Screening of Holy Shit on Permaculture day
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Come Celebrate Permaculture Day 2024 with us at Beyond Buckthorns on Sunday May 5th!
Creating a Mandala Garden
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In June we got some new sea buckthorn plants and around one of them we decided to create a small mandala garden.
Garden Log - a Glog!
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Welcome to the first post of our glog - our garden log book for quick and simple updates on what is happening in the garden on a daily basis. This is the tag to follow if you want to know what is going on in the garden beyond…
Digging the First Potatoes of the Year
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On the 11th of June we dug up our first potatoes of the year! It took three plants to give enough potatoes for us to enjoy a fulfilling dinner. The traditional Finnish first potato meal is very simple: boiled potatoes, dill and butter. Delicious…
Planting Squash and Pumpkins in Finland (Zone 5)
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When I look at the hardiness map at plantmaps.com our place is right in the border of zones 5a and 5b.
5 Kilos of Strawberries for Winter
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We don't have any strawberries in our garden (at least not yet), but I neither wanted to go completely without them this summer, nor have to buy imported and/or frozen berries in the wintertime.