Yesterday was a hot day – too hot to work in the garden. Instead we went to a farm auction nearby.
Alot of big machines
Non that I needed. My big prize was this wire work/art.
I suppose it’s an egg basket for holding eggs in boiling water.
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It is however starting to warm up!
But not time yet to put out the tomatoes.
It is time to start hanging out the laundry tho.
Here’s a video from YouTuber Jonna Jinton
She lives a bit further north.
Coool!
The last 3 weeks have been cold with a little snow. Just enough to ski every day. Now it’s getting warmer and yesterday we got quite a bit of new snow.
So out skiing again.
It might be the last time for this winter as the weather is supposed to warm up more. I hope not!
Yesterday we got a mini snowstorm – high winds and it snowed all day.
I was worried, but the dome didn’t blow away.
I got my skis out and tried skiing, but it’s not yet enough snow for good cross country skiing.
It’s supposed to snow all day today and a little tomorrow and then get cold, so I can hope to get some skiing in this year.
And it is wonderful when everything is white!
Happy happy – the sun starts moving north again – or rather the earths northern hemisphere starts tilting back towards the sun.
There’s a lot left to dig (turn over) for the winter.
And inspite of the snow, I’m still at it.
I’ll probably be at it until Christmas or even after, if the weather stays conducive.
However, if I have to leave one crop circle (next years pumpkin patch) undug, that’s allright too. After 10 years of working this heavy clay soil, it’s getting some very good tilth, and the rooty weeds seem to be pretty much under control – my main objectives with the digging – besides the great physical wookout.
We would rather stay, but it’s time now. We are preparing to go home again. We bought 2 large sport bags to get everything back with us.
And what could be more appropriate then to visit the japanese/swedish folk dance group in Osaka.
These folk dance enthusasts have been dancing together for 10 years now and are very good and made us look like the novices we are. So we had a great time danccing with them, learning many new dances and laughing at all the wrong turns.
Doing the polska
Three of them are coming to Sweden next summer for a folk music and dance festival. Hope to see them again!
It was cold, wet and muddy, but, as in previous years, a group of students from CEMUS (Uppsala University Department for Sustainable Development) came out for a work day in the garden and got a lot of work done, like picking pumpkins and tomatoes before the frost gets them
Cabbage for a big batch of sauerkraut.
Moving a couple of trees
Fixing the compost piles
And much more.
After the good, hard, work, we retired to the kitchen to warm up and dry out with pumpkin soup and lively discussions.
I slept in the garden shed last night.
And woke up to this.
The reason (besides the fresh air and beautiful veiw) was that we discovered that the deer had been jumping over or forcing the fence in the protected garden.
And eating chard
So, I fixed the fence
And figured that I should try to give them a scare in the night. But I didn’t hear or see a thing. I slept very well!
After all the guests snd garden parties, we are off on a garden viewing trip. First stop is Järna – a nice little home-made greenhouse full of tomatoes and peppers.
