Gang/Path

Nu har vi tagit oss samman och kopt stenar till varan gang sa vi slipper bli leriga om fotterna under vintern. Vi ska sanka ner dem i graset.
Rich went and bought paving slabs which will be sunk into the grass so we can walk to the shed without getting clay all over during the winter.

Normalt?/Normal?

Ar det normalt for en pelargonia att blomma sa har mycket i slutet av november? Och kolla pa kaprifolen bakom, den ar fortfarande jatte gron! Jag trodde den skulle tappa sina blad pa hosten?
Is it normal for a pelargonium (not sure if that's the english word for it?) to flower it socks off in the end of November? And look at the honeysuckle behind it. Still loads of green leaves. I thought they were deciduous?

Ny buske och rosflytt/New shrub and rose moving

Den har rosen fick flytta till den har platsen for nagra veckor sedan. Den stod vid dorren pa framsidan innan. Nar jag planterade den sa trodde jag det var en klatter ros, men det ar en busk ros. Sa nu har jag moblerat om eftersom jag hade planterat en klatter ros pa ett stalle dar den inte hade nagonstans att klattra.. Far se om de overlever flytten. Egentligen ar detta perfekt tid att flytta pa buskar och sant eftersom de normalt satt borde vara i vinter ide i November, men eftersom det ar sa varmt sa haller de pa att blomma fortfarande.
I had to move this rose to this place a few weeks ago. It was originally planted next to our fron door since I thought it was a climbing rose. But it turned out to be a shrub rose. So in its place at the front I had to move a climbing rose which I planted in a position where it didn't have anything to climb on.. I'm not sure they'll survive the move. Normally this time would be a good time for moving plant since they should be dormant, but because of the warm weather this rose was still flowering. Har ar en ny Philadelphus buske som jag fick av svarfar! Det ar den gula i mitten. Den har typen av Philadelphus (har glomt av namnet, ar lite trott...) luktar jattegott nar den blommar.Jag ska grava ut en ordentlig rabatt mellan dessa plantor till sommaren och plantera mer vaxter.
Here's a new Philadelphus I got from Mike! It's the yellow one in the middle. The type name has completely slipped my mind (am a bit tired) but it smells lovely when it's flowering. Next summer I will dig out a proper flowerbed between the shrubs and plant more things.

Gummistovlar/Wellies

Kolla in mina snygga gummistovlar! Kopte dem i Wales. Har inte agt nagra gummistovlar sen jag var typ 12 ar sa nu kanns det som om cirkeln ar sluten.. Kanns lite varning att vara sa har exalterad over detta, men anda, de ar ju gula!
Check out my great new wellies! I bought them in Wales. I haven't owned a pair of wellies since I was 12 or something so it feels like the circle is closed now. (Is that a saying in English?) Anyway, I feel a bit like a sad person being exited over a pair of wellies, but come on, they're yellow!!

Stadning/Cleaning

Har ar resultatet av min sommarang i host skrud. Nu var det dags att gora nagot at det. Nar jag var hos svarforaldrarna i oktober sa fick jag tva plantor Dogwood (vet inte vad det heter pa svenska, men tror att det ar Cornus Alba pa latin) sa de planterade jag har efter stor rensning.
Here's the result of my flowermeadow with autumnal look. Not very pretty. So I decided to do something about it. When we visited Mike and Christine in October I got two plants of Dogwood which I planted here after cleaning up. Sa nu ser det ut sa har. Det gar knappt att se plantorna nu, men stammarna har en valdigt stark rod farg vilket ar snyggt pa vintern. Sen vill jag egentligen ha paskliljor runt dem, men jag ar nog forsent ute sa det far vanta till nasta ar. Sen maste jag plantera nan marktackande vaxt ocksa annars blir det bara massa ogras har alternativt anvant som katt toalett.
So now it looks like this. The plants are barely visible now but they've got lovely red stems which looks great during winter. i would like to plant daffodils around them but I guess that will have to wait until next year as I think it's too late now. i will have to plant some kind of ground covering as well, otherwise the ground will soon be covered in weed again or used as a cat toilet.

hallon och chillies/raspberry and chillies

Rich planterade den har hallonbusken for nagra veckor sedan. Den star pa altanen bredvid dorren sa vi far val se om vi kan ta oss ut till sommaren, de vaxer tydligen ratt rejalt..
Rich planted this raspberry a few weeks ago. It's on the patio next to the door so we'll se if we'll be able to get out next summer as raspberry bushes are meant to grow quite vigorously..

