From Seed to Bloom - Clematis 'Gladys Picard'

This post 'From Seed to Bloom - Clematis 'Gladys Picard' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden

From Seed to Bloom Clematis Gladys Picard

How to grow Clematis from seed.

I got some useful tips and ideas here from Mr.Greenthumb 

I  also learnt that I will probably not get a Gladys, I will get something else. But still, I will have a go and see what I’ll end up with in the end.

This will be interesting…to be continued

TODAY'S FLOWER

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

Här hittade jag en svensk länk till Allt om trädgårdsforum om hur man kan göra. Här är den.

Att fröså klematisfrö

Soothing remedy for coughs and colds

This post 'Once up on a Thyme' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

Once up on a Thyme...

...I walked on a path lined with of thymes and sensed the marvellous amoratic leaves and I fell in love...
I just adore the fragrance and taste of this herb. It is a favourite both in the potager as well as in the kitchen. I even make a cough medicine with Thymus vulgaris in it, see recipe for Tyra's remedy intended for coughs and colds below but first some pictures.

Wooly Thyme Thymus pseudolanuginosus

Woolly thyme —the wooliest of all thymes, forms a thick ground-covering mat of tiny, densely hairy grayish green leaves. The foliage has subtle fragrance and is not the best thyme for culinary use nor for my remedy. In June-July the pretty tiny pink tubular flowers appears. Plants grow to only about 5 cm or so in height. Woolly thyme thrives in dry, well-drained neutral to alkaline soil in full sun. Walks, rock gardens, stone walls, and pond borders (if dry) are all excellent habitats from the creeping of the lovely Thymus pseudolanuginosus. This thyme spills gracefully over stone walls and can be grown between stone pavers. To propagate, divide the plants in spring or autumn, or sow seed in early spring.

Thymus vulgaris Garden Thyme,

Thymus x citriodorus Lemon Thyme

and Orange fragrant Thyme Thymus fragantissiumus

are in my belief the best for culinary use. For medical use take the Thymus vulgaris.

Now for the recipe...

Tyra's soothing remedy for coughs and colds

Make a strong infusion of thyme, elderberry flowers and sage (let it cool) add lemon and a generous amount of honey and for adults 1/3 part of gin or congac. Drink small amount of this mixture several times per day, it is really soothing.

For a cold it is beneficent to add fresh ginger, chili and/or garlic as well.


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Susie on Gotland says "Here on Gotland the wild thyme growns in the meadows by the sea and it's so nice to go there late in the summer evenings as the sun set - and so on top of that sense the smell of crushed thyme. Wonderful! Oh, how I long for next year!"

En fin kommentar från Susie på min svenska blogg, jag tyckte det lät så skönt.

"Här växer ju timjanen vild på strandängarna och det är så skönt att gå där sent på sensommarkvällarna i solnedgången - och så ovanpå det få känna doften av krossad timjan. Underbart! Oj, vad jag längtar till nästa år!! "

Take care - LOLove/ Tyra

Don't be a stranger do write something...

Highgate Cemetery - London

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

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Highgate Cemetery

(Western)

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Today I'm going to show you some pictures from my visit to this amazing place called Highgate Cemetery, just about one hour from the City of London's hectic pulse. I'm a huge fan and admirer of this enchanted spot on earth. It lush, green, so very beautiful and calm.

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The family Tomb of Samuel Whitfield.

The cemetery's grounds are full of mature trees, shrubbery and wild flowers all of which have been planted and grown without human influence. ( I don't think that is completely true) I found a numerous wild flowers like for instance Bluebells Scilla non-scripta and Ramsons Allium ursinum. The guide told me that in a few weeks the wild poppies Papaver will bloom and can you imagine the red 'lanterns' lighten up the grounds. It must be wonderful. The grounds are a haven for birds and small animal. The cemeterys tree crowns form a wonderful most amazing canopy and the sound in the cemetery or the lack of noice is overwhelming.

I think this old tree below is a Lebanon Cedar

Catacomb of P.W. Talbot

The Highgate cemetery is devided into two parts the West and the East Cemetery. All my pictures here are from the West Cemetery. This Victorian Cemetery was opened in 1839. The initial design was by the architect Stephen Geary.

'Although its most famous occupant in the east cemetery is probably Karl Marx (whose tomb's attempted bombing in 1970 is still recalled by some Highgate residents), there are many other prominent figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery.' Facts from Wikipedia read more here



If you want to visit The Highgate Cemetery I recommend you to go to the official website of Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust


Highgate Cemetery
Swain's Lane
Highgate
London
N6 6PJ

Telephone No. (+44) 020 8340 1834



East Cemetery

Open from 10.00am weekdays, 11.00am weekends. There is no charge for children under the age of 16 when accompanied by an adult.

East Cemetery Tours

There is a guided tour of the East Cemetery once a month, on the first Saturday of each month. Tours are about one hour in length, and are limited to 15 people. Tickets are sold at the East Cemetery gate on the day of the tour on a first come, first served basis. The tour cost of £5 includes entrance to the East Cemetery. People should gather at 2:15 P.M. for a prompt start at 2:30.

Western Cemetery

Admission to the West Cemetery is by guided tour only. We have tours all year.
Call the office of The friends of Highgate Cemetery on 0208 340 1834 to discuss arrangements.


Have a great weekend my friend!

LOLove TYRA


DON'T BE A STRANGER - WRITE SOMETHING


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

Soak the Gardener! - Blub blub in my Tub tub

Soak the Gardener!

