Groundwork for good greens
In springtime the greens grows most. Just like bears the plants wake up with growling stomachs. With the base fertilizing you fill up the supplies for the season. Some plants, trees and bushes Is happy with that – but some require more during the summer. Stable...
12 April, 2016
Get them early
If you are lazy, or just smart and efficient, now is the time to make an effort in the garden. Then you can rock in the hammock when others toil and sweat in the summer. This time of year all in the garden is fragile and...
11 April, 2016
SOS for midsummer
Now I put them in the soil, the tasty spuds. We don’t have any place for them yet, so we plant them in a bucket. You can do that on a balcony as well. A bucket of potatoes equals a meal. Not much but enough...
11 April, 2016
Your Guide to Urban Gardening
It’s growing. Everywhere. In the pots on window boards and in balcony flower boxes. In gardens and porches. In greenhouses and allotments. But also on sidewalks, flowerbeds and cracks in the concrete and on the rooftops near the sun. It’s growing everywhere. More and more of us...
10 April, 2016
Springtime for gardening
Finally! Now it's here, so very looked-for - The spring! The light has returned and buds growing by the day. Snowdrops and hellebores are blooming here in Varberg. Winter rest is over and the gardening flowers in greenhouses, on balconies and window sills....
04 April, 2016
The products
YARD ETC. started with two sore hands and a strong and ever smouldering desire for horticulture. Like so many other gardening geeks we like to work with our bare hands. No gloves, with the fingers delving deep into the soil. So much of the sensation is...
04 April, 2016
The ingredients
We spotted a need and felt it was our mission to look for the best possible nurturing ingredients. Mild, yet effective raw ingredients to cleanse, nourish, moisturize and stimulate. Natural products of course, preferably organic, added with natural essential oils. Experienced craftsmen mix all these...
04 April, 2016
LEMON NETTLE
LIKE THE FRESH GREEN AND SWEET SCENT THAT LEAVES ON YOUR HANDS WHEN ROLLING A LEAF BETWEEN THEM. LEMON NETTLE, Urtica dioica ...
29 March, 2016
DOG ROSE
THE BOTANISTS FLORAL DREAM, ALWAYS THERE GROWING IN THOUSANDS, DOES NOT REQUIRE MUCH. DOG ROSE, Rosa canina ...
29 March, 2016
GREEN TOMATO
LIKE THE BROKEN STEM OF A GARDEN GROWN TOMATO – EARTHLY, GREEN AND FRESH. GREEN TOMATO, Solanum lycopersicum viridis...
29 March, 2016
OAKMOSS
THE WET FOREST SCENT FROM THE DEEP WOODS WHERE THE TROLLS LIVE. Oakmoss, Evernia prunastri, ...
29 March, 2016
The Yard Philosophy
We want our cities green and our lunches home-grown. Cultivation is to create something with simple means. And the soil on our hands makes us all participants and creators. Like so many other gardening geeks we like to work with our bare hands. No gloves and...
29 March, 2016
