The Roundup: Saturday 15.07.2023
Hello Friends! Welcome to this week’s roundup of what’s happening in the Vanha Talo Suomi gardens. The term ’roundup’ means …
Category Archives: Gardening
Six on Saturday 08.07.2023: Hallelujah!
Breaking News! It’s rained since my last post – several times! Nearly daily we’ve been visited by a rain shower, …
Six on Saturday: 01.07.2023 Heinäkuu/Juli
Hello from Finland! We were off last week, enjoying Juhannus, but we weren’t completely absent! Rosie Amber featured our garden …
Garden Blogging at its Finest
As I’ve been writing this little documentary of our Vanha Talo Suomi home & garden renovation, many lessons have been …
Six on Saturday 17.06.2023 Countdown to Juhannus
Greetings friends! Sending everyone very warm greetings from Finland this lovely Saturday morning. When I say warm, I really do …
Six on Saturday: 10.06.2023
Hello everybody! Greetings to all from Finland on this lovely, sunny Saturday morning! It’s not been very exciting these last …
Six on Saturday: 03.06.2023 Hello June!
Greetings everyone from your Finnish gardening friend! We’ve been operating like a well-oiled machine here. Every couple of days Pekka …
Six on Saturday: Our Finnish garden 27.05.2023
As much as I look forward to being able to get outside and garden once the snow is gone, maybe …
Six on Saturday: Finland Edition 20.05.2023
Hello everyone! I’ve got to start right off by saying how much we appreciated the warm welcome and gracious comments …
Six on Saturday: Finland Edition 13.05.2023
Hello gardening friends! It’s been awhile since I last posted – lots of changes! 🙂 We are typically about one …
Sweet Sixteen
Greetings friends! As I prepare this post on Easter weekend, I’d like to extend warm wishes to all who celebrate …
Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?
Wishing to experience snow (lumi) during the month of December (Joulukuu), and especially leading up to Christmas Day, (Joulu) is …
Syyskuu 2022 – September at Vanha Talo Suomi
Hello Friends! Generally, we are finished gardening for the year, except for a few watering tasks until any rain that …
August 2022: Vanha Talo Suomi
Hello again friends! What a weird summer it has been, so far! Hope you are well. I think when I …
Vanha Talo Suomi – Summer Edition
Hello friends! Been a long time since the last post, but really there wasn’t much to share. Here we are, …
Crazy Finnish Weather: The agonizing wait for spring is REAL
Whelp. Here we are again. Another round of, Where is Spring? currently underway. Hello Friends! Welcome back! We’re here, same …
Breaking: Spring held Hostage
Hello friends! Someplace, somewhere, it’s spring. Not here in southern Finland! Oh, no! I foresee this mutant seasonal phenomenon will …
Happy New Year: It’s March Already??!!
Weeeeell, that was quick!! Hello friends! Seems like I was just typing up the final post of 2021 just a …
Christmastime Wishes
Hello friends! It’s little old me putting together our final Vanha Talo Suomi post of the 2021 calendar year, and …
Winter is Coming: Actually, it feels like it’s already here!
Hello from frosty Finland! A light dust of snow has mixed with an abundant layer of frost. Temperatures have been …
Prince Spaghetti Day
https://youtu.be/wNX1QtyG9_8 I remember well the national Prince Spaghetti television ads and so many other ads of the 1970s. It’s not …
It’s Still August!
Hello friends! It’s day 26 of 31, and it’s been raining almost every day it seems since my last post! …
Elokuu 2021 Augusti
Hello friends! We’ve arrived to the never-ending month of August – the month that just keeps on going, long after …
Finland Today: Hot, Hot Hot!
Hello friends! A day late and a dollar short – I had mentioned in my last post I would write …
Mayflowers & May Flowers
Hello again friends! A well-known nursery rhyme comes to mind in recalling the past month’s weather; April showers bring May …
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