Café and Bakery in Gränna - Fiket i Gränna

Chocolate balls, Sarah Bernards, Tosca, Vanilla Creme Hearts....and I have to choose one! The Bakery in GrännaThis weekend we visited The Open Wharf Boat Fair in Gothenburg and on our way to GBG we stopped in a small and very picturesque town called Gränna. Gränna is famous for a special candy called Polkagrisar they are white and red striped candy sticks that taste mint, very nice but very bad

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

Bloggpaus

Buzzzzy- workin' hard and no time for blogging :( Just nu går all tid till att vattna, vattna och vattna och annars är det jobba, jobba och jobba och det finns ingen tid till bloggandet :( Men snart skall det bli ordning på torpet igen! Vi ses/ TYRA

Dangerous Beauty - Nerium Oleander

I had NO idea that this beauty was so poisonous Nerium Oleander...Oleander is one of the most poisonous plants and contains numerous toxic compounds, many of which can be deadly to people, especially young children. The toxicity of Oleander is considered extremely high and it has been reported that in some cases only a small amount had lethal or near lethal effects. ...Visst är den läskigt giftig

Reportage i Amelia nr.15

Den här veckan är det ett reportage i tidningen Amelia om mitt växthus. Det får ni kika på. Det roliga är att jag har tagit bilderna och det är jag stolt över. Skribenten Frida Funemyr är det som har skrivit texten och tagit en av bilderna (klockan), alla de övriga bilderna är foto: Tyra, tagna med Canon EOS 350D.Ha det bra / TYRA

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