Virkattu ampiaispesä -postaus on ehdottomasti suosituin kaikista blogissani julkaistuista jutuista. Nyt kolme kevättä myöhemmin voin jo jakaa käyttökokemuksia ja todeta että temppuhan toimii! Alun perin suhtauduin ajatukseen aika skeptisesti mutta sen jälkeen kun ripustin näitä villaisia pesiä strategisiin paikkoihin ei oikeita pesiä ole näkynyt, ampiaiset ovat hakeneet pesäpaikan muualta kuin keittiön oven yläpuolelta, terassin katon… Continue reading Valeampiaispesä, fake wasps nest
I'm hoping to at least taste the cherries from our little cherry tree this summer. Just before they turn red I'll hang these "tough nuts" for the birds to get used to and hope they'll be tired of them by the time the real cherries ripen. This apparently works for strawberries too - just put… Continue reading Fake cherries, valekirsikoita
We hung four new birdhouses in our garden this spring just in time for the birds' nesting season. Now I've been busy preparing lodgings for insects. This bug hotel is supposed to attract beneficial insects that will pollinate my berries and fruit trees and get rid of unwanted pests in my garden. * Linnunpöntöt saatiin… Continue reading Ötökkä hotelli, bug hotel
I have plenty of material for twig wreaths after a big birch tree was cut down at Easter from the front of our smoke sauna. Chopping the wood will keep us busy for a few weekends too and all this firewood will warm our hearths on many a cold winter's night to come 🙂 *… Continue reading Twig heart, risusydän
A graduation party in the family and the garden got dressed up for afternoon coffee 🙂 We bought one bouquet of pink roses and a couple of Aster flowers. Then added some white peegee hydrangeas, hydrangea paniculata `grandiflora` (a beautiful, hardy plant very popular here in my native Finland) with blueberry shrubs and heather from my… Continue reading Flower arrangements, kukkia juhlapöytään
A dear friend gave me her summery silk dress to renew. The decoltée had sort of enlargened and she asked if I could do something to remedy this. I opened the middle seam and adjusted the front and back a little and then added a tiny bit of lace in the front to keep the… Continue reading In the pink, vaaleanpunaista
Hoping for a good blueberry harvest in mid July. So far it's looking good! Mustikka sadosta odotetaan erinomaista tänä vuonna, myös meidän pihallamme. A white chickweed flower, trientalis europaea, next to a lingonberry, vaccinium vitis-idaea. Lingonberries, like blueberries grow abundantly in forests all over our country so we'll be picking a lot of those too this summer 🙂 Metsätähti… Continue reading My flowering garden, kukkiva pihamaa
Pink 'murillo' tulips opening up to fill up my balcony bloom of colourful ranunculus buttercups. A tip from my florist: they´ll blossom better when they have less room for their roots, so the more the merrier 🙂 Värikkäät jaloleinikit saivat seuraa aniliininpunaisista tulppaaneista, jotka sään lämmetessä ovat alkaneet avautua ja täydentää parvekelaatikkoni väriloistoa. Otin kukkakauppiaani vinkistä… Continue reading Colourful bloom, kukkien väriloistoa
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