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sarahjelm, 3 months ago

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sarahjelm, 3 months ago

I did bake buns for ‘semlor’ yesterday, but managed to burn the bottoms as the recipie online & all internet disappeared midday and was gone until the evening. Nothing in the news as media was occupied with parts of the amusement park in Gothenburg exploding in a fire …
But first things first …
Snow shoveling, feeding the birds, then painting and finish at least over the 2nd shelf so that I can empty the countertop
Poor birds. Not looking forward to this. Pretty, but no…
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Snow in the garden
Bird feeder covered in snow

sarahjelm, 3 months ago

And done … that took a few days, but this is also the trickiest corner.
I’m almost ready for the electrician. Remains an area beside the stove.
Last of all will be sanding and hard waxing the countertop.

Outside most of the snow is now gone. And today it is +8° and rain. Up and down.

I’ve fetched more peanuts for the birds and squirrels from the garage. And got more apples delivered together with fresh vegetables and more thaw salt. Better take care of that …

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Kitchen view
Garden from the patio

sarahjelm, 3 months ago

Is it #spring now? Dare one hope?
The ice on the lake is disappearing & I've moved the bird feeder down from the patio. Snowdrops and crocus are on the way up and the blue anemonens I got last fall seem to have survived. The birds are chirping and inspecting their birdhouses. The wren is back on the patio.

Time to clean up after storms and bad weather. The whole lawn is full of twigs…
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Crocus
Moved bird feeder
Snow drops

sarahjelm, 3 months ago

Really lovely morning. Plus 5° already at 9.30. Out on the lake a gang of geese take a break in their spring travels & explore the open water. I’ll just finish my coffee and get out there. And it’s still only February so nothing is urgent when it comes to gardening. Plenty of time ahead.
Retirement has its advantages. I sure don’t envy the poor souls who passed before dawn in a hurry to catch the bus…

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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

It is really time for a garden update
Today, April 1, at 8.30 am (but summertime from yesterday, so felt really early) it was +7° outside.
March just fled by while I was busy inside painting kitchen and decluttering/sorting paper. Winter with snow & the ice on the lake came back and went twice.
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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

This coming week, from Tuesday evening, there will be typical April weather - sun, rain, snow & a couple of frosty nights. So today is the day for outdoor stuff - putting benches where they should go, getting rid of the last branches by mulching them, etc. Perhaps even prune berry bushes. They already have green leaves and so do almost all flowering bushes and trees.
It’s really early.
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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

It’s not like I did nothing outside. Unpacked the garden and patio furniture & for example. Pruned the obviously dead rose branches in the nearest flower beds, went shopping for new rosemary and came home with both narcissi and primulas for the patio. So far one pot & the rosemary were planted and the agapanthus got a larger pot and new soil. I’ll prepare for moving some things inside if the nights get really cold
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Bedding flowers
Flowerbed
Snowdrops and planted pot

sarahjelm, 1 month ago

Sun is setting and I feel quite content. Watch this before-after …

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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

And most benches are in place!

It’s been a lovely day. I wait as long as I can before I go inside. I think everything grew at least a decimeter in the sunshine. Scilla are now outnumbering croci in the flowerbed.

Really hard to believe that it will snow all day tomorrow with a really cold morning.

Last thing I do is move my agapanthus, parsley and leak inside. Narcissi and primulas will be ok on the patio table.

Next is #winter and #snow for 3 days

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Floverbed with Scilla

sarahjelm, 1 month ago

The very first person to take a cold dip in the lake yesterday really did it the right day …

Filled the bird feeder and under the rhododendron there is still a feast on the rests after making an enourmous tropical fruit sallad for Easter Eve - shells and seeds from papaya and melon plus some ananas. Luckily my guests took most of the leftover food with them to the one family member that stayed home sick. Just enough left to heat up some dinner 👍🏻

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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

Janssons temptation, exactly one portion left, and a piece of cake .. perfect!

Tomorrow I’m back to sort paper and paint another wall in the kitchen. Slowly, slowly …

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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

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sarahjelm, 1 month ago

Tuesday April 2…
This week will be a good test of what primulas and narcissi really can take. But I will have to wait until Friday before I see the result. Coming weekend spring will be back. So glad I mulched all branches yesterday. They would be all wet and soggy again.
I refuse to go further than the bins today.
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Pot of flowers covered in snow