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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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

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

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Spring has Sprung!

This Post 'Spring has Sprung' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

 'Sprung has Sprung!'

Blooming Friday - this weeks theme - In the Air

Well here Spring is definitely in the air!

Backlit Photographs of my Garden.

This post 'Backlit Photographs of my Garden' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden
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Against-the-light

 It is not that often we garden people take pictures with backlight in our garden but it is rather charming and perhaps we should use this photo technique a bit more frequently.

I read an article in takegreatpicture.com  about the backlight technique.

" Backlight is certainly not the easiest type of light with which to work, but taming it is a lot less difficult than you think." read the whole article Backlight Busters by Russ Burden

 

 My greenhouse on fire

 These photos are taken in November a few years ago, I think they are pretty nice, it is a calmness in them that I like, perfact the backlight effect helped to enhance that feeling.

Herbs and Kale in a cold greenhouse

It is Blooming Friday again my friends and the theme for this week is against-the-light. And this is my contribution, if you pop over to Katarinas place Roses and stuff there you can meet more participants from all over the globe. Enjoy! I end this post with a little Dahlia. It is a Dahlia Mignon 'Firebird' with backlight of course. 

I wish you all a lovely weekend/ Tyra

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Physalis - locally grown

At last, now in early September my Physalis are ready to harvest, sweet, pretty and very healthy. Full of vitamin C it is a true power-fruit or shall I call it power-berry. Eat locally grow! - you cannot beat home grown.

 Don't forget to save one little Physalis and harvest your own seeds - free seeds for 2011 growing season. 

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Flower of the month of May - Tulipa

Botanical Tulips vs. Hybrids

Tulips in bloom, what a joy!

Most of my tulips are botanical tulips I find them so very attractive, small and pretty, perhaps not as 'fancy' as the tall hybrid cultivars but they are just the way I like them. Another positive thing about the species tulips are that they are early, most of the hybridized are in bloom much later and then after they flowered I have to look at those dull sad looking leaves half the summer. 

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Today's Flower

Mosaic Monday

Botaniska tulpaner är verkligen mina favoriter, små, söta och framför allt tidiga. Varje år planterar jag fler för att jag tycker så mycket om dom. Tulipa greigii, Persian Pearl, Chopin och allt vad de heter. Jag tycker att rådjuren är inte lika heta på de botaniska tulpanerna som på hybriderna, vad tycker du? Har du märkt någon skillnad? 

TYRA

Helleborus 'Pink Frost' - Spring in the Greenhouse

Spring in the the Greenhouse

The snow is slowly melting and the sun is getting more bright for each day. This week has been just wonderful with all the sun oozing down onto my grounds. The greenhouse and I loves it! The Auriculas look just fine and I'm sure I'll see them in bloom quite soon.  +20 C (68F) in the greenhouse, now that is nice...I bought my first Helleborus this week and it is called 'Pink Frost' isn't just lovely. This Helleborus is my contribution to this weeks Blooming Friday and Today's Flower. Remember my last weeks post called 'Pistil and Stamen's now you can see more of these fantastic little things at Katarina's place ... just amazing. 

Helleborus ' Pink Frost' in the Greenhouse

GBBD - November in Tyra's Garden

This post 'GBBD- November' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

GBBD - November

The flowers are getting hard to find these days, after several night with frost where are just some very brave roses that are still in bloom outside, the 'Lucia' and the explorer from Canada 'John Davis'. In the greenhouse I have more flowering blooms and even a gigantic chili plant, however the fruits are still green but I hope they will turn to the colour of red for Christmas that would be appropriate.

Pansy Violaceae in the greenhouse

the last rose...

Just a few treasures still flowering in my garden and greenhouse on this November GBBD. You find more GBBD posts from all over the world if you visit Carol at May Dream Gardens

TYRA

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Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day - Potager & Greenhouse

This post 'Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day - Potager & Greenhouse' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden

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October started out with harsh winds and some tough cold days with frost at night. It is slowing down in the garden, the harvest is thinning out although I still find some late 'treasures' in the potager. It's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day once again and thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens, we get to see all the lovely in gardens around the world and what is 'in floribus' just now, fascinating isn't it.

John Davies

One of the last roses...I think, you never know

Auricula

This Auricula is generally a spring flower, but this Primula auricula one just wanted to get some fresh autumn air.


Geramiums in the greenhouse


The Cichorium has been 'in floribus' in my potager since June



Gerbera in the greenhouse, I think a wonderful splash of colour ...


Kaprifol

This Honeysuckle is a cutting I took from the mother plant in July and it spreads a wonderful fragance in the greenhouse at the moment.



