Showing posts with label Brush Carnations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brush Carnations. Show all posts

Oct 14, 2013

Friends & Frost

So there it goes, we had the 1st frost this night, 2 days earlier than expected.
Lucky me, I'm travelling on wednesday so I prepared the flowerbeds this weekend already, Spruce twigs for the Roses and Maple Leafs for all flowerbeds, today I put on one more layer.

It could be a expensive experience to create a new garden without friends!
I already got Rhubarbs/Rabarber, Brush Carnations/Bortsnejlikor & Columbines/Akleja from my village flower friend Evy (Thanks)!
Yesterday my friend Ann-Cathrin came the whole way from Vendel here in Uppland with some big plants of  Ball Thistles/Bolltistel (Thanks)!
And today my parents came here with Bulbs of Grape Hyacinth/Pärlhyacint (Thanks) :D

I also ordered Red Garlic Rossi di Sulmona from my friend Anna on Gourmetgarage in Denmark :D

Woke up to this beautiful view of frost and mist around my stream :D



Luckily I started to cover the new flowerbeds already this weekend




The bulbs of Grape Hyacinth from my parents I put in the entrance garden in the hole where I plan to plant a smaller tree in the future.

Tha Ball thistles I got from Ann-Cathrin I did put along the border to the neighbor, they will be big and bushy (hopefully) and be a part of a natural border in the future.

Digging those holes along the border resultet in a fun discovery, I came upon one of those garbage holes they had in the old days. The time before garbage trucks and sorting, the house & farmowners just digged a whole or used a hollow part of the property to throw down what couldn't be used.
I found porcelain and handmade crooked nails :)

Have a great day/evening, Per!

Oct 10, 2013

Friends & Aliens in the Garden

Today it has been a wet and drizzly autumn day in the garden, nothing that can stop me :D
In the village of Lövstabruk I've met a garden friend, Evy! She's from Stockholm and have together with her man created a fantastic garden here.

She have generously given me some plants today, and I could not wait to put them down in the garden!
Thank You Evy :D

Evy gave me Brush Carnations (Borstnejlikor) & Columbines (Aklejor) that I will put down in the Perennial flower bed.










The Brush Carnations (Borstnejlikor) I divided in two parts













There was a lot of the Columbines (Aklejor) so I divided them in many parts and spread them out between the other plants
























ALIENS???

They look like something of the movie "Alien", but are something of the most popular thing in Swedish gardens, and definately one of my absolute favorites:
RHUBARBS!

I got these two roots from Evy and they will be the start of my "Kitchen" garden :D








I plan to have my "Kitchen" garden here to the left with plenty of sun (not today though) where it probably have been vegetable patches before.






















Patch digged for the Rhubarb roots, again in the size of a Pallet Collar (Pallkrage) in case I will add them next summer.






















The roots are in the ground!
What You see in the background is where I plan to have a kind of Shaddow garden (Lund) with a wet area where there is naturally wet now.

























Ending todays Blog with photos from the beautiful stream that look even better in wet weather!
Have a great day/evening, Per