This is what you get from plating ONE thyme. INFINITE thyme in one simple step!
Thyme 'French Summer'
Not the prettiest of pictures but a great sight. I plopped these down in various corners of the garden in the hopes of beautiful little carpets of little pink flowers. This one made it, and it's carpeting so well! Let's watch it get bigger.
Creeping thyme 'Thymus serpyllum'
Now THIS is exciting. I had completely lost hope in ever growing this plant, as I killed every single one but this one last year. It never got big enough to flower, and I thought it was over. But it's coming back!! Look at it!!!
Sea holly 'Eryngium maritimum'
Not surprised to find strawberries being prolific perenneials as I've had to fight to pull some old ones out of planters they shouldn't be in. My own coming back, however, is much more fun.
Strawberry 'Loran'
Common ladybug 'Coccinella septempunctata'
Very excited about my new stupidly expensive cultivar of tomato- 'Silbertanne'. It's special in terms of these very bushy fronds. Super cool!
They grow up so fast... Goes without saying that 2025 is going to be a very lucrative pepper year!
Bell pepper 'Sweet Banana'
I just love chili's, especially at this very precious stage. So fresh and wonderfully green. (This is also the stage before they get annoyingly tall, so I savor these moments lol)
The peppers are poppin' off!
Chili 'Jalapeño', 'Scotch Bonnet'
Bell pepper 'Sweet Banana', 'Ora Long'
The indoor setup for the 2025 growing season is complete! Brand new shelves makes the best out of the space. Planted: Chilis x6, Bell peppers x3, Vervain x4 & Pelargonium x2
You'll always be proud of growing a giant tomato.
Beef tomato 'Brandywine'
A slow-growing, short-lived miniature sunflower that is so so worth the wait.
Sunflower 'Ms Mars'
The coolest guy in town.
Sunflower 'Teddy Bear'
An entirely home-made garden roast!
Pattypan squash, beetroot, white carrot, parsnip, thyme, potoatoes (olive oil, salt, pepper)
My biggest carrot ever!
Summer carrot 'Harlequin Mix'
+ Many more delicacies (see roast)
Slug romance.
Spanish slug 'Arion vulgaris'
My pride and joy.
Pattypan squash 'Pâtisson Blanc'
Hollyhocks have a ton of pollen for the bees.
Hollyhock 'Summer Carnival'
Garden bumblebee 'Bombus hortorum'
Stinkbug lost in the sauce.
Strawflower 'Xerochrysum bracteatum'
Stinkbug 'Carpocoris sp.'
On the vine.
Beef tomato 'Brandywine'
Creatures existing peacefully.
Strawflower 'Xerochrysum bracteatum'
Red-brown longhorn beetle (male) 'Stictoleptura rubra'
A chunk of my garden at sunset. I built this section in 2024 after removing our (unusuable) greenhouse. I adored how lush it looked over the season.
Huge potato harvest with little effort!
Stay tuned for my blog post about growing potatoes in mulch without having to work the ground at all!
Don't you love the greens?
Pelargonium 'Apache Violet' (potted)
Pea 'Champion of England' (left)
Garden ants searching for nectar on an aster.
Callistephus 'Chamois Turm'
Crab spider with prey.
Marigold 'Calendula officinalis'
Crab spider 'Thomisidae'
In Swedish the lady in the greens. Stunning.
Love-in-a-mist 'Nigella damascena'
Dahlia with beautiful petals!!!
Dahlia x pinnata 'Redskin Mixed'
Playing Disco Elysium at 4 in the morning and going outside to this absolutely beautiful yellow light illuminating the rain-splashed garden at its absolute peak. The special light, sights, the smells and being in the DE headspace culminated into an absolutely unreal experience. Bright summer mornings are simply ethereal.
Snapping a few photos is unable to capture the feeling itself, but I'm glad I have the moment preserved regardless. -Then I had Kim waiting for me when I got back inside!
Cucumbers are quick growers!
Cucumber 'Marketmore'
In 2024 the wildflower mix i sowed in 2023 came back and created a beautiful meadow! Growing native flowers always attract pollinators.
Cornflower 'Centaurea cyanus'
Tree bumblebee 'Bombus hypnorum'
First potato harvest 2024!
A favorite in 2024. Petunia with striking coloration and pattern. Petunias are so much fun to grow!
Petunia 'Sophistica Lime Bicolor'
Twinsies~
Cucumber 'Ayda'
Growing your own strawberries from seed is both easy, exciting and very interesting!
Strawberry 'Loran'
The cucumber corner.
This corner gets lots of sunlight throughout the day.
Getting ready to plant my chitted potatoes!
Stay tuned for my blog post about growing potatoes in mulch without having to work the ground at all!
A beautiful 'chitted' potato ready for planting! Chitting is letting the seeded potato sprout by keeping them in a bright, cool place. This gives them a huge head start once in the ground!
Young bean.
Yardlong bean 'Yard Long'