Har ar senaste skorden av chillies och paprikor. Paprika plantorna har gjort sitt nu och ligger pa komposten, men en chillie planta hanger med och frukterna haller fortfarande pa att mogna!

Here's the latest harvest of chillies and peppers. The pepper plants are finished now and rests comfortably in the compost bin but one of the chillie plants is still going and the chillies are still riping!

Climbing Snowdon/Bestigning av Snowdon

Vi var i Wales i helgen med nagra kompisar for att klattra upp fro Snowdon, hogsta berget i Wales. Har ar jag efter vandringen upp till dar klattringen borjade.
We went to Wales this weekend with Chris, Rosser, Will and Martha to climb Snowdon. Here's me after the walk up to where the scrambling begins. Har har vi borjat att klattra.
The scrambling has begun.Jag igen, i full koncentration. Notera att vadret fortfarand ar ok, det skulle komma att bli betydligt varre.
Me again, fully concentrating where to put my feet and hands. Note that the weather is still ok, there was much worse to come.

Richard klamrar sig fast....

Rich holding on for dear life....The weather got gradually worse and the wind strenght was beyond belief!

Vadret blev samre och samre och det blaste enormt mycket.Visibiliteten borjar ga ner..... Lika bra det eftersom jag ar hojdradd.

The visibility starts to drop. Just as well really as I'm afraid of heights.

Skulle tro att man vid bra vader skulle haft en bra utsikt har.

I assume that when the weather is good you've got a pretty good view from this point.

Vi klarade det! Har ar Richard pa toppen! Fantastisk dag trots storm vindar.

We made it! Here's Rich on the top. Amazing day despite gale force winds.

Grass identified!/Identifierat gras!

Nar vi flyttade in sa stod det har graset/vassen i tradgarden. Jag har undrat vad det ar for nagot jatte lange. Men nu vet jag minsann! I slutet av sommaren sa borjade helt plotsligt de har fjadrarna skjuta upp. Sen sa fick jag lana en bok av svarmor med plantor och helt plotsligt sag jag varat gras dar! Det heter Miscanthus sinesis "Silver feather".
When we moved into the house this grass was already in the garden. I've been wondering ever since what it is called. In the end of the summer the plumes started to appear. I was reading a plant book that I've borrowed from Christine and all of a sudden I saw it there! It's called Miscanthus sinensis "Silver Feather". Har ar fjadrarna som loste mysteriet.
Here are the feathers that helped solve the mystery.

Kompost/Composting

Den har bilden ar mest for pappas skull, vi har diskuterat kompost en del... Kolla in alla maskar!!! De borjade plotsligt existera i komposten efter jag borjade vattna den lite grann, sa nu ar det en himla fart pa den. Jag tog ut den forsta omgangen fardigkomposterad jord forra helgen! (Jennie var har och halsade pa nar denna fantastiska handelse tog plats, och hon visade imponerande entusiasm vilket var valdigt uppskattat eftersom det var lite av en hogtidsstund for mig...)
This picture is mostly for my Dad. We've been discussing composting a bit and I just wanted to show him that I've finally got loads of worms. They started to appear after I added some water to it every now and then. After this the whole process has sped up and I took out some ready composted soil of it last week!

Done!/ Fardigt!

Sa var det bara tapetsering och malning kvar att gora i koket. Sa har sag det ut nar vi holl pa att tapetsera.
Just wallpapering and painting left to do in the kitchen. This is one of the walls during wallpapering. Jag tvingade Rich att ta ett kort pa mig nar jag malade eftersom det hittills sett ut som om bara han gor allt jobb....
I forced Rich to take a photo of me painting since it looks like he's doing all the work so far....

Har ar samma vagg som ovan fast nu med farg och vinstall.

