Shadow

This post 'Shadows' was oroginally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyras Garden

Red Hot Chili Pepper - Harvest in my potager - Begonia in the greenhouse

Today's flowers - Begonia

Fototriss - 'Three of a kind' and this weeks theme is SHADOW

Without the shadows playing over the objects, the photos are dead. Shadows is just as important as the light in a picture. Its the cooperation between shadow and light that is absolutely essential for a good result. Its an art to be able to see when to catch the moment.


Veckans tema är skugga. Det skall bli kul att se allas tolkningar. Det är roligast om man först gör sitt eget inlägg och sedan reser runt bland alla bloggare och ser era tolkningar. Kul ämne tycker jag.


Ha en trevlig söndag! / Tyra 

September in my Potager

This post 'September in my Potager' was oroginally uploade by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in th blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden

I have the privilege to have both Vanessa and Echinacea in my September garden, two very beautiful and highly appreciated visitors. Nice combo, don't you think? I just love this time of the year in my potager. It is still warm and kind of quiet and calm, I have this melancholy feeling but… nevertheless it feels actually rather pleasant.

From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.

By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.

The golden-rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.

The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.

The sedges flaunt their harvest,
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters in the brook,

But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.

T'is a thing which I remember;
To name it thrills me yet:
One day of one September
I never can forget.

- Helen Hunt Jackson, September

Dahlia Mignon in my Potager

This post 'Dahlia Mignon in my potager' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

Blooming Friday September, the weather is still great and the air is warm. I love this time of the year, golden days and kind of 'Chillout time' in the garden, harvesting is the main work now and it is so joyful and rewarding.This Friday I want to show you a dear friend in my potager, Dahlia Mignon. Among all my vegetables and herbs I plant dahlias and especially this undemanding single flowering dahlia the Dahlia Mignon 'Firebird'.

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Blommig fredag igen och den här veckan tänkte jag bjuda på en lite skönhet. Dahlia Mignon 'Firebird' en enkelblommande mycket lättskött dahlia som jag både har på friland i köksträdgården men även i krukor där de faktiskt trivs rikigt bra.

I love it and so does the beautiful butterflies as well.

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I have written before and I say it again 'To combine flowers with vegatable is the Yin & Yang in my potager' I think it give me a healthy sustainable garden and it certainly adds beauty as well. Yin & Yang in Tyra's Garden 2007



Att kombinera blommor och grönsaker är både vackert för ögat och nyttigt för trädgården.


.. Dahlia Mignon among the Kale 'Nero di Toscana'



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'Nero di Toscana' kallas även Svartkål och Palmkål och jag har den alltid med i min potager. Palmkålen är en form av grönkål och har avlånga krusiga blad och har en härligt mörkt svartgrön färgton.






It's is time to start gather the seed from this years flowers, are you a collector? As you know I'm a 'seedaholic' as a result of that my seedbank is getting a lot of deposits :-)



more cabbage...this time Brassica oleracea var. sabellica


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Fler härliga bidrag till 'Blommig fredag' hittar du här hos Katarina

I wish you all a great and happy weekend in the garden.

Ha det gott mina vänner!

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TYRA

Blackberries and Gherkins - September

September in the garden time to harvest the last tomatoes, the Mexican gherkins, peppers and chillies. The Mexican sour Gherkins (above on the right) are a true favorite of mine, if you haven't tried them before I really recommend that you to have a go with them.

The greenhouse in September

Recept på Björnbärsmarmelad med apelsin

1 liter björnbär, tunnt skal från en ekologiskt odlad apelsin och syltsocker efter smak (5 dl). Strimla det tunna apelsinskalet fint och lägg det tillsammans med björnbären i en kastrull. Vill man ha den lite syrligare tillsatt 1 tsk citronsyra . Koka i 5 minuter och tillsätt sedan sockret. Koka ytterligare 2 minuter. Färdigt. Den här sylten passar även till ostbrickan, speciellt till en lagrad getost.

Blackberries and Mexican sour Gherkins

Dessa små gurkor smakar gudomligt gott och skall direkt från plantan tycker jag.

TYRA

Ha en trevlig helg - I wish you all a happy weekend!

The Botanical Garden of Uppsala

On our way to our ‘summerhouse’ we decided to stop at The Botanical Garden in Uppsala . Uppsala is halfway and perfect for a quick stop. Do some shopping, have lunch or do something more interesting like this time a visit to a botanical garden. Miss M and I chose to have coffee first at a very nice Café called ‘Fågelsången’. The sun was shining from a crystal clear September sky so we were able to sit outside and enjoy our coffee and cake, watching all the people passing by. Next stop was the Botanical Garden in Uppsala. We were very glad to find out that there was an exhibition 'Harvest at Botan' in the Orangery of Linneanum.

In 1807, in memory of the 100th. anniversary of Linnaeus' birth the Linneanum was ready for inauguration. .

The exhibition was fantastic all those wonderful veggies! A lot of them I've never even heard of. Tomatoes in all colours and shapes. This particular 'Carson' looks great, nice colours and healthy, I have to get some seeds next year and try it out.
Fantastiskt trevlig dag blev det i Uppsala med både konditoribesök och besök i den fina bötaniska trädgården. Nu är vi på landet och skördar lite äpplen och plommon. Plommonen var inte många men det kompenserades av att de blev extra stora och vackra i år.

Ha det bra och njut av ljuva september! Skriv en rad/ TYRA

September....do you remember?

Hey hey hey, Ba de ya - say do you remember.

Ba de ya - dancing in September. Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.

Our hearts were ringing.

In the key that our souls were singing.

As we danced in the night,

Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.

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Yes, that was Earth, Wind & Fire. Great song that always makes me smile whenever I hear it.

September the ninth month in the Gregorian calender. Another month of harvest. The tomatoes and chillies are ready to harvest. Each day you can pick your own mixed salad, delicious. Isn't that fab. what a privilege.

I september brukar jag avsluta min period av beskäring av äppelträd. Jag JAS beskär, det vill säja att under perioden juli, augusti och september beskär jag mina äppelträd. Är det mycket som skall tas bort tar jag även en sväng med sekatören i februari. Men september är bäst tycker jag, då kan man flisa ner kvistarna med blad och lägga på eller i rabatterna. Lite godis till maskarna.

Skriv en rad!

TYRA