Plum marmalade with Yogi tea

This post 'Plum marmalade with Yogi tea' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Blooming Friday with Plums and Sweetpeas ~~~ Plum marmalade with a Jamaican touch.This is what you need; 6,5 pounds of plums, about 6dl/20fl.ounces of water, Rom, 1 red hot chilli pepper, YOGI tea and 17,5 ounces of sugar with pectin.And this is how you prepare it.6,5 lbs of plums and about

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

Tjohoo even more Tomatoes...

They say that food with bright colours are extremely good for you, this must be great then. Although I wonder if I can get an overdose :-)Harvest of the day perfect for a nice tomato sallad. Dagens skörd av fantastiska tomater, det är så jätte kul nu när man nu kan skörda varje dag. Mycket tomatsallad etc. blir det :-)Sedan kan man ju göra fantastiska marmelader på småtomaterna. Här kommer ett

Rain... at last and Tomatoes in abundance

I'm back! Hallo all my garden friends. Fjoo... it has been a really hectic time, so much work to do and drought! I have been totally occupied with watering and working. This drought has been really bad, my garden looks like as if it is october. The bad drought however ended on Saturday because my family had arranged since May to have a big garden party. I nice barbeque for 35 friends, well ...no

Heavenly Meringues, Midsummer Holiday and Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Heavenly Meringues3 egg whites2 3/4 dl sugar1/2 teaspoon salt and 3/4 teaspoon of baking sodaWhisk the egg whites hard and add sugar still whisking and then add the rest.Put them in a preheated oven 250 degrees and turn it off, leave them in the oven over night.Can it be easier? This makes 6 big ones and they are so delicious you just have to try them!Maypole at the Pavilion in Resarö,

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