This is the same wall as above but this time the painting is done and the winerack in place.

Antligen! Koket ar fardigt!!!

Finally! The kitchen is all done!

Blogg problem igen/Blogg problems again

Jaha, har hade jag antligen tagit mig samman och skulle lagga ut nya bilder pa kok och tradgard. Sa strular blogger programmet igen, sa jag far val aterkomma.
Typical...Had finally summed up some enthusiasm to put up new pics of the garden and house and the blog program is giving me grief again. So I'll have to try later or another day. Hmpf.

Bastu kok/Kitchen sauna

Ok, nu funkar blogger igen. Sa har kommer bilderna pa hur bastu koket kom till varlden.
Har har vi satt upp reglarna.
Ok, blogger has decided to to work again so here are the pictures that shows the development of the sauna kitchen. Here's the background work done. Fonsterbradan innan.
Windowsill before.

Nya fonsterbradan pa plats. Rich klattrade upp for att lagga tyngd pa den.

New windowsill in place. Rich climbed up to put some pressure on it.

Fonsterbradan efter! Den ar bredare nu ocksa! Toppen. Sen kan ni ju se att masterfotografen har varit i farten.... taskig skarpa och egen reflektion i fonstret....

Windowsill after! It's wider now which is great! As you can see the master photographer have been in action again....bad focus and own reflection in the window....

Tada!! Bastukok med katt! Fattar inte varfor hon ar sa trott, det borde vara Rich och jag som lag ner pa golve och tog igen oss efter att ha jobbat med detta hela helgen. Men bra blir det. Panelen ska malas vit.

Kitchensauna with tired cat! Don't know what her reasons were to be so tired, she didn't exactly contribute with any work. It should have been Rich and me lying down for a rest after working with the kitchen all weekend. We'll paint the panelling white eventually. I'm very happy with the result.

Blogg problem/Blog problems

Det ar nat fel pa blogg programmet sa jag kan inte lagga ut bilder for tillfallet. Ville ju sa garna visa er vart fina bastu kok. Vi har satt upp trapanelen mellan skapen och banken och det ser valdigt bastulikt ut! Fast vi ska ju mala det sa smaningom. Bilder kommer sa fort blogger bestammer sig for att fungera igen.
It's something wrong with the blog program so I can't put any pictures up at the moment. I really wanted to show you our sauna kitchen! We've put the wood panelling up between the cupboards and the worktop and haven't painted them yet so it looks very much like a sauna. Pictures to follow once blogger has sorted itself out.

Farg/Colour

Har ar tre olika gra farger som jag har provmalat i koket. Det ser inte riktigt likadant ut pa fotot som i verkligheten, men sag garna i kommentars funktionen vilken ni tycker ar bast. Det ar for koket och koket ar ju vitt med morka arbetsbankar.
This is the three different shades of grey I've tried out in the kitchen. The kitchen is white with dark worktops. Let me know wich one you think we should go for. The colours haven't come out absolutely right on the photo, but pretty much.

Paprika skord/Pepper harvest

Har ar en del av mina frosadda paprikor! Fina och roda och valdigt goda!
Here's some of the peppers that I've grown from seed. Red, shiny and very tasty!

Krysantemum/Chrysanthemum

Min krysantemum (tror jag det ar iallafall..) har fatt fina knoppar och kommer snart sta i full blom hoppas jag. Sorten heter "Nina" och jag fick den av svarforaldrarna forra hosten. Sa jag har hallt den vid liv i ett helt ar!! Med overvintring!
My chrysanthemum (please correct me if I'm wrong Chris and Mike..) has got little buds on it now and should start flowering soon I hope. I got it last year from my parents in law and this particular type is called "Nina"!

