Dahlia - Bishop's Children

This post "Dahlia - Bishop's Children" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård -Tyra's Garden

October flowers - DAHLIA

We have enjoyed a period of wonderful weather here where about I live, we call it Brittsommar and it is almost like your Indian summer, not as hot but still absolutely marvelous. The kitchen garden is still full of flowers - Nasturtiums, Pot Marigolds, Zinnias, Sweet Peas and Dahlias. The Dahlia on the picture is Bishop’s Children, a Dahlia I grow from seed. I planted them in April and now in October they are all “ in floribus”. I bought the seeds from US. SSE Seed Savers Exchange. The thing I really like with this Dahlia is the very dark foliage, isn’t it just fabulous

The Kichen Garden - Köksträdgården is just updated with a new post about Edible flowers.

By the way the Dahlia is also edible.

Harvest Monday with the Harvest Moon

This post 'Harvest Monday with the Harvest Moon' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden

September in the garden  - Harvest Monday at Daphne

Giant cukes! Tomatoes, red hot chili peppers, grapes and blackberries - life is good!

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

Neill Young

Picture from our one and only Moon-girl Joey The Village Voice

Love to hear from ya!/ Tyra  

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

Begonia - Camellia Flora

This post 'Begonia -'Camellia Flora' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden

 

Have got the 'Monday Blues'?

Well...I think this lucky pill will do the trick. Begonia - Camellia Flora, isn't it just gorgeous.

It really thrives in the semi-shade in my greenhouse.

Have a nice day!/ Tyra

Rosa Alba 'Minette'

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

I just found some pictures of 'Minette' in my unsorted July files. I think this rose is so very pretty that I want so share it with you all, even if we now are in the August. It is one of my favorite roses this old faithful bush rose we have in the garden, full name Rosa alba 'Minette'.  It is very common in the gardens in Scandinavia, I wonder if it also is common worldwide?

'Minette' an old alba rose from  the beginning of 17th century, Minette is very hardy and long-lived. Double beautiful light-pink flowers, almost white, that darken in the centre. Minette has got this healthy foliage and the fragrant is wonderful. I can really recommend this alba rose.

Happy Gardening to you all!

Don't be a stranger - do write something/ Tyra


 

Summer Feast in the Garden - July

This post "Summer Feast in the Garden - July" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden

Summer feast in the garden.

 When we now have reached the second part of July we have a lot of birthdays to celebrate in my family. I have my brother, my brother’s son, my sister and my youngest daughter so celebrate all within 3 days!  These pictures are from my daughter Missy M’s birthday.

This week in July is called "Fruntimmersveckan" in Swedish, translated to English it would be something like "Ladies' Week". It is called that because these six ladies has got their Name Day now during this week. Sara, Margareta, Johanna, Magdalena, Emma and Kristina 

Tyra in the garden - Photo: Johan Gadnert

The potager is now filled with vegetables just about ready and ripe. I think it is going to be a great tomato harvest this year, it is really looking good. I have about twenty different varieties of heirloom tomatoes to pick this year. Some are new but most of them are faithful and dependable tomato varieties that I've already tried out before. A new variety and already a favourite is 'Summer Cider' a yellow beef tomato. Very sweet and tasty. I got the seeds from one of my Facebook friends. Thank you Yvonne for sharing!

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 We decided to make a summer buffet with all the veggie goodies we could find.

 For sweet course a very traditional, typical Swedish Strawberry Cake.

  Missy M's Strawberry Cake - photo: Johan Gadnert

 A strawberry cake made of sponge cake, vanilla custard, whipped cream with cardamom and  loads of strawberries.

Collavery -  photo: Johan Gadnert

A nice vine from Aix-En-Provence to go with it all. Very fruity vine with a hint of red currant, orange, rasperry and grass. Just a bit of sweetness but still with a fresh and crisp taste.

Blue Podded Pea - Blauwschokkers

This post 'Blue Podded Pea - Blauwschokkers' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

Peas ready to harvest in my jardin potager.

 Pisum sativum Blue Podded Pea 'Blauwschokkers'

 Isn't it just sweet, my sweet sugarsnap pea!

 It isn't just a pretty pea to look at it is so sweet and delicious too.

This pea is a Dutch heirloom pea and it is from organic seed as well. Both an heirloom and organic, two criteria I really appreciate. This is the first time that I grow this pea and I wonder if it turn green if I cook it? I would think so. Although I don't think any of my blue podded peas will ever reach the kitchen. They are too tasty, I think they all will end up in the gardener's stomach as a snack.

Don't be a stranger my friend! -Write something!

Peas  Love  & Understanding ;-)

Running out of room for plants? - Fine Gardening

Running out of room for plants?

Isn't this just amazing!

I would love to create something similar. On the other hand it must cost a fortune...

Running out of room for plants? - Fine Gardening

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Paeon 'The Healer'

This post 'PAEON - The Healer' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård

At last!

 

We finally got rain!

 We have haven’t had any for ages. The lawn is severely burnt and looks dreadful. I wouldn’t say anything if it was August but it is just June.  Both April and May was extremely warm and everything exploded, the irises came and went very rapidly and so did the Lilacs and Poppies.

At this very moment all my darling Peonies are ‘in floribus’ and they are quite sensational, truly and utterly noticeable, you cannot just go passed them without saying or thinking -Wow!.  I took this photo in the light of the evening sun and I like it because it looks so pretty inside the flower. Don’t you agree?

I wonder if it has got the name  Paeon ( from greek myth.) 'The Healer' thanks to its healing properties. It is a medicinal plant and has been used as such for thousands of years. The peonies grown for medicinal  use in TCM today comes almost exclusively from China, Korea and Taiwan. It is not the same as I grow in my garden but it is of the same genus - Paeonia.

Peonies in Medicine "Arguably the first use of peonies by people was for their medicinal value. There is evidence that peonies were used extensively in both the Far East and Europe as long as two thousand years ago. Many parts of the plant are purported to have medicinal properties. Roots, bark, seeds and flowers were all believed to be of some medicinal use." read more... La Pivoinerie D'Aoust,  Peony Nursery