Purple June - En Juni i lila

Ops! June started out with an explosion in purple, Irises, Lilacs, Chives, Sage & Rhododendron... the list could go on. I think purple is a favorite, it goes so very well with all the shades of green. In my potager there are of course very much of the colour green, the cabbages, kales, onions and so on and it look really pretty with the violet/lilac/purple. I know in July I will say the same

Flowers of India - The Lotus Flower

The biggest flower in India and probably in the world! I stumbled on this magnificent Lotus flower in New Delhi. It is The Bahá'í House of Worship. Isn't it fantastic? Built in 1986, 40 meters tall and it is capable to hold 2,500 people. It's number of visitors per year 4,5 million or 13 000 everyday! More about the Bahá'í religion below.The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity

Trädgårdsskribenten Lena Israelsson

One Saturday last summer I got a visit from a person I really do admire a lot. It was the famous Swedish authoress Lena Israelsson. She contacted me one day about a visit to my garden, Tyra's Garden, overwhelmed with joy I said yes of course. She came on a sunny morning and we had a great time. Photos were taken of my garden, she made an interview and she was very kind to sign and write something

Late November....

...and the colours are gone.read more in 'the Greenhouse...'

Veggies from the Botanical Garden of Uppsala

I just wanted to show you som more pictures a took on my visit to the 'Harvest exhibition' at the Botanical Garden of the University of Uppsala. Lovely veggies! Solanum tuberosum. The potatoes, they are the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest food crop in terms of fresh produce, that is after rice, wheat, and maize. I grew french 'Almond' this year and they are delicious

Potage d'oignon - Onion Soup

Today it´s time for a classic soup.Idag har det verkligen varit en sådan där novemberdag man inte gillar. Runt nollan på termometern, snöfall nästan horisontellt och lite blåst. Jag ville inte sätta näsan utanför dörren i dag på min lediga dag. Jag tog och dammade av min 25 år gamla kokbok 'Den franska maten' letade reda på en gammal favorit, gratinerad löksoppa. Nu gick jag i alla fall ut till

Bad weather...kill some time with Slowbaking....

.....this bread takes two days to make, but it IS worth waiting for. It is from the most southern region of Sweden, Skåne. Rather dark and quite sweet bread made from rye, flavoured with caraway seeds.Black rye bread, Tyra baking bread...no Tyra baking bread! no...but it is a pretty picture. Today I baked four loafs of this marvellous 'Skånsk Kavring'. I found the recipe in one of my bread books,

Coffee, Stuart Little and Red Hot Chili....

....you must come and visit my Greenhouse.....

Squash and Pumpkin Parade

CLICK TO ENLARGE!Cucurbita maxima Duchesne 'Blue Hubbard' and 'Marina di Chioggia' are the green ones at the bottom. The yellow/orange one I think really looks like a how pumpkin should look like, it's a Pumpkin Racer F1. The rest are just small one's that I grow purely for decorations. Blue Hubbard has got this wonderful bright orange flesh, good for cooking.More about 'Blue Hubbard' in Swedish.

The Big Dig part II. The Roses

The Roses Done, 39 roses are down ready for the long rest. Det var verkligen ett slavjobb. Tungt och skitigt rent ut sagt. Längst ner i botten under själva planteringsgropen lade jag stallgödsel, ingen rolig historia, sedan jord, vatten, ros och jord igen kupat upp runt rosen. Hoppas att det blir bra. Jag är ju definitivt novis på rosor. Men man lär så länge man lever.The list of the roses in the

The Big Dig

October is absolutely perfect for planting. This is my project "The Big Dig" . I'm going to plant 39 roses. 12 different kind of roses 3 of each except for Rosa Rugosa 'Hansa' that is my husbands favorite so of those I have 6. My plan is that they are going to form a hedge.... hm we will see......and oh YES, look I have a real plan.This is how they arrived and this is were I order my roses.Jag

Stephanotis floribunda - fragrant climber

Stephanotis floribundaStephanotis floribunda is a tender, evergreen, twining climber. It requires warm growing conditions and is best suited to greenhouse or conservatory culture. It can grow to about 3 meters and bears beautiful white, waxy, very fragrant flowers. Stephanotis floribunda will occasionally produce longish, fleshy fruits, particularly during warm summers. The fruit may reach

In - Law Weekend

In -Law Weekend in Umeå. A lot of fun, food & drink, 'relax' and walks. A visit to Gammlia and the "Egil the tug" museum. The city offers world-class art, drama, films, industries, music and research. It aims to attract more companies, break new construction records and, not least become the European Capital of Culture 2014. Umeå is one of Sweden's fastest growing cities. The average age of the

Tyra's Raspberry Jam

Each year I make a few jars of lovely raspberry jam. I pick my berries when ripe and that is in July and August here on my latitude. Then I throw them in the freezer for later use. Normally I make jams on cold, grey and rainy winter days but this last weekend I needed some lovely jam for my waffles and the shelves were empty.I have these absolutely brilliant jam jars from Italy called Quatre

The Botanical Garden of Uppsala

On our way to our ‘summerhouse’ we decided to stop at The Botanical Garden in Uppsala . Uppsala is halfway and perfect for a quick stop. Do some shopping, have lunch or do something more interesting like this time a visit to a botanical garden. Miss M and I chose to have coffee first at a very nice Café called ‘Fågelsången’. The sun was shining from a crystal clear September sky so we were able

An Inconvenient Truth - En obekväm sanning.

"Faran är den största vi någonsin stått inför".Picture from climatecrisis.net See the movie! An Inconvenient Truth Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and

Girasole - turns towards the sun!

Girasole Girasole is the italian namn for the Sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., this remarkable flower. Such a pretty name I think, gira+sole and it does turn towards the sun. The stem of the flower can grow as high as 3 metres tall. Oil from the Sunflower, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce biodiesel. In Tyra's Garden I simply enjoy there beauty and

Cynara cardunculus - Bad Hair Day

Cynara cardunculus in floribusNu blommar kardonen i Tyras Trädgård. Är de inte underbart vackra?....."Are they not absolutely wonderful?", I said to my youngest daughter when I showed her this picture."Ooough! Bad Hair Day! This is exactly how I feel when I have a Bad Hair Day. My skin feels dry and flaky. And my hair.....", she replied.I'm back again after 14 days at sea!370 pictures, 2 kilos, 5

Nu hänger mina lökar!

Harvest, onions hanging on my fence.This is an other fantastic time of the gardeners year. Harvest. Each day you can harvest something from your garden, to choose from all the wonderful berries, fruits or vegetables. All the work and love you have put into the garden finally pays off. Wonderful time.Tänk så underbart att få skörda. Skördetiden var nog mer av en fest förr i tiden då man fick

I´m back!

I´m back! Fwjooo! Sailing is hard work... It is so VERY nice to be back with both feet on the ground and my hands in the soil...hmhm...dirty... I like it. I think it took me less than 2 minutes to put on my straw hat and garden shoes. But do not get me wrong, I love sailing! We have had a wonderful time at sea. The cruising has been fantastic, extremely good winds for sailing....... 475 nautical