My potager garden is a small garden on the island of Resarö, Resarö is situated in the inner part of the archipelago outside of Stockholm. Tyra´s Garden is mostly an ornamental vegetable garden, potager. But flowers are of course an important ingredience, for beauty and pollination.
Tyra's Garden is a small garden on the island of Resarö situated in the inner part of the archipelago near the small town Vaxholm, outside Stockholm. Tyra's Garden is mostly an ornamental vegetable garden, my potager. But flowers are of course an important ingredience, for beauty and pollination. The climate in these parts is quite demanding as the northerly winds can be strong and cold. THIS BLOG 'Tyra's Garden' is not entirely a gardenblog it contains much more. About me: Enthusiastic amateur gardener and photographer from Vaxholm, Sweden. Designed and built my Greenhouse and Potager in Tyra's Garden 2003. Love the outdoor life, gardening and sailing especially. View my profile

Friday






OH... There are so many ways to say it. Here are some from how to say it in Afrikaan to how the Yoruba people says it. Yorùbá? I had to look it up!


Afrikaans
Gesëende Kersfees
Afrikander
Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja
Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian
Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine:
Feliz Navidad
Armenian:
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri:
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia:
Selamat Hari Natal
Basque:
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali:
Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian:
Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian:
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton:
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian:
Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan:
Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile:
Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese)
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Choctaw:
Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia:
Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish:
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian:
Pace e salute
Crazanian:
Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree:
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian:
Sretan Bozic
Czech:
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish:
Glædelig Jul
Duri:
Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch:
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English:
Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik)
Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto:
Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian:
Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Faeroese:
Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi:
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish:
Hyvaa joulua
Flemish:
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French:
Joyeux Noel
Frisian:
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician:
Bo Nada
Gaelic:
Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German:
Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek:
Kala Christouyenna!
Hausa:
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian:
Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew:
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi:
Shub Naya Baras
Hausa:
Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian:
Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian:
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic:
Gledileg Jol
Indonesian:
Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi:
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish:
Nollaig Shona Dhuit or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois:
Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian:
Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese:
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish:
Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean:
Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin:
Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian:
Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian:
Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish:
Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian:
Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon:
Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Macedonian:
Sreken Bozhik
Maltese:
IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Manx:
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori:
Meri Kirihimete
Marathi:
Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo:
Merry Keshmish
Norwegian:
God Jul or Gledelig Jul
Occitan:
Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento:
Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea:
Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German:
En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru:
Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines:
Maligayan Pasko!
Polish:
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:
Feliz Natal
Pushto:
Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island):
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian:
Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche (sursilvan dialect):
Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Rumanian:
Sarbatori vesele
Russian:
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami:
Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan:
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian:
Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian:
Hristos se rodi
Slovakian:
Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami:
Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan:
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic:
Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian:
Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Serbian:
Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese:
Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak:
Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene:
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish:
Feliz Navidad
Swedish:
God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog:
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tami:
Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese:
(Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai:
Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish:
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian:
Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu:
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese:
Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh:
Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian:
Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba:
E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!




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Sunday

Fourth Sunday of Advent

This post "Fourth Sunday of Advent" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden


It is The Fourth Sunday of Advent and today we lit the fourth candle. The Candle of Joy!



In all my window sills I have now during Advent a lot of fragrant and so very pretty Hyacinths. Along with the Amaryllis Hippeastrum they are my favourite flowers now in Advent.


I Wish You All a Happy Fourth of Advent




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Tuesday

Lucia Celebration in Sweden

This post "Lucia Celebration in Sweden" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyras Garden


13th of December - It is now on this day we celebrate LUCIA. Saint Lucy's Day


Lucia Celebration in Hållnäs Church in the northern part of Uppland, Sweden



A traditional kind of bun is normally eaten on this day, Lussekatt or Lussebulle translated to english "St. Lucia Bun". It is made with saffron.



Although St. Lucia's Day is not an official holiday in Sweden, it is a popular occasion among all ages here in Sweden. Early in the morning we watch the Lucia on the television or "live" at home.



 

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Thursday

Diego Rivera

This post "Diego Rivera" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/ Tyras Garden


Diego Rivera



It is one of my favourite painter and it is birthday today. Born on the 8th of December 125 years ago.

"Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter born in Guanajuato, an active communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo " Read more - wikipedia



This painting is entitled Baile Tehunatepec and it is from 1928



And then we have the famous Diego Callas.
Here are three very characteristic paintings.
 I just love the vibrant and warm colours in the painting.


Above te painting Feast of Santa Anita from 1931


 Nude with Callas and
Vendor by Diego Rivero



All photos from internet Squidoo





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Tuesday

Water lily - Nymphaea 'Rhonda Kay'

This post Water lily - Nymphaea 'Rhonda Kay' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras trädgård/Tyra's Garden


I was going through some pictures this morning and found this simple yet stunning water lily. It is called 'Rhonda Kay' and I found her in Kew Gardens. 







