Beyond Buckthorns got featured in the Viherpiha magazine

We were featured in a really nice six-page article in the 2/24 issue of Viherpiha magazine. Viherpiha is one of the most popular gardening magazines in Finland and it was really great to share our permaculture solutions that work well with a…

Our PV System Is Up and Running

Yesterday was the day when we got to turn on our PV (photovoltaic) system! Watch the video to see how easy it is to turn a switch - and see us as we turn it, taking a huge step…

Step By Step - Sweet Sour Zucchini

We have a lot of zucchini plants (also known as gourgettes or summer squash) in our garden. Which means we get a lot of zucchinis. I'd say it's about 2,5 kg every other day. So, what to do with that many zucchinis?

Baking a delicious Ribiselcake from organic red currants

Over the past few weeks we got a lot of currants ripening, especially red currants. I checked some websites and of course talked with my grandma and came to the conclusion that what else would you do with fresh…

The Red Currants are Coming In

Finaly the red currants made their way into our home. We have many bushes arround the premises but two of them are really big. It took a lot of time to pick one entire bush. And what do we make out of them? That's coming next!

Our first tomatoes

We bought four small tomato plants from the local grower in June, as Lumia got some vouchers for that shop for her birthday.