Squash and Pumpkin Parade

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Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 'Blue Hubbard' and 'Marina di Chioggia' are the green ones at the bottom. The yellow/orange one I think really looks like a how pumpkin should look like, it's a Pumpkin Racer F1. The rest are just small one's that I grow purely for decorations.

Blue Hubbard has got this wonderful bright orange flesh, good for cooking.

More about 'Blue Hubbard' in Swedish.

Pumpkins and Squash in Tyra's Garden

Colourful pumpkins are perfect for Autumn decorations.

This one is .....Ugly Betty

Ha det bra! Have a nice day / Tyra

The Greenhouse.....coffee, Stuart Little & Red Hot Chili Peppers.....

Brassica - a Favorite in Tyra's Garden and Kitchen

Brassicas are definitely my favorites in Tyra's Garden. This big family adds colour and structure to my potager. All those lovely colours of green: pale, soft, blueish green, purple green etc.

Brassica a huge group of plants. DESCRIPTION: This is a group of plants belonging to the Mustard family, Cruciferae. It includes vegetables that are commonly grown and known as Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Collards, Kale, Kohlrabi, Mustard, Rape, Rutabaga and Turnip. Many can be grown for their ornamental leaves. (from. Botany.com)

BRASSICAS are highly nutritious full of antioxidants, Sulforaphane exists in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage. Brassicas are really good food and cheap to and if you grow them yourself they are ever cheaper and taste wonderful.

Kålsoppa - Kohlsuppe - Cabbage soup

1 small cabbage, sliced/chopped
1 liter chicken broth
4 diced bacon or kabanosse würst/Polish Kielbasa
1 minced onions
4-5 diced potatoes
salt and pepper, thyme and caraway seeds, to taste
Sour cream

Put the chopped cabbage and the broth in the saucepan/pot, simmer for 1/2 hour.
In a saute pan, cook the diced bacon/würst,
Saute the onion in the bacon drippings until soft.
Add the chopped bacon, onion, potato, and S & P to the sausepan/pot.
Cook for an additional 1 hour, until the cabbage reaches the texture you prefer.

Serve with of sour cream and a nice bread

Smaklig måltid - Bon Apetite

TYRA

The Big Dig part II. The Roses

The Roses

Done, 39 roses are down ready for the long rest.

Det var verkligen ett slavjobb. Tungt och skitigt rent ut sagt. Längst ner i botten under själva planteringsgropen lade jag stallgödsel, ingen rolig historia, sedan jord, vatten, ros och jord igen kupat upp runt rosen. Hoppas att det blir bra. Jag är ju definitivt novis på rosor. Men man lär så länge man lever.

The list of the roses in the order they were planted in The Big Dig in groups of three. They are all quite tall and wide and the most important... really fragrant.

1. Rosa rugosa (white)
2. Maigold
3. Rosa rugosa 'Hansa'
4. Louis Bognet
5. Lichtkönigin 'Lucia'
6. Rosa 'Quattre Saison'
7. Ritausma
8. Rosa rugosa 'Hansa'
9. Henry Hudson
10. Frülungsluft
11. Stanwell Perpetual
12. Rosa 'Anna'
13. John Davis

......and then came the rain, thank you Lord.

Have a great weekend!

TYRA

The Big Dig

October is absolutely perfect for planting. This is my project "The Big Dig" . I'm going to plant 39 roses. 12 different kind of roses 3 of each except for Rosa Rugosa 'Hansa' that is my husbands favorite so of those I have 6. My plan is that they are going to form a hedge.... hm we will see......and oh YES, look I have a real plan.

This is how they arrived and this is were I order my roses.
Jag beställde mina rosor på postorder, det fungerade jättebra! Skönt att sitta hemma och planera hur man vill ha det, man kan ju planera så bra när man får information om utseende, höjd växtsett etc, direkt på sidan där man sedan beställer rosorna. Toppen tycker jag.

Meet Henry! Henry Hudson, he is from Canada.

Henry Hudson En härdig rugosahybrid från Kanada. Vackert grågrönt, friskt bladverk. Knopparna är rosaskiftande . Blommar med vita, doftande blommor från juni till hösten. Höjd och bredd 1-1,2 meter. Skall klara blöta lägen. Mycket frisk sort. Zon 1-7

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TYRA

Stephanotis floribunda - fragrant climber

Stephanotis floribunda

Stephanotis floribunda is a tender, evergreen, twining climber. It requires warm growing conditions and is best suited to greenhouse or conservatory culture. It can grow to about 3 meters and bears beautiful white, waxy, very fragrant flowers.

Stephanotis floribunda will occasionally produce longish, fleshy fruits, particularly during warm summers. The fruit may reach 10cm or more in length and have been described as resembling a small avocado, do not eat them, they are not edible.

This picture of the fruit and seed capsule are from a Stephanotis floribunda, taken in october 2006, Tyra's Garden. Now I have these pretty babies from my Stephanotis mother plant.

Doftranka ifrån Tyras Trädgård planterade tidigt i våras. Tyra's Garden (alien in a pot)

The fruit take several months to ripen, they can be picked and placed in a warm situation to encourage ripening. Once the fruits are fully ripe, they will begin to split and turn brown.
At this stage, the two halves can be pulled apart, to reveal a central mass of flattened seeds, which have a silky plume of white hairs, attached to one end. Store the seeds overwinter in cool, dry, frost-free conditions. I sow them thinly in early spring, cover with compost, in a warm temperature of about 20-24°c .

