Girly stuff

It is funny that most men like Rhododendrons. I think Rhodos are very girly, especially when in flower.

Squatters on the porch

What happens when you don't visit your cottage very often? You get squatters - this time a little bird made a nest on our chalkboard. There was even one little egg there so we let the nest be. The bird has one week to hatch before we claim our porch back!

Greetings from the jungle

Sometimes it is difficult to believe we live in the northest of north. These rodgersias (valeangervot) look like they belong in a jungle, dont they!

Digging holes (or not)

This happens every time I decide to get rid of some plants. I had planned to dig out all the old roses in the front of the house. Well, they respoded to this thought by flowering like never before.

Where are the new ones?

You may remember I told you earlier that I got two brand new wheelbarrows. The trouble with new wheelbarrows is that you don't want to scratch them as they are so shiny and beautiful and you end up using the old ones instead. Lets hope the old wheelbarrows break so I finally start using the new (better) ones...

Allium fever

I just love alliums. There are lots of these in many English gardens and they are just starting to appear in Finland, too. What's not to love: there are big and small ones, white and colourful and the moles don't touch them.

At least it is green

We have no grass at Vårkulla. Our grass is more like salad but at least it is green.

And when you look at the yard through the old windows, it looks even better as the uneven surface of the window plate makes everything a bit blurry.