Days are spent ‘odling’ (toiling the soil and rising flowers, fruit and greens) – the outcomes of which embody a wonderful array of sunflowers, candy peas, peonies, dahlia and different blooms in addition to nice gluts homegrown tomatoes, courgettes, beans and squash. Regardless of the household have left over is preserved for the winter or offered via their honesty retailer and ‘choose your individual’ farm. Recent eggs and honey are additionally available for purchase.
Inside, proof of the current harvest may be seen overflowing within the kitchen and as a centre piece on the eating desk and brightening up windowsills all through the house. Here is a peek into Alva’s lovely world within the Swedish countryside.
In September the forests and fields are ripe with edible delicacies. Swedes like to pickle and protect no matter they’ve leftover and savour pickled cucumber, beetroot and different preserves on sandwiches or as a aspect dish all through winter. Alva has a larder stuffed with home made jars – lots of which she lists in her e-book.
Do you protect fruit and greens too? If that’s the case, I might love to listen to about a few of your favourites!
Alva’s house is a superb, heat, eclectic mixture of classic and vintage finds, books, crops, sample and prints.
Yellow kitchen cupboards and a kilim rug in reds and blues carry heat and cosiness to the kitchen.
Anders constructed the out of doors kitchen and desk, now laden with homegrown produce. Flowers and different produce are additionally offered via their farm store (beneath).
What a stunning life!
Does it make anybody else wish to transfer to the countryside? There’s nothing fairly like somewhat dreaming on a Monday!
Stor kram!
Niki
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