Here comes the sun tadadada... (I'm singing the Beatles song) Calendula officinalis is another 'sun' in the potager, self sown, I like that, here in good company with the parsley.

and the last picture is of my monk in the potager 'Franciscus cupani'



That's all folks!



TYRA

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Pelargonium - Geranium - Älskade Pellar

Pelargonium - Geranium

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Älskade Pellar!

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It is Blooming Friday and I just want to show you some of my Geraniums in the greenhouse. I think they are so lovely, they really add colour to the otherwise rather green greenhouse.

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Ett litet bidrag till Blomming Fredag. Det blir lite pellar från växthuset. Jag tycker de är så underbara, de verkligen är som små färgklickar i det annars väldigt gröna växthuset. Tävk så tacksamma de är också och inte kostar de en förmögenhet heller.

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Litet tips för dej som gillar böcker och pelargoner.

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Fler 'Blommig fredag' hittar du här hos Katarina

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Have a great weekend my friend - Don't be a stranger, do write something.

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Jag önskar er alla en riktigt trevlig helg! Skriv en rad och gör nån gla'

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LOLove Tyra

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'Man tager vad man haver' - sa Kajsa Warg

The Day's of Harvest from the Greenhouse and Potager - July

There was a Swedish young woman who wrote a cookery book back in 1755 (amazing!) Her name was Kajsa Warg. She always said and I live by that quote when I'm cooking.

Bild från nätet: Sofies mat

'Man tager vad man haver' - You take what you got

...and then it is up to the brilliant cook to be a wizard and make something delicious out of it.

My gazpacho differs from time to time it all depends on what I got at home but usually I have; tomatoes, red peppers, onions, cucumber, garlic, stale bread, ice cold water, oil and vinegar. Salt, spices and herb of course. About half (60%) of the ingredients I blend and make into a nice soup and the rest I dice into small dices which I serve (on the side) together with croutons with the soup.

Here is a Spanish Recipe of

Gazpacho

this delicious soup from Andalucia Españia

Ingredientes para 5 personas:
1 kg de tomate rojo maduro
70 g pepino
60 g pimiento rojo
1/2 diente de ajo tamaño normal
30 g cebolla
1 cucharada rasa de sal (a gusto)
vinagre de jerez (2 cucharadas)
agua (3 vasos)
100 g aceite de oliva virgen extra (7 cucharadas)
pan duro
comino molido (una pizca)
pimienta negra recién molida (una pizca) (opcional)

This spanish recipe is from wikipedia.

UPDATE! I got this recipe from dear Joey ( the Village Voice) and I have to share it with you.

HARVEST GAZPACHO(with or without crab)- minced clove of garlic- 6 plump peeled and seeded ripe tomatoes- 2 peeled and seeded cucumbers- 1 chopped red onion- 1 chopped sweet onion- 1 coarsely chopped red pepper- 1 coarsely chopped yellow or orange pepper- 2 cups good tomato juice- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil- juice of 1 fresh lemon- coarse salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste- dashes of Tabasco (hot pepper sauce)to taste- 1/2 cup chopped fresh dill- sliced black olives to taste- 1/2 lb. good lump crab chopped fresh parsley for garnish

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Into a large glass bowl rubbed with cut garlic, place chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and peppers. Combine tomato juice, olive oil, lemon juice and Tabasco. Pour over chopped garden vegetables. Add dill, olives, and crab. Season to taste with salt & pepper. Chill thoroughly. Ladle into chilled bowls. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley and warm crusty bread. (6-8 servings)

Bon appétit!

A few word about Malachite...

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TYRA

Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day & Blooming Friday

This post, 'Garden Bloggers Blooms Day & Blooming Friday' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Up up and away...

The gherkins are coming along fine in the greenhouse, it is really fascinating to see them grow, they cling on to almost everything or anything. The tomatoes are getting quite tall as well. I had too many plants this year again :-) ... so I have been giving away a lot of tomatoes to friends and neighbours.

Outside the potager I have tulips, both old faithful friends and new acquaintances, these are new, I think they are very cute. Especially from above. I did save the label with the name but I cannot find it right now...silly girl.
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same tulips...with the wood behind.

May is full of all the gorgeous fruit tree flowers this is from my Blackthorn (topiary)
When I was out earlier tonight it was actually snowing white petals from the cherry blossoms.

To see more GBBD posts or to join in this month please visit Carol at May Dreams Gardens. It is also Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina. Roses and Stuff.

Well this is all from me - I wish you all a lovely weekend with a lot of gardening!
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LOLove TYRA