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Our Cozy Winter Home
The winter has arrived, and even though this is not the High North of Westerors it does get cold in here too. Well, we are in latitude 61°, which is not very high up in Finland but looking at it globally it very much is! We get the winters the…
Kale is in Season
The winter has arrived! I would actually hope it would go away for a while still, but it has its benefits - beautiful snow, good reason to cuddle inside - and tasty kale! We've been having kale a lot now after it got the frost it needed.
Mulching for Winter
And suddenly it's November and the winter is really getting near (there's a snow storm coming tomorrow actually!) Therefore today I got started in making our garden ready for winter.
First Snow Flakes Falling on Finnish Soil
Yes, on the 25th of October 2016 the first snow flakes were falling on Finish soil. I have to addmit: I do like snow. So I got really excited about it and shot a small clip.
Planting Winter Garlic
Did you know that in cold climates it's better to plant garlic in the fall than in spring? It gives it a head start and enables it to grow big bulbs by the next fall.
We Are Harvesting our Corn
When a friend of ours who lives a few kilometres from us said that he would be harvesting their corn the next day, we thought that we should look after ours as well. On the next day the weather wasn't that nice, so we decided to wait a little…