Fodelsedag/Birthday

Det var min fodelsedag for nagra veckor sedan. Far och Gunilla var har som hedersgaster och Richards foraldrar kom ocksa. Har skalar vi glatt! Kolla in min kaprifol i vanstra hornet! (Det ar ju trots allt en tradgardsblogg ...)
It was my birthday a few weeks ago. My dad and Gunilla were here and Rich's parents came up for the day. So here we all are saying "cheers!" or "skal" and even "cheese/ost". Just to justify this as a garden blogg entry: check out all the leaves on the honeysuckle in the left hand corner.....
En av mina fodelsedags presenter fran Far och Gunilla var en svensk flagga!! Har vajar den i den engelska vinden.
One of the birthday presents from Dad and Gunilla was a Swedish flag! Fits perfectly on the garden shed and will be used for special occasions from now on.

Skordetid/Harvesting time

Jag har sa mycket tomater att vi knappt hinner ata upp dem.
I've got so much tomatoes that we hardly manage to eat them.

Och antligen borjar paprikorna bli roda! Chillin ar fortfarande gron.

The peppers are finally starting to go red! But the chilli is still green.

Orsak till rygg ont/Cause of back pain

Sa har kommer bild beviset till vad som har gett mig ont i ryggen.
Jag har lange tankt att jag vill ha en syren och i dag tog jag mis samman och akte och kopte en. Den ska ha bla eller rosa blommor beroende pa vilken lapp pa busken jag valjer att tro pa... Den ska sa smaningom bli 3m hog och 1,5 meter bred.
So here is the pictures to explain why my back is aching. I decided at while ago that I wanted a lilac and today I finally got one. Depending on which label to believe (the shrub was equipped with two labels), the flowers will be wither pink or blue. Eventually it should grow to 3m high and 1,5 metres wide. H

Har ar den utvalda platsen.
The chosen spot.
Efter en massa gravning,
borttagning av gras och nedsattande av planka for att fa en jamn kant.
This is after a lot of digging, removing of turf and a bit of wood dug down to kept the edge tidy. Syrenen pa plats! Och nagra allium lokar som jag hoppas kommer blomma ungefar samtidigt som syrenen.
The lilac has a new home! I'm also planting some allium bulbs.

Nu ar det klart!

All done!

Hart jobb/Hard work

Jaklar vad jag har jobbat i tradgarden idag! Har skit ont i ryggen nu. Jag ar en vekling.
Hursomhelts sa har jag planterat en host/vinter korg och en host/vinter kruka. Jag tror det ar forsta gangen i mitt liv jag faktiskt ar ute i god tid med nagot.
Been working like a madman in the garden all day today. I've got such a back ache now. I'm way to weak for my own good and age.
Anyhow, I've been planting two autumn/winter thigs today. One basket and one pot. I think it's the first time in my life I'm actually out in good time with something.

Var planer/Spring plans

Dessa ska planteras i tradgarden! Langtar redan till varen! Det kommer bli en laaang vinter...
These will be planted in the garden. I'm already longing for next spring! I think it'll be a loong winter....

Circusboy/Cirkuspojke

Det ar inte for inte Richard aven gar under namnet circuspojken. Har haller han pa att fixa med sladdarna for spotlightsen.
This picture is just one of many reason Rich is also called Circusboy. Here he's managing to bend his spine the wrong way around while adjusting the spotlights.

More kitchen/Mera kok

Nu finnd det golv, spotlights under skapen, lister pa plats, ja faktiskt ett helt fungerande kok. Hurra!!! Jag har kopt tre olika sorters testburkar med farg till vaggarna sa det ska utprovas under veckan.
The kitchen has now got a proper floor, spotlights under cupboards and plinth. I've bought three test pots with paint for the walls today, so they will be tried out during the week.

Almost done/Nastan klart

Har ar koket! Jag ar sa glad att ha ett fungerande kok igen. Nu ar tom gasen inkopplad till spisen. I tva veckor var vi utan spis och hade bara ugn och riskokare. Men det gick bra det med. Jag ar sa himla glad att ha gas spis igen. Nu ar det bara vaggar, golvet och lite sma detaljer som lister kvar!
Tada! The kitchen! I'm so happy to have a fully functioning kitchen again. For two weeks we only had the oven and the rice boiler, but now the gas is connected. I'm also very pleased to have a gas stove again. So now there's only the walls, the floor and a few other details left!

Tomatskord/Tomato harvest

Har dagens tomat skord!
Here's the result of the tomato picking of today.