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

Highgate Cemetery - London

This post, 'Highgate Cemetery' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/......Highgate Cemetery(Western)...Today I'm going to show you some pictures from my visit to this amazing place called Highgate Cemetery, just about one hour from the City of London's hectic pulse. I'm a huge fan and admirer of this enchanted spot on earth. It lush,

Soak the Gardener! - Blub blub in my Tub tub

Soak the Gardener!This is my bathroom I built a few years ago. It has this marine touch, inspired of old wooden boats I built my bathroom in mahogny, with brass details and old furniture and pebbles from allover the world. There is an article in this weeks 'Drömhem & Trädgård' a Swedish magazine (Dreamhome & Garden)I senaste numret av Drömhem och trädgård får ni följa med in i 'The Gardeners

Recycled piece of furniture.

GARDEN FURNITUREI went to an outdoor auction in the countryside last weekend and look what a found. A pedestal for my greenhouse isn’t it just perfect. Old, worn and a bit shabby but nice, just the way I want it to be. It will be great for the greenhouse and the garden. All my pieces of furniture in the greenhouse are real bargains, they are old and worn, now I have been missing a pedestal and

Columbine - Aquilegia vulgaris L. about SEEDS

Seed collecting tip from a "seed geek" About collecting seeds from your Aquliegia Vulgaris L. Here is a tip when if you want to collect seeds from your Columbines and you want to have order among all the different varieties, shapes and colours. Put a tag on the plants when they still are flowering, write down the name, colour, height etc. Then you know when it is time to harvest the seeds and

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

Tips 'n' ideas - My "antidepressant" drug

Today I really need an antidepressant drug. The weather is appalling, I had a bad day at work and I think I’m coming down with a cold. I need something to cheer me up!I found these “happy pills” Tyra's Garden with artichokes from Potager du Roi. The potager in July. Summertime how lovely!A simple yet beautiful Dahlia mignon "Firebird"Now I feel a little bit better, tonight I think I'll spend