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Drying heritage corn Painted Mountain after a really good summer harvest despite it not being so warm Corn originate from the Americans and some varieties need more sun and het to produce but you also have a few of these heritage corn that do well even in Sweden Best is…

Keeping in line with there ancestors Gabriella have fattened up over summer preparing for a long hard winter and too become a mum again and have enough resources to produce milk for the new calf. Farmers in olden times really struggled to find enough winter food for their animals so…

Finally and Gabriella wait for today’s trip back home from Ire nature reserve in Blekinge there old stomping ground were the breed was recovered by us 2004. Now the entire breed lives on our farm and help too preserve biological diversity during the summer maintaining diversity grazing areas #granemålakor #granemåla…

In season right now Leeks One of the longest crops we grow starting to seed them in the end of January inside before transplant outside in spring then weeding and watering all summer to get the perfect leeks right now. You can eat the whole plant from the crispy roots…

Summer greenhouse is done for this year and today was the big clean out. Surklöverrova in our first bed is now safe in the root seller and the other beds with mint, basilica, new Zeeland spinach and tagetes are now emptied and manure is being turned in to feed the…

All the ewes are home again from there summer holiday in Blekinge and Stilleryd nature reserve. Woolly and plump ready to meet the boys again too start planning next years lamb. New interns Emma and Marian John doing a excellent job moving the sheep and preparing winter fields for the…

The most surprising and delightful fruit you can grow is the Quince, a close relative to apples and pears this beauty is inedible unless you cook it. But before that you must enjoy its best feature its scent filling your kitchen and rooms with the most fantastic fragrance. #quince #cydoniaoblonga…

Time to harvest more unusual tubers Yacón “Inka” Smallanthus sonchifolius also known as Inkan apple and sugarroot Become a fairly big plant with yellow flowers preferring a rich soil and not to much moisture. After being nipd by the first frost it’s time to harvest. And even if we grow…

Checking out our walnut trees and it looks too be a big harvest this year and each walnut is massive. This is the regular variety or species you find for sale but we also have Black walnuts, Manchurian walnuts a few different Japanese and many more. Together with producing a…

A favorite snacks ate most party’s and also pickled together with a variety of meals the Favör II varieties is very unusual and this year one of the plants we are saving seeds from. When seed saving you grow them just like regular cucumbers but you leave them on the…