Sofias Country Gardens
On being bored
I have come to realise that there is a strong correlation with me being bored and the appearance of new borders in my garden. Boredom is...
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Sofias Country Gardens
Jun 3, 20212 min read
Summer has arrived!
As we turn into June something magical happens. Nature goes WOOOSH and bursts into life, with the grass turning a deep emerald green and...
Sofias Country Gardens
May 23, 20212 min read
Tulips and sunshine
The joy when all of the sudden the season turns into summer! In one week the trees go from having bare branches to leaves bursting out,...
Sofias Country Gardens
May 16, 20212 min read
Magic month of May
All of the sudden the weather turns, and a heat wave hits us much in the same spirit as all of the sudden the world around us wakes up...
Sofias Country Gardens
Apr 26, 20212 min read
April weather
After the gorgeous weather we have had it has turned miserably cold again, with many mornings too cold even for me to venture outside...
Sofias Country Gardens
Apr 18, 20212 min read
Spring projects
And suddenly it is here. Spring! The weather turned warm and dry, and finally the ground has thawed and become soft and workable again....
Sofias Country Gardens
Apr 4, 20212 min read
Happy Easter
I think Easter is my favourite holiday. I know I always say it about any bank holiday that comes up, but Easter really is lovely. It is a...
Sofias Country Gardens
Mar 20, 20213 min read
Spring equinox
All of the sudden spring equinox is upon us, and with it the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. Today on the 20th of March...
Sofias Country Gardens
Feb 5, 20213 min read
Bean Blauhilde
As I love trying out new varieties there are few vegetables that I grow time and again, yet bean Blauhilde is one of the rare exceptions....
Sofias Country Gardens
Jan 15, 20213 min read
A white January
Sometimes January can feel like the longest month, as it tends to be a quiet time of balancing out the excesses of the Christmas and New...
Sofias Country Gardens
Nov 4, 20202 min read
Late autumn garden
These last few weeks I have been enjoying the abundant colours of the autumn leaves and the daylight hours slowly receding. Life in the...
Sofias Country Gardens
Oct 17, 20203 min read
Sunny October days
The weather seems to become more unpredictable by year, but sometimes it works to the better. October has so far been unseasonably sunny...
Sofias Country Gardens
Oct 3, 20203 min read
Autumn tasks: renovating flower borders
I have two lovely yet often much neglected old flower borders at Stensund. They were in fact the first two borders I ever dug there, way...
Sofias Country Gardens
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Autumn in the woodland garden
You wouldn't believe the joy of having a sunny autumn week after so much rain! Few things are as pleasurable as the high skies of sunny...
Sofias Country Gardens
Aug 9, 20202 min read
Late summer blooms
In many ways August is my favourite month. By now the summer guests have gone home and a peaceful quietness has settled in the...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jul 25, 20202 min read
It's all white
Although I mostly think that when it comes to gardening more is more, there is one place where I have opted for a restrictive palette -...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jul 11, 20202 min read
Humlegård in bloom
This week I got the loveliest of presents. I'm guessing only gardeners will understand how much I appreciate it, but my friend Malins mum...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jul 4, 20202 min read
Jubilant July
The last weeks have been gloriously warm and sunny, and suddenly my garden is in full bloom. Everywhere you look flowers are bursting out...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jun 27, 20202 min read
Portvakten in June
In June there are so many lovely flowers out that when I made the large English herbaceous border at Portvakten (the Gatekeepers Cottage)...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jun 7, 20202 min read
June is the loveliest month
Finally June is here. It is the loveliest month of the year, when finally the trees are dressed in their summer finery and the flowers...
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