Lohja 700: String up the fairy lights, have some cake & candy and most importantly, enjoy the fun!
Hello and warm greetings from Vanha Talo Suomi! November is well and truly upon us – ‘Time and tide waits …
Hello and warm greetings from Vanha Talo Suomi! November is well and truly upon us – ‘Time and tide waits …
Greeting friends! Taking a look outside the window offers a view of wind whipped trees, yellowing pine needles and at …
Hello again friends! August has been a roller coaster of excitement, but also a month of long periods of downtime. …
Hei ystävät! Pian on aika Vanha Talo Suomen erityiseen julkiseen puutarhapäivätapahtumaan 06.08.2023 – ensi viikonloppuna avaamme puutarhaportin sinulle tutustumaan puutarhoihin! …
Hello Friends! Welcome to this week’s roundup of what’s happening in the Vanha Talo Suomi gardens. The term ’roundup’ means …
Breaking News! It’s rained since my last post – several times! Nearly daily we’ve been visited by a rain shower, …
Hello from Finland! We were off last week, enjoying Juhannus, but we weren’t completely absent! Rosie Amber featured our garden …
As I’ve been writing this little documentary of our Vanha Talo Suomi home & garden renovation, many lessons have been …
Greetings everyone from your Finnish gardening friend! We’ve been operating like a well-oiled machine here. Every couple of days Pekka …
As much as I look forward to being able to get outside and garden once the snow is gone, maybe …
Hello gardening friends! It’s been awhile since I last posted – lots of changes! 🙂 We are typically about one …
Greetings friends! As I prepare this post on Easter weekend, I’d like to extend warm wishes to all who celebrate …
Hello friends! I’ve been reminded a couple of times since early February that this year is a big one for …
Hello again friends! What a weird summer it has been, so far! Hope you are well. I think when I …
Hello friends! Someplace, somewhere, it’s spring. Not here in southern Finland! Oh, no! I foresee this mutant seasonal phenomenon will …
Hello friends! It’s little old me putting together our final Vanha Talo Suomi post of the 2021 calendar year, and …
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 …
Hello friends! A day late and a dollar short – I had mentioned in my last post I would write …
Hello again friends! A well-known nursery rhyme comes to mind in recalling the past month’s weather; April showers bring May …
The end of winter that is!! Hello friends! Waking to the early morning crash of possibly 1000kgs of snow sliding …
Hello Friends! Here we are nearing the final week of November and transitioning to the twelfth month – December! The …
Greetings friends! We’ve been utilizing the unprecedented ‘Indian Summer’ weather to get as much done outside as possible before we …
If you’re not familiar with idioms, proverbs, and old sayings, you’ve likely never heard the phrase, ‘The Dog Days of …
Hello friends! We are surely living in trying times. Many around us are suffering from emotional and physical distancing, as …
Hello from sizzling southern Finland! Decided it was just too hot midday to continue doing yard chores. Taking a break …
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