Category: garden

• Six on Saturday | 3rd October 2026

  

  Potatoes, onions and beetroot, oh my! Plus some squash. So. Much. Squash.

  Angela

  October 3, 2026

  garden

  autumn, azalea, beetroot, Finnish garden, grow bags, harvest, mushrooms, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, root cellar, SixonSaturday, squash, vegetable garden

• Six on Saturday | 26th September 2026

  

  Set loose to collect seed in Finland’s last teacher training college garden!

  Angela

  September 27, 2026

  garden, life in finland

  autumn, Finnish garden, flower garden, french beans, harvest, pear, salvia, seed saving, SixonSaturday, tomatoes, vegetable garden

• In a Vase on Monday | 21st September 2026

  

  The realest vase yet: flowers cut, arrangement pending, nasturtiums hitting their stride.

  Angela

  September 21, 2026

  garden

  autumn, cut flowers, dahlias, flower garden, gladiolus, in a vase on monday, nasturtiums

• In a Vase on Monday | 14th September 2026

  

  The wind knocked the dahlia heads off, so the birds got a vase this week.

  Angela

  September 14, 2026

  garden

  autumn, birds, calendula, cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, in a vase on monday, plums

• Six on Saturday | 12th September 2026

  

  A mushroom course, a fungus you could throw at a mugger, and kiwis found by accident.

  Angela

  September 13, 2026

  foraging, garden

  autumn, Finnish garden, foraging, harvest, kiwi, mushrooms, potatoes, SixonSaturday, squash, tomatoes, vegetable garden

• In a Vase on Monday | 7th September 2026

  

  Back to pastels with a splash of yellow, and last week’s dark vase refusing to quit.

  Angela

  September 7, 2026

  garden

  autumn, calendula, cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, freesia, gladiolus, in a vase on monday, monarda, ranunculus

• Six on Saturday | 5th September 2026

  

  Beans by the kilo, onions doing something new, and a sweet pea that turned up a season late.

  Angela

  September 6, 2026

  garden

  agastache, autumn, bush beans, calendula, Finnish garden, flower garden, harvest, hydrangea, onions, SixonSaturday, sweet peas, vegetable garden

• In a Vase on Monday | 31st August 2026

  

  Dark purple gladioli, burgundy dahlias, and a hard turn away from pastel.

  Angela

  August 31, 2026

  garden

  autumn, calendula, cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, gladiolus, in a vase on monday, monarda

• Six on Saturday | 29th August 2026

  

  A hydrangea with expansion plans, a curse finally broken, and a peach refusing to die.

  Angela

  August 29, 2026

  garden

  amaryllis, autumn, borage, Finnish garden, flower garden, harvest, hydrangea, peach, potatoes, ranunculus, SixonSaturday, tomatoes, vegetable garden

• In a Vase on Monday | 24th August 2026

  

  Dahlias again, were you really expecting something else?

  Angela

  August 24, 2026

  garden

  cut flowers, dahlias, Finnish garden, flower garden, gladiolus, hydrangea, in a vase on monday, summer, yarrow