Quince - Cydonia oblonga

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Quince

Photos by Kenneth, and the illustrated  Cydonia oblonga wikipedia  Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885.

Quince Marmalade
500 gram of quince-pulp500 gram of sugar1 lemon, squeezed

Remove the core of the

Calamondin and Cerula vinula

This post Calamondin and Cerula vinula was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden.

Beauty and The Beast

The Beauty, my Calamondin tree had a visit this summer of a beast or at least shall we say a beastly looking thing. The visitor was a larvae of the Puss moth. An odd looking little fellow don’t you think?

 The Puss MothScientific name: Cerula  or Cerura

Fragrant and Tasty

This post 'Fragrant and Tasty' was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallséníus-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden

 October in the Greenhouse
Lavandula augustifolia  &  Sambucus nigra 


Geraniums, Elberberries, Winters quashes and Lavender


 The growing season for 2010 is almost over and I've cleaned out the greenhouse. Gone are all the tomatoes and most of the chilies too. I have dug up some parsley

Miss Emilie's Opal Plum Pie

This post 'Miss Emilie's Opal Plum Pie' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyras Garden


Now I so wish you could taste this!

Miss Emilie's plum and almond pie, it is so delicious. The thin crispy pie shell merges together with from the plum slightly moist layer of coarse almond paste and then on the top the lovely sugar powdered Opal plums. It is beautiful to look at and absolutely

Physalis - locally grown

At last, now in early September my Physalis are ready to harvest, sweet, pretty and very healthy. Full of vitamin C it is a true power-fruit or shall I call it power-berry. Eat locally grow! - you cannot beat home grown.



 Don't forget to save one little Physalis and harvest your own seeds - free seeds for 2011 growing season. 




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CHANGE

~~~Time for me to change the header and to make a small change in the design.Winter blue and Indian red? poster from easy artWinter apples or apple blossoms?Decisions, decisions...which one to take...hmWell you already know the answer.A warm indian red for the border and an impressionistic photo of my appleblossoms.What do you say, do you like it?~~~Inga stora ändringar men jag tyckte det var

December Frost in Garden

As an amateur photographer I find things like frost crystals, fog, mist and water are just wonderful, it is a great way to capture a bit of 'drama' into the pictures. This is 'Lucia' once again singing the final verse - of the last song of the season. This Rose has been so fantasic this year 'in floribus' for almost 6 months! In the soft sunlight of December - Lichtkönigin 'Lucia' And once

Boost up your Immune System - with a remedy from the garden.

This post 'Boost up your Immune System - with a remedy from the garden.' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden The 2009 flu, the Swine Influenza. A virus subtype H1N1 is here but is it going to be pandemic? Well we don’t know this yet. But here are some tips and ideas what you can do to avoid getting the Swine flu. They say to wash your hands thoroughly and often are the most

Harvest of my Sea buckthorn

This post 'Harvest of my Buckthorn' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Harvest Monday in Tyra’s garden - Tomatoes, blackberries and Sea-buckthorn. ~HAVTORNSKÖRD~Harvest of my Sea-buckthornI planted my Sea-buckthorn bushes a few years ago, three Juliet (female) and one Romeo (male plant) and this is my first harvest ever! This amazing power-food-berry has a fantastic exotic

Zinnia elegans 'Whirligig fun'

This post, 'Zinnia elegans 'whirligig fun' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/Blooming friday at Katarina's Roses and stuff - Katarina askes "Have you anything in your garden that pleases you extra much? - Please write and tell us about it "Well Katarina it must be the Zinnia elegans. I haven’t got many of my favourite flowers(Zinnia)

Blossoms and Blooms in Tyra's Garden

This post, 'Blossoms and blooms in Tyra's Garden'' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/.........Blossom and blooms in my garden just now. Thousands of tiny blossoms of plum, apple, pear, cherry and crabapple adds splendour to my garden now in this glourious month of May.Blackthorn Prunus spinosaBuds and blossoms of AppleThe

A 'Slipper Walk' - I just had to catch that light.

This post, A' Slipper Walk'..., was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/When I woke up this morning it was freezing cold outside -6 C, the sky was heavenly blue, the light was pale pink and so beautiful. Time was tight, I just had to catch that light, it lasts for just a few minutes. I'm off, time for a 'slipper walk'. I jumped into my

Full of vitamin C and so delicious!

Go out and find these golden red gems - the Rose hips! Full with vitamin C and so delicious!I pick both the wild roses hips Rosa dumalis ( Rosa Canina L.) and......the hips from Rosa rugosa.They are easy to pick it takes just a few minutes but it takes fairly long time to clean them and it is pretty boring but it is worth it.A small and pretty frosen November Rose.MY WILD ROSEHIPS MARMALADE1.5

Always look at the bright side of life!

You have to really take notice of all the beautiful thing that's surrounds us, pleasure and treasure it, especially in these harsh economic times. It's easy to get depressed but I say like The Monty Pythons once said - Always look at the bright side of life!My greenhouse in October.The last of the year... Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratusand the last blackberriesDon' forget that you can pick the Rose

Blackberries and Gherkins - September

September in the garden time to harvest the last tomatoes, the Mexican gherkins, peppers and chillies. The Mexican sour Gherkins (above on the right) are a true favorite of mine, if you haven't tried them before I really recommend that you to have a go with them. The greenhouse in SeptemberRecept på Björnbärsmarmelad med apelsin 1 liter björnbär, tunnt skal från en ekologiskt odlad apelsin och

T.G. for my Screensaver

This is my screensaver picture. It is a nice picture to 'dive into' when I need a dose of the garden. Echinaeae and the beautiful butterfly with the fantasic latin name Inachis io the peacock butterfly.July everything are in bloom, the lilies, jasmin, roses, dahlias etc. etc. and I me 'the gardenfreak' haven't got time to enjoy it! I have been working fulltime indoors since midsummers eve and

Vaccinium mytillus - Superfruit

Vaccinium mytillus a SuperfruitBlueberry is not the same as the Swedish Blåbär but they are closely related. The wild Bilberry Vaccinium mytillus is the same as Blåbär and it is a low-growing shrub and the wild or cultivated Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum is a much taller shrub. I took this picture in the woods near my summerhouse, do you know I read somewhere that there are 250 miljon kilos of

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