This morning I heard a sound from outside, a short growl. I suspected it was a deer, and surely it was. It sounds more like a carnivore, surprisingly deep and rough for a small grass-eater. There were three deer. I went out on porch, and they looked at me, but stayed. Hey, that’s our plants!! …
This is the season for berries, both wild and domestic. It is an ok year, except for cherries (almost none in garden). Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is abundant in forest, even if this year it has been less than usual. Bilberry is a very typical plant for the pine and fir forests, as long as they …
One of my first posts on this blog was about a sure autumn sign: the cranes moving south. Now it is spring, and the cranes have been on their way north from Spain and Northern Africa, respectively. Their last big stop is the lake Hornborgasjön. More than ten thousand gather to "dance" and probably also …
Gjort en påskeld. Skulle ändå elda ris, som varje vinter/vår. Vinden var ovanligt nog nordlig/östlig, och då får man passa på så att man inte röker ned grannarna. Tajmingen blev ju bra med påskafton. Visserligen borde den vara på kvällen, men man kan inte få allt. Fick i mig lite för mycket rök, vilket resulterat …
Today I found quite many Hepatica in our garden. That is unusally early. I do not think I saw them in March any other year. The common Hepatica (Anemone hepatica, formerly Hepatica nobilis) is one of the first wild flowers here in spring. It is common around where I live, but quite rare in many …
This morning I heard wild geese for the first time this season. They are on their way up north. I opened the door, but couldn’t see them. I do not know which species they were. Geese are an early sign of spring. Another winter has passed, hopefully. In one of my first posts, I wrote …
One of the ultimate signs here in Sweden (and Northern Europe) of winter is coming is the moving south of the common crane (Grus grus) for the winter. Picture by J.M. Garg. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia I live not far from the last major stop for their migration north in the spring, so …