Winterstop

We really hope you a nice Christmas Time. Of course we wish you a very good gardening season in 2025. For me it is time to think about next season.

I will quit with the garden cafe. It is a hard decision. Because I did it with all the energy I had. I worked very hard for many years to open a countrygarden who is worth visiting. I did it with my whole heart and love for nature. It is my passion to share my love for gardening with other people. To try to make the distance between people and nature a little smaller. To see the beauty and power of nature. Because actually we are the nature. Without nature no more humanity. We can not rule nature, it rules us. 

For me it is not worth the effort anymore, to less visitors, to high costs and to much hours of work preparing. Sometimes for nothing. Maybe there will be an open garden in future, when I will join the national garden days in 2026, we will see.

This means I will not join the Lingonstallen anymore either. Most of their activities take place out of the gardening and holiday season, which is the most the most important season for me. So it doesn't make sense anymore. Of course I will continue gardening meanwhile, -I can not imagine a life without gardening- and having a plantmarket with small cuttings or seedlings at the street side. 

Spring is still far away. Winter too. It's looking like a very long autumn without light or sun. It has been grey and dark for a long time now. No snow. No coldness. No winter at all. Very boring weather. We have the lights on in the house, every singel day. We tried to escape form the country and the bad weather to the Netherlands, but the weather over there was even worse. It was the darkest time in 50 years, in 6 weeks we only had 4 days with sun. Though we were living close to the seaside we could hardly see the sea. So when the sun finally appeared for some hours, we really needed to cherish the moment. 

Finally little sun in The Netherlands

Back home in Sweden. The usual grey again. I found out we are living in the region Småland with as less light as in Lapland. Maybe it is even worse. In Lapland they have snow, which make the days more light. No winter yet. Only endless autumn. Time to start some home projects and just keep on moving. Just start counting. Spring is coming soon. We are more then halfway. Only 10 weeks left to go.