fredag den 10. juni 2011

Der findes mange haver, som er lige så skønne og også smukkere end min. Men der er een ting, der er anderledes i min have og det er ham på billedet nedenunder. Han er årsagen til, at min have er helt unik. Han bygger højbede og blomsterstativer af jern til mig og det er han faktisk ret god til.






Han har også lavet fugle i jern og selv er han en ørn til alt indenfor håndværk. Den mand kan ALT!


Både i haven og i drivhuset er der fart på planterne. Det ender med, vi bliver selvforsynende.



Intet dufter så dejligt som orangeblomster/Nothing smell as good as orange flowers

Skønne højrøde orientalske valmuer/Beautiful red oriental poppies 
De første fugleunger er klækket. Til stor glæde for forældrene, men desværre også for ham her, som bor i naboens grantræ og andre naboers katte, som går på rov i vores have. Hver dag er der krig og en eller flere må lade livet. Akja verden er et barsk sted.


Der er også gæster i haven, som er begyndt at spise af vores mad, så nu er jordbærrene i det ene højbed hegnet ind, så rådyrene ikke tager dem. 
Og så er jeg blevet bestjålet af en vinbjergsnegl. Den åd den eneste fritstående Zucchini. Til gengæld blev jeg mødt af dette syn her til morgen. Den første blomst på den zucchini, som står beskyttet i drivhuset. Mere om vinbjergsnegle senere.



There are many gardens that are just as beautiful and even prettier than mine. But there is one thing that is different in my garden. I have this guy running loose. He is the reason that my garden is truly unique. He has built raised beds and flower racks of iron to me and he is actually quite good at working in iron.
He also made birds in iron. In danish you would say: "He is an eagle at anything within craftsmanship" In english I think he would be called a wiz. For you guys who know him, you might also know that he uses an eagle stamp as a quality stamp in his pipes (being an eagle within handicraft). That man can do ANYTHING with his hands!

Both the garden and the greenhouse are full of plants. We might end up being selfsupplying.
The first chicks have hatched. Much to the delight of the parents but unfortunately also for Mr. Owl, who live in our neighbor's spruce tree and to all the other neighbors' cats that go hunting in our garden.There are also other guests in the garden, which has begun to eat our food, so now the strawberries are fenced so that the deers do not take them. I've also been robbed by a edible snail. It ate my only freestanding zucchini. In return I was greeted by this sight this morning. The first flower of the zucchini, which is protected in the greenhouse. More about edible snails later.

1 kommentar:

Olive Knitting sagde ...

Gotta love a man who can do ANYTHING with his hands!!! Between the two of you...there's no stopping you guys!

Your garden looks so lovely. I'm so glad that you get to enjoy it this year. Thanks for the picts. It makes me feel a little closer.