gardening. I would like to stretch my growing season although I haven't got the solutions to that issue yet. I got this book by Eliot Coleman Four-Season Harvest and after reading a few chapters I was hooked on the idea!

Coming soon: More about Four-Season Gardening in the blog The Greenhouse... 

and in Swedish in the Kitchen Garden KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN

 

January the first

I have this song in my head today and I think it is a great song for the first day of the rest of my life.

I Bought the Crown Jewels

Chia - Crown Jewels

What little did I know?…

and when I entered the world of Chia.

I have just received a few seed packets from Baker Creek Heirlooms Seeds for my potager. I always want to know a little about the plant I’m going to grow, consequently I looked up my Chia - Crown Jewels and entered a new world, most fascinating. I landed in American history, health, ancient food and future ‘super’ food. Amazing, do you know... I’ve bought a miracle! Perhaps that is why they are called just Crown Jewels or it could be because the flower in its simplicity yet beauty look like a small crown with precious blue-purple stones in it.

Wikipedia Salvia columbariae



Chia - Crown Jewels

(Salvia columbariae ) A different Salvia species with a long history, this heirloom Salvia was grown as a staple food crop by Native Americans years ago. It has a high nutrition value. In cultivation, it needs good drainage, sun and dry weather to grow to its fullest potential. Called Chia in Mexico and other Central American countries, it is also a special ornamental plant with decorative grey-green leaves and pretty colourful light purplish blue flowers.

Chia as Health Food

Chia seeds are now a popular natural health product. William Anderson writes about it

- The Ancient Food of the Future Chia Seed. Do read this most fascinating article.

“Another unique quality if the Chia seed is its high oil content, and the richest vegetables source for the essential omega-3 fatty acid. It has approximately three to ten times the oil concentrations of most grains and one and a half to two times the protein concentrations of other grains. Read more ”

This amazing picture is from EOL Encyclopedia of Life.

The beautiful seeds of Salvia columbariae.

Interesting? Want to try it out?

Chia Seeds - The RAW Food World
Chia Seeds - My SEEDS

Here you can buy Chia seeds and a lot of other interesting food.




Anthropology – about Chia Salvia columbariae


NCBI* Writes about the Chia seeds, how it has been used as food and continues to be used as such, how you can still buy the seeds in stores. Read the interesting story about the Chumash messenger who ran 30 km or perhaps more in a day to deliver messages between the villages. Consuming Chia seeds to maintain the energy right through the run. Read more about the Chumash and Chia “ How the plant was used to ‘wake the dead’ is unknown. However, it may have been the root that was used. Probably the people who were treated with this plant had suffered from strokes or heart attacks and appeared to be nearly dead.” NCBI

Books about Chia (Salvia columbariae)

- Rediscovering a Forgotten Crop of the Aztecs

- Revival of an Ancient Wonder Food

- Chia For Health

Another book that awoke my curiosity as I browsed the net was this +300 pages book

The New Book of SALVIAS, hm...I would love to read it.

Common Sage Salvia officinalis in my potager.

That's All Folks!

It is Blooming Friday at Katarinas place

I wish you all a great weekend/ Tyra

*NCBI - National Center for Biotechnology Information

Sourdough Bread - Rev. Sylvester Graham

This post 'Sourdough Bread'... was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

...

It was pit dark when I woke up this morning, still I almost jumped up from the bed as I remember that I had two sourdoughs to bake out this morning. A nice cup of coffee while waiting for the bread to rise (second rise) and for the oven to get warm, hot is a better word I start out with 250C (480F). Two different doughs but both made of a whole-wheat sourdough base. One with Graham flour and one with strong wheat-flour. Neither spices nor any fruit added this time I wanted to get a quite plain bread with a neutral taste just some sea salt was added. Said and done an hour later I had my bread ready and we had a great start of the day…a long breakfast.

En perfekt start på dagen, ett riktigt gott nybakat bröd. Det här gjordes på en surdegsbas och en fördeg - sedan lät jag det jäsa hela natten för att sedan baka ut det i morse.

Graham flour

"Graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour named after the American Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), an early advocate for dietary reform. According to the Larousse Gastronomique, Graham despised processed white flour and believed that bran was the cure-all for the bad eating habits of his compatriots.
Rather than simply grinding the whole grain wheat kernel (bran, germ, and endosperm), in graham flour the components are ground separately. The endosperm is ground finely, initially creating white flour. The bran and germ are ground coarsely. The two parts are then mixed back together, creating a coarse-textured flour that bakes and keeps well. Graham flour is used to make graham crackers and pie crusts, among other things. " wikipedia

Have a great winter day/ Tyra

Green Ornamental 'Flowers' for the Potager

This post 'Green Ornamental 'Flowers'... was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

Haha...I did manage to keep my promise

- Not to order any seeds until January

I have just sent in the first order of seeds and I started with the base, the wonderful Brassicas. The Brassica oleraceas are the fundamental plants in my potager I think they are so beautiful. So many different shapes and colour and still the same family, Brassicaceae, amazing. Isn't it a nice family name too, perhaps I could change to Tyra Brassicaceae :-)

I manage to get in 5 cultivar groups of the seven cultivars of Brassica.

Brassica oleracea Acephala Group - kale and collard greens
Brassica oleracea Capitata Group - cabbage
Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group - brussels sprouts
Brassica oleracea Gongylodes Group - kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea Italica Group – broccoli

I think I was able to find a lovely collection of colours and structures.


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Brassica oleracea seedlings