This is my bathroom I built a few years ago. It has this marine touch, inspired of old wooden boats I built my bathroom in mahogny, with brass details and old furniture and pebbles from allover the world. There is an article in this weeks 'Drömhem & Trädgård' a Swedish magazine (Dreamhome & Garden)

I senaste numret av Drömhem och trädgård får ni följa med in i 'The Gardeners Bathroom' :-). Där får ni läsa hur jag byggde mitt marina badrum, inspirerad av gamla fina träbåtar som jag älskar så. Med Mahogny, mässing, kristall, grönmarmor och stenar jag samlat från världens alla hörn byggde jag mitt lilla badrum som vi stortrivs i. Nästan allt i badrummet är begagnade saker och möbler jag samlat under året.

Flowers from the garden

Pion i vas

Marine brass details in my Bath room. A kerosene lamp, marine clock...

En skeppsklocka, fotogenlampa, barometer/hygrometer i mässing, står i hörnan vid badkaret.

How to make your own Bath Salt read more in the Greenhouse

Making Scents

TYRA

Titta in i min lilla kajuta... kommer ni ihåg den låten :-)

Recycled piece of furniture.

GARDEN FURNITURE

I went to an outdoor auction in the countryside last weekend and look what a found. A pedestal for my greenhouse isn’t it just perfect. Old, worn and a bit shabby but nice, just the way I want it to be. It will be great for the greenhouse and the garden. All my pieces of furniture in the greenhouse are real bargains, they are old and worn, now I have been missing a pedestal and there it was…for 40 kronor (7 dollar). Recycle more!

Have a great day!

The greenhouse Pure Joy

- Ha en fin dag, hoppas att det blir ännu en fin höstdag. Det är riktiga guldagar vi har haft i oktober tycker jag och det behöver vi för snart går vi in i det stora mörkret!

TYRA

Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris L. about SEEDS

Seed collecting tip from a "seed geek"

About collecting seeds from your Aquliegia Vulgaris L. Here is a tip when if you want to collect seeds from your Columbines and you want to have order among all the different varieties, shapes and colours.

Put a tag on the plants when they still are flowering, write down the name, colour, height etc. Then you know when it is time to harvest the seeds and all seed capules looks the same you know which one for instance is... blue, low or duuble....

I'm a real "seed geek"and yes I do have a table just for that purpose. It's an old table I found in a jumble sale, a true bargain. It's so suitable for seeds with the white surface on which I write the name of the seeds straight on the table. Perfect!

My seed table in the greenhouse

Ett litet tips från en "frötoka".

Här kommer ett jättebra tips till dej som vill ha ordning ibland alla dina fröer. Sätt en etikett med namn och utseende på plantan när den blommar! För du vet ju att när fröerna annars är redo för skörd och man tittar på frökapseln som exempelvis Aklejan som man ju inte färgen på och har man klipp av stjälkarna till "fröbuketter" ser man ju inte heller höjden. Men, har man märkt dem när de blommar blir det busenkelt. Etiketten lägger man sedan i fröpåsen och använder sedan den även vid sådd. Bra eller hur?

Ha det bra i höstmörkret...jag längtar så efter några dagar med sol! Marken är så blöt och trist, kan vi inte få lite höstsol och värma oss med.

Ha det bra, skriv en rad vet ja' - Have a nice day!

TYRA

Tjohoo even more Tomatoes...

They say that food with bright colours are extremely good for you, this must be great then.

Although I wonder if I can get an overdose :-)

Harvest of the day perfect for a nice tomato sallad.

Dagens skörd av fantastiska tomater, det är så jätte kul nu när man nu kan skörda varje dag. Mycket tomatsallad etc. blir det :-)

Sedan kan man ju göra fantastiska marmelader på småtomaterna. Här kommer ett recept på en med tomat, citron och mandel. Den skall jag ha till mina ostar, min dotter hittade en spännande ost ifrån Teneriffa, det är en hårdost av get och den blir perfekt till min marmelad.

Tomat & citronmarmelad med mandel

2 kg tomater små
½ Kg socker
½ kg syltsocker
250 gr mandel
2 citroner


Tomaterna som med fördel kan vara romance, plommon eller körbärstomater
Hackas och kan skållas om man inte gillar små skalbitar i marmeladen.
skrubba citronerna rena och riv skalet av dem samt hacka ner fruktköttet
i småbitar.
Mandels skållas och skivas på längden.

Koka tomat, citron och den skållade skivade mandeln en kvart tillsätt sockret
och koka en kvart till. Rör ner syltsockret, koka i ett par minuter till bara.

Kan varieras med att tillsätta vaniljstäng eller kardemumma
Passar utmärkt med en hårdost av get eller får, typ Manchego, Pecorino .
Även perfekt till en köttbit av kalv eller fläskkött.

Ha det bra TYRA

Tips 'n' ideas - My "antidepressant" drug

Today I really need an antidepressant drug.

The weather is appalling, I had a bad day at work and I think I’m coming down with a cold.

I need something to cheer me up!
I found these “happy pills”

Tyra's Garden with artichokes from Potager du Roi.

The potager in July. Summertime how lovely!

A simple yet beautiful Dahlia mignon "Firebird"

Now I feel a little bit better, tonight I think I'll spend the evening in Tuscany. The DVD Under the Tuscan Sun will be perfect. Maybe a glass of Chianti and something nice to go with it.

Tyra