A flower on the tomato plant.

Fuchsia Magellanica, Hardy Fuchsia.
Do You remember all the cuttings I took from the Hardy Fuchsia? These ones are not any of those because they all died šŸ™‚ Turns out that the peat free soil I bought turns in to concrete after a while, perhaps works better for big plants but really bad for cuttings šŸ™‚

Another chilly day here, some sunshine but rain as well. The clouds covering the sun brings out the mosquitoes and I have quite a lot of them because of all the vegetation I have in my garden. It doesn’t itch that much after a bite though so it won’t take long until the itching is over for this year. It can still hurt while the mosquito bites though.

Despite the cold weather the first tomato flower has opened up.
This tomato plant grows in the ground beside my cottage and now it flowers šŸ™‚
I’m not fond of roses and still have plenty of them šŸ™‚ So since I don’t like roses that much I naturally bought a new one šŸ™‚
Camellia sinensis, Tea bush.
The tea bush (Camellia sinensis) looks pretty healthy.
These gooseberries will soon turn red.
The gooseberries are slowly going bigger.

Nothing much has happened today, just as I like it šŸ™‚ but even if I had to do a lot at work time passed really slowly. It’s strange that the same amount of time at home pass so much faster šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ Time started to fly as soon as I left the factory and besides re-potting one of my Jacaranda trees I only had a walk in the garden while being attacked by both mosquitoes and flies and get slightly wet from rain I have no idea what I’ve been doing šŸ™‚

Four photos of Alma and Malkolm playing.
Sometimes a sort of failed photo still look pretty good. This one is too bright but by being that we also can see Malkolms face so much better.

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They had a sale in one of my favorite seed businesses, it was dirt cheap, and I had forgotten about it so I was really surprised when a thick envelope came in the mail today šŸ™‚ I have forgotten most of what I had ordered but too a quick look and there are some perennials, some annuals and some vegetables waiting until next year. They have quite a good expiration date as well so the results should not be bad because of that šŸ™‚

I have no name for this rose I'm afraid.
This rose has been growing in this garden for almost a hundred years I’ve been told. It has changed places where it has been growing though. I moved it here a couple of years ago and after fighting with wild roses for years it now has its own place.
Smells nice and it also grows in the beekeepers garden, a shoot from the roots of this one.
I do have a lot of roses for someone who doesn’t like them šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ This is one bush from the ground up to the top of the photo šŸ™‚
We call this violet for Stepmother violet.
Lots of Heartsease growing in my garden.

I did take a few photos while walking in the garden and most photos shows Alma and Malkolm playing šŸ™‚ They weren’t out for especially long because of the weather but if they’re guessing it right we will have a sunny and cool morning before warmer weather and rain will arrive. We’ve gotten so much rain now that even if we should have a month long drought we would still have a ground water level so high that there wouldn’t be any risk of water shortage šŸ™‚

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Have a great day!

P.S. Alma just scared the shit out of me because she kept on walking to Nova who was sleeping beside my desk, she never does that, so I had to check on the old girl because for a moment there I thought she had passed on šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ She’s fine and looked just as surprised as I was šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚

4 thoughts on “A flower on the tomato plant.

  1. Wow, that rose bush is huge and very pretty right now. I also love your photo of the gooseberries. Do you do anything with them?

    Alma looks so happy playing with Malkolm!

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    1. Hi ppekka!

      Yes it is huge šŸ™‚ I think most people prune them every year to get bigger but fewer flowers but I think it’s more beautiful like this šŸ™‚
      When these gooseberries turn red I usually make jam or jelly from them šŸ™‚ Sometimes I add some cardamom in the jam/jelly, we Swedes love cardamom šŸ™‚

      She is truly happy šŸ™‚ She does play a bit too tough sometimes though as she could do with Albin but always calm down when Malkolm starts to protest.

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  2. I have seen a lot of recipes call for cardamom. I tried it once in some baked goods but didn’t think too much about it.

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    1. Hi ppekka!

      We swedes are in love with cardamom šŸ™‚ The best is to get the seeds and crush them just before using them. Most people in the world use it in their dinners though, we in everything we bake šŸ™‚

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