tirsdag den 8. marts 2011

Vinteren er ikke helt forbi - Winter isn't over just quite yet


haven, d. 5. marts - the garden, March 5th

frugthaven, d. 5. marts - the fruit garden, March 5th
I lørdags tog vi en tur i haven for at se hvordan det hele stod til, og for at se om ikke vi kan komme i gang med at grave snart. De øverste 2 cm jord var optøet, men under det var alt stadig stenhårdt. Det ser ud til at vores nye Egremont Russet æbletræ må vente lidt længere inden det kommer i jorden.

On Saturday last we visited the garden to see how it looked, and to see if we will be able to start digging soon. The top 2 cm of earth had thawed, but underneath that the ground was still rock-hard. It looks like our new Egremont Russet apple tree will have to wait a little longer to be planted.

torsdag den 3. marts 2011

Haven i Kilkenny - The Garden in Kilkenny

forhaven - the front garden

den tidligere gårdsplads - the former farmyard

min mors staudebed - my mother's perennial border