'Rhonda Kay' at Kew Gardens.The Nymphaeaceae are aquatic, rhizomatous herbs. 




About: Mr Landon the father of the "Rhonda Kay" Waterlily.

"Mr. Landon, a renowned waterlily hybridizer and plant explorer, has assembled a collection that contains 90 percent of the world's known wild species of waterlilies (about 85, he said) and more than 4,000 hybrids. (Most are growing or stored, as seeds or bulbs, at his farm in Miles, about 20 miles northeast of here, or by growers in three states and in Europe.)







Largely self-taught -- he minored in botany while earning a degree in industrial engineering -- he is known around here as the Indiana Jones of the waterlily world. He nonchalantly tells of braving snake-infested waters, escaping the snapping jaws of crocodiles and the like, in his search, from Amazonia to Zanzibar, for some rare wildling once thought extinct.






And every year, thousands of enthusiasts from all over the world come to see these lilies, which Mr. Landon tends through an $80,000 contract with the city. San Angelo is also home to the International Waterlily Preservation Repository, a seed bank Mr. Landon established in 2007. " Read the whole article here.  From an article in the New York Times about Mr Landon  For Waterlilies, An Odd Refuge





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Mr. Rudbeckia 'Magnus'

This post 'He is the Man! - Mr. Rudbeckia 'Magnus' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blogg Tyras Trädgård/ Tyra's Garden



 
Who is the Man - He is the Man

Hip, Hip, Hurrah!


Happy Birthday! Mr. Magnus B. Nilsson
 The famous Swedish nurseryman that celebrate his 105th birthday today.


The gardener and breeder who is the "father" to one of my favourite perennial flower, the Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’ Echinacea purpurea. The Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’ was the plant of the year in 1998 both here in Sweden as well as abroad. I just love this perennial coneflower with the most fascinating colour combination.  The rusty centre combined with the pale cerise coloured silk-like petals. It is not just we people that enjoyes Rudbeckia ‘Magnus’, so does the butterflies and bees too, they love it.





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Monday

Cyclamen persicum - November blooms

This post "Cyclamen persicum  - November blooms" was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden



This is an ornamental pot-flower that is perfect for our November weather conditions. Especially this November, we still have this wonderful mild weather. I really love it. It reminds me of the winters I spent in UK; rather wet, mild and foggy. We haven’t had Jack Frost here at all! Thank you - and that is the way the Cyclamen and I like it to be until… Christmas. Although we do, of course, like it to be a white Christmas.



Christmas tree pattern on the Cyclamen leaf  Photo: Meneerke Bloem


SKÖTSELRÅD-CYKLAMEN från Blomsterfrämjandet




Svenskt namn: Cyklamen ~ Latinskt namn: Cyclamen persicum.


Cyklamen vill ha en jämn tillförsel av vatten, ca 1/2 - 1 dl per dag. Mjukt vatten eller regnvatten är särskilt bra och allra bäst är om den får vattnet underifrån. Tillför en svag dos med näring en gång i veckan under hösten. Gör uppehåll under vintern och återuppta gödslingen i februari-mars.

Cyklamen ska stå ljust. Vid för varm placering kan växten bli lös. Den trivs utmärkt på svala platser samt inglasade balkonger och uterum. Växten klarar temperaturer ned mot 0°C.

Ta bort vissna blommor och blad med ett kraftigt ryck. Om det blir kvar en bit av stjälken längst ned vid knölen pressas växtsaft ut genom brottytan vilket ger en bra grogrund för sjukdomar.







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Sunday

My Melancoly November

This post Melancoly November was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius  Lindhe in the blog Tyras Trädgård/Tyra's Garden



My Melancoly November





Weather-wise, we have enjoyed a very mild start of November here, no temperatures below zero (C) and no storms! Very pleasant indeed, although rather foggy at times and that makes it melancholy. I rather like it, the silence and all the different shades of grey. The last rose of the growing season 2011 disrupt the pattern with it’s bright pink colour.


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Mosaic Monday My Melancoly November - Today's Flower - My Last Rose


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Red October - Rose Hips

This post 'Red October - Rose Hips' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden/ Tyras Trädgård


Red October - Rose Hips

Along the shores of the Baltic Sea I often find the lovely berries of the wild roses - the rose hips.
 At this time of the year it is especially nice to take a walk along the rocky shores and pick these nutritious berries. That is if the weather is nice. Today was one of those wonderful October days with high clear air, blue sky, a mild October sun and hardly any wind at all.



Rose hips, red autumn leaves and the last of the Echinacea purpurea


Last night was the first night with ground frost...fall is definitely here. 



I took a few hours  walk along the sea, looking and admiring Mother nature’s flora and fauna and listening to the waves from the Baltic Sea as the gently rolled in.  I made a stop at the very end of the small peninsula and just caught the moment. I had brought some hot cocoa in a thermos and that tasted just wonderful … it always does.













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Monday

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.



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