Doftrankans frukt tar lång tid att mogna. Frökapseln spricker av sig själv. Bild från Tyras Trädgård 2006

Doftrankan är en städsegrön, klättrande buske till fyra meter lång, med giftig mjölksaft. Bladen är enkla, motsatta, helbräddade, mörkt gröna, läderartade och kan bli 15 cm långa. Blommorna bli ca sex cm långa, de sitter många tillsammans i flockar och är mycket väldoftande. Kronorna är vita, rörformade med ett utbrett, femflikigt bräm. läs mer, länk till Wikipedia

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Ha en riktigt bra dag!

TYRA

In - Law Weekend

In -Law Weekend in Umeå.
A lot of fun, food & drink, 'relax' and walks. A visit to Gammlia and the "Egil the tug" museum. The city offers world-class art, drama, films, industries, music and research. It aims to attract more companies, break new construction records and, not least become the European Capital of Culture 2014. Umeå is one of Sweden's fastest growing cities. The average age of the 111 000 people who live in Umeå is 37. They intend to increase their numbers — the goal is to pass the 150 000 figure before 2050.

From the picture above.

A visit to Market Place with all the fruit, veggies and flowers.

Time for some shopping, "Gamla Bettan" got a smart looking coat.

Mr Mechanic, the man with the 'do not touch-sign' doing one of his funny faces. He's a great man with a wonderful sense of humor.

The brothers and sister by the family grave, we lit a candle for grandma and grandpa, Ester and Johannes Nordin and put down some flowers on the grave. After that a jump of joy from Hubbe and Eva - did we say lunchtime?

Down by the river on the boat 'Sjöbris' we enjoyed a coffee in the beautiful September sunshine. The autumn air was clear and fresh, still quite warm, guess it was about 15 degrees and no wind. Perfect day for a walk, so off we went to Gammlia.

A few kilometres from the city centre you find Gammlia, an Outdoor Museum where you can look at all the lovely old buildings and at the same time enjoy the great landscape, there are some stunning views from up there.

At Västerbottens museum we visited 'The family tug'.S/S Egil. a steam tug built in Germany 1914. In may 1924 Grandpa Johannes Nordin became captain on this fine boat.

. Kolla in den här artikeln om Egil
Thank you for a great weekend!

Tyra

Ps. I had to add some green stuff. Look at this beauty!

Hydrangea - syrénhortensia in Swedish

Tyra's Raspberry Jam

Each year I make a few jars of lovely raspberry jam. I pick my berries when ripe and that is in July and August here on my latitude. Then I throw them in the freezer for later use. Normally I make jams on cold, grey and rainy winter days but this last weekend I needed some lovely jam for my waffles and the shelves were empty.

I have these absolutely brilliant jam jars from Italy called Quatre Stagioni, which I rinse with Vodka. Then I poor the very hot jam into the jars and put on the lids straight away. Now they are sealed tight, hermetic without any complicated procedure.

Calligraphy is an art I’ve have practiced for some years now and to label the jars with a nice handwritten label I just think makes the final touch.

När Missy M kommer hem på visit från England är det alltid en massa maträtter som vi bara måste ha på bordet under hennes besök i Svedala. Våfflor med hallonsylt är en sådan rätt. När vi var uppe på landet i helgen passade vi på att mysa till lite med göra hallonsylt och sedan grädda våfflor, härligt. Vi provade våfflor med fullkorn och de smakade utmärkt.

Tyra’s Raspberry Jam.
2 litres of raspberries – 1 kilo sugar with pectin for thicker jam (optional).
Mash the berries and boil for a few minutes. Add sugar, stir well and leave to simmer for an additional 5 minutes. Pronto!

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Have a nice day/ TYRA

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

Ulriksdals Flower Show

I år var det tredje året som Ulriksdals Flower Show gick av stapeln på Ulriksdals Slott, 30 augusti - 2 september. Här kommer lite bilder. Där fanns bland annat en mycket trevlig utställning om kungliga brudbuketter, den här tyckte jag var min finast.

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Kronprinsessan Viktoria och Kronprins Gustav (V) 1881 i Karlsruhe

Här kunde man köpa jättefina lilje lökar till bra pris.

En lite ballkongutställningen som var riktigt kreativ.

Man fick lite svårt att välja vilken man skulle ta.

Alla var trevliga, dessa blev dock favoriterna.

Orangeriet på Ulriksdals slott.

Marknad med fina varor, marmelader och dricka.

Hostmedicin, toppsocker och honung. Finfina grejer.

Klämmig ung man som sålde majs och äpplen, han lärde mej hur man känner att majskolven är mogen att plocka. Man nyper till upptill och då skall den kännas rundad inte spetsig :)

Tyra kom hem med 1 korv, 2 majs, 2 äpplen, marmelad, hostmedicin ......inte en enda liten ynka blomma!

Flower Show? No, den kunde ha varit mycket bättre! Hade det inte varit för den fina brudbukettutställning så kändes den lite onödig.

TYRA

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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