Start of a new gardening season! | Garden restoration project in Finland

Gardening season is about to start! But what is our garden like? In this video I will tell everything from our gardening conditions and settings to my gardening philosophy.

Our garden is located in USDA hardiness zone 6. How about yours?

›› ABOUT ME

I live with my family on a 2 ha (~5 acre) homestead in Southern Finland. Our home is over 300-year old heritage-listed house, marked as a museum in property register and we are learning the skills necessary to restore and maintain it. When we moved here from the city, we fell in love not only with the house but with the overgrown, wild remnants of a garden. Half of our property is a wildlife protection area and in 2023 we're starting maintanence work under a national traditional rural biotope saving program.

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[emmanuellefay]

Hi Nina, I love so much your vidéos. They are so quiet and peaceful … I love your voice and your philosophy of Life too !! Greetings from south of France . Emmanuelle

[maryheiska-ryan]

So beautiful, I'm Finnish American and can't wait to visit Finland in the near future

[melissalepper]

Yes Nina keep up with the videos they are very interesting and you have a pleasing voice and your rate of speech is good

[myviewkristinamclaughlin]

I love your English, Nina! With a soft Finnish accent. Your voice would be great to read kids’ stories, about elves and gnomes 😊
Yes, I understand and support your gardening philosophy and general plan. Natural and generous for all things surrounding. Great job!

[MsBonnie-yqpr]

Greeting from California! I truly enjoyed your sharing of your garden and look forward to seeing it in the spring. You are very lucky that you do not have to water your garden. Growing up in Minnesota, we didn't do much watering either, even though we had lots of flowers, trees and a vegetable garden, as we did have rain during the spring and summer and alot of snow in the winter. Here is California, I have to water every 3 days, or I would have no grass, no trees and no plants!! I have 1/3 of an acre and have planted many crepe myrtle trees, chipalta tree, redwoods, and many different types of flowers. I also have peaches, lemons, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries and grow a vegetable garden start in the spring. I very much enjoy, as I call it "playing in the dirt". I feel so calm and very connected to nature and it is a very wonderful way to nurture the sole. If you have any sort of stress or go play in the you will feel so much better! One is NEVER too old to play in the just enjoy! Thank you for sharing your garden. You are a beautiful sole!

[jennifercraven]

Thank you. Your garden is beautiful. I am excited to see it in the spring, summer and fall. I agree we do not need to separate edibles from decorative plants. Mix them all together. I also love your idea of growing more so there is enough for the wildlife to eat with leftovers for you and your family. ❤️

[catherinethoms]

Can't wait for your next video, I find it very interesting to hear you talk about your house and land. Would love to hear about the people who lived in the house before you. History is so amazing. Thank you for sharing your video's. From Georgia

[simoneclarke]

Your flowering lawn is so beautiful💖! Looking forward to seeing more of your garden☺️

[suzyking]

I like the wild and free of your garden and the meadow in the summer must look beautiful.
Looking forward to your next video.
Love that verse too, as gardens Are windows into your soul. I agree with that .
Thank you for sharing

[liswiits]

I love that you called peonies (pionit?) “grandma flowers”. I dug some up from among the weeds where my grandma’s garden once was and now they thrive in my own. Daffodils too, narsissit. I’m enjoying your journey and love how “down to earth” you are.

[NewstromJulianna]

Lovely! I can’t wait for the next episode. 🌸🌿🍓🫐

[mybit]

Appealing! I can feel the pull you felt! I have subscribed!

[huuskoppel]

Thanks for this video and for the expression "grandma flowers "

[Pelsjager]

Good point about there being no such thing as too much food in the garden. Things unpicked or unharvested aren't wasted, they're just going back to nature 😊

[LS-umzq]

The little bits of your property that you showed makes me eager to see more!

[sheilam]

👍👍👍👍👍 - I love your thoughts for the place. Thx for sharing.

[MonicaMolinar]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your garden and talking about the many fruit trees that grow well for you there. Another that you might try, is fig. I’m able to keep it alive near Death Valley. Our winters get to about 20°F. Cheers! 😊

[christineweber]

Hello Nina
Thank you for sharing your thaughts and plans for your garden.
Especially thanks for your finally thoughts
I can feel they come from a beautiful strong soul.
I also have a partly wild garden in the outside of Vienna.
Here I suffer from extensive harvesting around. So even my green iland is not enough for birds and bees to live from. We have to deal with lots of other problems here
You are young and wise you surely will succeed with your dreams.
I have been in the north of Finland and know how beautiful and wild it is.
❤Greetings from
Vienna, Austria,
Christine

[amandamolina]

I live in Central Texas and we have the same issue with living on rocks so I'm curious to see your root cellar. Can't wait to see what your garden looks like as it starts to wake up in the spring!!

[myhounddog]

Lovely 😍. I look forward to seeing more of the meadow management. Super proud of you 🙂😃