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Refreshing Another Part of the Garden

Firkanten før vi setter igang. Foto: Jan Bjerring

In a Garden like ours there is always a need for renewal. This is from a corner of the garden that hasn’t received too much attention over the past few year. It was time to go to work. There is always a tingle of excitement when we start on a new project. The road builds […]

A Collection of Garden Images

Hagearbeid gir avkastning

A Collection of Garden Images The Garden has many aspects. Here are some pictures that shows those variations from winter, through spring and summer to Autumn. They are all shot in our personal and private garden on the outskirts of Oslo. Norway. Any copying or commercial use of them are prohibited without prior consent.

Autumn is here

Apple ready for harvest

Finally Autums has arrived and the Garden is settling down for winter. Still it has beauty to reveal.

SpringMoods

Apple Blossoms

Spring at last…….. The rebirth of our sleeping beauty. This is the time we’ve been waiting for all through the long, cold Norwegian winter. Even if this is the season for sore knees and aching backs there is the sense of awakening, the exhilerating sensation of the newborne…….

Wintermoods

Slik skulle Hagen egentlig se ut nå!

Hagens Frosne Vinterstemning Hagen har sovnet inn, vinterstemning rår og vi har oppmerksomheten rettet mot helt andre ting. Nå er det tid for ettertanke og for planlegging. Hva gjør vi neste år? Eller rettere sagt; hvor begynner vi. Normalt så ligger det en meter snø i hagen på denne tiden men i år har snøen […]

Welcome to my Garden and my new Garden Blog

Our Garden as seen from above

I am Jan Bjerring and this is my new Garden Blog. I have created this Garden blog in order to share the pleasures we find in building and tending our environment. I shall be showing you plants, flowers , trees and shrubs. I shall tell about which ones were successful and which ones were not. […]

Alan Titchmarsh Rose

Alan Titchmarsh Rose Photo: Jan Bjerring

Alan Titschmarsh har lenge vært en TV-favoritt og når vi oppdaget at han hadde fått en rose oppkalt etter seg ville vi gjerne skaffe oss en. Så begynte jakten på vår egen Alan Titchmarsh Rose. Dette er en Austin-Rose og i deres katalog beskrives den som: «Rose med store, runde blomster med en delikat «gammel» […]

Meconopsis -or Blue Poppie

  Meconopsis have the reputation for being not the easiest of plants to grow. In large measure this is true for gardeners who live in climates less than ideal for these plants. Even in optimum climates their requirements need to be understood for good results. They thrive best where it is cool and moist, such […]

Welcomed Visitors in our Garden

Rødstrupe/Red Robin by JR Guillaumin via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs.

Birds are the favoured visitors to our garden and though some are more welcomed than others they alll supply life and liveliness to the surroundings. Not only do they entertain with their song it is also fun to watch them as they gather food and collect bits and pieces to build nests. Here is a […]

Birds in our Garden

Gråspurv/House Sparrow Rubund Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike

(Source: Wikipedia) The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world. A small bird, it has a typical length of 16 cm and a mass of 24–39.5 g. Females and young birds are coloured pale brown and grey, and males have brighter black, white, and brown […]