In a Vase on Monday | 1st June 2026
Three measly stalks of lily of the valley, hiding inside a bouquet that smells entirely of lilac.
Six on Saturday | 30th May 2026
First asparagus, dahlias going in, and a rowan sapling that delivered itself by airmail.
In a Vase on Monday | 25th May 2026
I went outside with a simple plan: anemone, maybe some bergenia. I came back with five different flowers, wind damage cuttings, and a sugar bowl doing its best vase impression.
Six on Saturday | 23rd May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace. The family pear tree is finally flowering, forget-me-nots are spreading, and I went to a plant fair for peaches and pelargoniums and left with… neither.
In a Vase on Monday | 18th May 2026
First official cut flowers from the garden this year. A dozen mixed narcissi from the flower field and a few branches of feral pear blossoms.
Six on Saturday | 16th May 2026
Three from the garden, three from the terrace this week. A feral pear putting on a show, a photo shoot, and houseplants finally escaping to their summer homes.
Six on Saturday | 9th May 2026
A spring surprise that I forgot I’d planted. Dogtooth violets from 2023 finally blooming, wood anemones just in time for Mother’s Day, and the front flower bed getting camera-ready for… reasons.
In a Vase on Monday | 4th May 2026
Freesias are one of my all-time favorite flowers. I’ve been obsessed with them since I first caught a whiff, which predates my Bath & Body Works Freesia lotion phase. If you know, you know.
Six on Saturday | 2nd May 2026
This red pelargonium came in from the garden last autumn and has not stopped blooming since. The sun came back, the Easter decorations came out, it said “You know what? More flowers.” It deserved its own entry.
In a Vase on Monday | 27th April 2026
I wasn’t expecting to join in for another few weeks — there’s nothing to cut outside yet. But the windowsill pelargonium needed trimming, and the bud vases needed filling, so here we are.
Six on Saturday | 25th April 2026
Snow that didn’t arrive, kalanchoes from three different Christmases, an accidental amaryllis discovery, and dahlias plotting their summer takeover.
Six on Saturday | 18th April 2026
Hügelkultur experiments, crocus dreams, heritage seeds from Nordgen, and a school greenhouse with a story I’ll tell you someday.
Six on Saturday | 11th April 2026
Week six. Ten beds down, the alliums are in the ground, someone has been eating my pea seedlings, and the bird feeder is doing brisk business. Plus a baguette mystery.
Six on Saturday | 4th April 2026
Week five, beds waking up, and the neighbors are still giving me looks. Asparagus and garlic beds cleaned up and interplanted, carrots in the ground chasing 2023’s legendary surplus, and a mystery volunteer that may or may not be borage.
Six on Saturday | 28th March 2026
Week four, and the rain did its work. Rhubarb shoots, an overgrown yew getting identified, snowdrops under the plum trees, and a birthday party revelation about raw rhubarb.
Six on Saturday | 21st March 2026
This week we’re going indoors. One pothos cutting from 2010 became a dynasty spanning every room in the house. There’s also a revenge Brugmansia, a succulent that taught my son that broken doesn’t mean dead, a Christmas cactus I snapped in half, and two freshly planted beds of broad beans.
Six on Saturday | 14th March 2026
The first seeds went into the ground this week — 274 grams of homegrown peas, pressed into the soil by hand. The comeback year is officially underway. Also: survivor thymes, immortal bergenias, a zombie apple tree, and two beds of defrosted freezer archaeology serving as a wildlife buffet.
Six on Saturday | 7th March 2026
I took a year off from the garden. Not on purpose — 2025 was just that kind of year. But it’s early March, the snow is pulling back, and I went outside with a cold and a pair of boots to see what survived. Turns out the garden carried on without me, slightly offended.
The Agreement
I saw them within the first weeks of moving here — summer 2012, barely unpacked. A doe with her fawns at dawn, moving along the strip of forest that separates our property from the neighbors. Then again in autumn, eating the fallen apples and plums alongside the hedgehogs and foxes. Roe deer — a doe,…
June 2024 Vegetable Garden Tour
One year later and here we go again! A video taking you around the raised beds to see what’s growing in this year’s veg garden. It’s been fun to compare how much has changed since last year’s tour. I hope to do one of the flower garden as well, after I clean it up next…
Six on Saturday | 22nd June 2024
Happy Midsummer weekend! With last week’s rains, several days of clear sunny skies and only a couple hours of twilight to call night, our garden has been growing at a breakneck pace. We are absolutely inundated with leafy greens at the moment and I have already started showing up to friends’ houses bearing whole lettuces.…
Six on Saturday | 15th June 2024
I am determined to actually do this on the proper day this week, yes I am! The clear weather today after a week of thunderstorms (some of our friends had localized hail!) made it a very pleasant day for photography. Sadly, I will have to wait until next week to share whatever I pick up…
Six on Saturday | 8th June 2024
The post discusses various updates on the garden, including the early blooming of Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Plena’ due to unusual weather, a self-seeded lilac’s growth, and the neglected state of the Rhododendron ‘Helsinki University’. The author also mentions the spinach bolting and a visit to a nursery resulting in the acquisition of new herbs. The post…
Six on Saturday | 1st June 2024
This year’s SoS posts finally kick off after a lull, with the excitement of the first asparagus harvest, apple trees in full blossom, forget-me-nots adding color to the garden, and the first stinging nettle harvest. Despite setbacks like high temperatures burning up some plants, the vegetable garden is mostly planted and sprouted.
Six on Saturday | 9th December 2023
I’ve been waiting later and later every Saturday before writing these posts, hoping that I might snap a picture of something that will make its way into the collection. It’s made a little difficult by the fact that I can only take pictures on the weekend since it is dark when I leave the house…
Six on Saturday | 2nd December 2023
I was going to skip SoS this week since I’m still catching up on reading the last couple of weeks’ posts from everybody and didn’t think there was much to share out here other than more snow. Yet here I am again because I realized that I’ve never tried documenting winter in the garden before…
Six on Saturday | 25th November 2023
The snow I promised to photograph arrived this past week. Today was a clear and crisp and very brisk -7°C, so I crunched around outside in my biggest pair of boots to show you the current state of the garden. 1. Standard view of the veg garden, winter edition. The ground is frozen and it’s…
Six on Saturday | 18th November 2023
First post of winter, brrr! Our nights have consistently been dipping below 0°C now, though not very far below most of the time. Enough to justify a fire in a woodstove and candles everywhere, though! There are about six hours between sunrise and sunset at the moment, though that’s closer to five hours of usable…
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