Dog Days of Summer
Greetings friends – Are we past the Dog Days of Summer?! This summer has been an unusual one for us …
Tag Archives: crazy Finnish weather
On Cloud 9 – What a Great Feeling!
Hello friends! Coming to you today from Cloud 9, where we’re still riding the post-open garden day swell of good feelings …
End of May Wrap-Up
W O W ! Didn’t see that coming – May is just about a wrap and it doesn’t seem possible …
Toukokuu 2019 Maj – It’s May people!
Greetings, Friends both near & far! Happy Belated Vappua! Happy May Day What a delight April was! It came in …
Mid-Winter in SNOWY Southern Finland
Hello to our friends, fellow renovators & gardeners! Happy New Year! The big story here is the weather Caught in …
Greenhouse Victories
Happy September folks! Almost didn’t see it coming, but even still it was already the 2nd and I thought it …
Ode to an August Garden: Gratitude Aplenty
Greetings! On an early Monday morning I begin this post. One week and many miles later we are back together …
Too HOT to TROT!
Caution you are entering a DROUGHT ZONE! Hello Friends, I’m taking a moment to prepare this post which is the …
Bonnie, this one is for you!
Hello to all our friends & followers! Happiest of spring greetings to everyone, near & far ❤ *This post is …
Balmy Start to Spring in Southern Finland
Belated greetings everyone : Happy Easter! – Buon Pasqua! – Hyvää Pääsiäistä! – Frohe Ostern! I colored a few eggs …
Cinco de Maaliskuu!
¡Hola amigos y familia! Since it’s the 5th of March and this is our FIRST post of 2018 – Happy …
It’s Snowing for Real!
Welcome Friends! ❤ The roar of municipal snow removal equipment is upon us! The 2017 winter snow season is officially …
Currently: Autumn is closing in
Greetings to all! September is a wrap. It was a weird month as month’s go. Thanks to our crazy Finnish …
No April Showers Here…
Hello from Vanha Talo Suomi! Happy Spring greetings to you! No showers lately, and we’re under a grass-fire warning. There …
New and Improved!
Hello and welcome to another tale of harrowing home improvement! A lot of things have changed at Vanha Talo Suomi …
Leafing September Soon
Fall, leaves, fall By Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks …
Juhannus Countdown
Greetings to All! We are now into the second week of June and Finns everywhere are counting down to Juhannus …
…And we’re back…
Three months since the last post… which, up until today I thought would be my final post. I’m not sure …
Keeping Ourselves Spirited
The flush of Christmas and the New Year are still only a few weeks past, yet the ‘air’ feels a …
Embracing the Autumn Chill
Happens every year, to every gardener – well nearly everyone outside the tropics – the dreaded visit by Jack Frost. …
