The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

This post The Hanging Gardens of Babylon was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden


I have a dream…




The photo in the center of my fantasy collage is a 16th century engraving by Dutch artist Martin Heemskerck"Hanging Gardens of Babylon" and all the others are from Kew Garden U.K. 



... and that is to visit the Hanging Gardens of Babylon




I know I can't..

November's Mood board - Glorious mix

This post November's Mood board - Glorious mix was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden



Now I have saved what can be saved from the kitchen garden. I brought some plants into the greenhouse, some into the garage and some to the verandah. The growing season of 2010 is coming to an end...not yet but soon.


WINTERIZING The Kitchen Garden - November is a good

Potage from my Potager - Soupe Parmentier

This post about Soupe Parmentier - Potato and leek soup was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius-Lindhe in the blogTyra's Garden.Swedish? Vill du läsa på svenska finns ett liknande inlägg i KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN A soup with a tale…This Potato and leek soup is a is a hot variation of the famous Vichyssoise and then it is called"Soupe Parmentier" This delicious hot winter soup got its name from 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

November Harvest - Glorious mix

This post November Harvest - Mulch, Funghi and Apples was originally uploaded by Tyra Hallsénius Lindhe in the blog Tyra's Garden


Glorious mix

First day of November and I'm up in my summerhouse for a few days. Here we have had several frost nights and there is not much to harvest from my kitchen garden. The weather today was wonderful, hardly any wind and fairly warm for the season. The sun

Backlit Photographs of my Garden.

This post 'Backlit Photographs of my Garden' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden
Det här inlägget hittar du på svenska i KÖKSTRÄDGÅRDEN


Against-the-light
 It is not that often we garden people take pictures with backlight in our garden but it is rather charming and perhaps we should use this photo technique a bit more frequently.
I read an article in takegreatpicture.com 

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

Blooming Friday - White Dahlia in my Potager

White Dahlia in my PotagerIt is now the last of 'Blooming Friday' of the month of November, ah...I'm so glad this month is finally over I'm not a huge fan of November it is sooo dark. Soon we enter Advent and that is wonderful period these four week before Christmas, so much happens. We can all light our Advent candels and feast on our Advent treats. This is the blooming potager in July almost

Crab Cactus - A Light in the Darkness of November

This post 'A light in the Darkness of November - Crab Cactus' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Crab Cactusa.k.a Thanksgiving cactus Schlumbergera truncata just perfect 'in floribus' in time for Thanksgiving.Thank God for durable colourful winterflowering houseplants that costs next to nothing, like the African Violets, Kalanchoes, and this Crab Cactus they really helps

Ready at last - Harvesting Mulching Material

This post 'Harvesting Mulching Material' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden .....Sunday evening - I'm so content because I'm ready at last. Yesterday we had a marvellous day with sunshine and quite warm weather for the season.At the moment I’m reading a very interesting book about the No-Work garden a Swedish book by Ingrid Olausson and it is based on a meeting and

GBBD - November in Tyra's Garden

This post 'GBBD- November' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden GBBD - November The flowers are getting hard to find these days, after several night with frost where are just some very brave roses that are still in bloom outside, the 'Lucia' and the explorer from Canada 'John Davis'. In the greenhouse I have more flowering blooms and even a gigantic chili plant, however the

Soothing remedy for coughs and colds

This post 'Once up on a Thyme' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Once up on a Thyme... ...I walked on a path lined with of thymes and sensed the marvellous amoratic leaves and I fell in love...I just adore the fragrance and taste of this herb. It is a favourite both in the potager as well as in the kitchen. I even make a cough medicine with Thymus vulgaris in it, see

An Apple a Day keeps the Doctor away

This post 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Today the last apple fell from the tree...They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.Hm...I bet the Doctor didn't say -Make a delicious apple pie!But isn't it just the perfect treat on a wet, cold and dark November day?Apple pie recipesTYRA