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Favorite places
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash With the weather getting better, the days being brighter and longer, my creativity awakens again. It’s like waking up from hibernation. I’m looking around in our garden and have so many ideas for little projects. This one here,… Continue Reading “Favorite places”
Recharging my batteries between pigs, hens and seedlings.
Here in Sweden, it is Easter break. I took the week off. There’s a lot to do to prepare the garden for summer and I needed a break. At work, we had some deadlines and intense projects. First off I got sick of course,… Continue Reading “Recharging my batteries between pigs, hens and seedlings.”
Greenhouse priorities
One might think that it is most important to get the plantbeds into the greenhouse…Well, I have different priorities…I was thinking about a solution for sitting, relaxing and enjoying the view. Last spring I built an outdoor couch out of old pallets. Ordered fitting… Continue Reading “Greenhouse priorities”
Mandelmanns gård
2020 I discovered a swedish TV programme that I’m completely addicted to since then. “Mandelmanns gård” It started with me watching all seasons I missed so far and then longing for new episodes. The programme is about a family that is running and creating… Continue Reading “Mandelmanns gård”
Project “Köksträdgård”
It’s almost fall. Time to recap our first year as “farm owners”. We moved here in December. Anxiously anticipating spring…and spring came and with it a lot of work. We have a huge garden, but half of it was just a big meadow where… Continue Reading “Project “Köksträdgård””
Chalkboard art
After we bought our summerhouse I made a little chalkboard out of an old mirror. Right after that I wrote with chalk “Home sweet home” on it and that’s what it said until now. Now I found nice chalk markers. So it was time… Continue Reading “Chalkboard art”
Magical midsummer
As I mentioned in another post before, we decided to celebrate midsummer with a few friends. It became like a little tradition since we bought the summerhouse. Its been the third year now and it gets better each year. It was so much fun… Continue Reading “Magical midsummer”
Little fairy garden
We went to visit Martins family. They live further up north on this georgeous farm. Whenever we’re there, we like to stroll through the barn where they store all the old things left from previous generations. I love to do that. All those things… Continue Reading “Little fairy garden”
Low budget garden decoration for a wild garden
My favorite thing to do is to decorate our garden. And that without investing too much money. I challenge myself with using what we’ve already got. Since we have the summerhouse, we never throw away glassbottles and glasses. Because they are perfect vases and… Continue Reading “Low budget garden decoration for a wild garden”
Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. ~ Boyd K. Packer
When we bought this little summerhouse, there was this old picnictable standing in the garden. My first impulse was: ” We can throw that one out right away:” But what can I say…it grew on me. And then we kept on using it, as… Continue Reading “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without. ~ Boyd K. Packer”
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