Näsets Marcusgård

Spring! After months of stagnation nature suddenly explodes. The light increases too, so everything grows like crazy. Willem already enjoyed his first lawn mowing activity. We have set up the greenhouse too and made our kitchen garden bigger. Indoors, I have sown vegetables a while ago: it was finally  time to  move them to the greenhouse. Last year I tried some tomatoes, cucumber and zucchini. This year I’ll add chili pepper and  bell pepper in the greenhouse. Outside I have sown […]

”Did the guests return from their stroll to the lake?” Asks Willem when we have dinner. It’s almost dark now, and no lights in the Fähus. O god (herregud in Swedish). Yes, I begin to worry a little. It was me who recommended to walk on the lake today. That’s what I did that yesterday morning and it felt great. But i forgot to tell them not to walk near brown parts in the middle. Imagine they fell through ice! […]

While baking waffles today we were surprised by an unexpected visit from an old inhabitant of our farm (and his friend). We showed him around and our tour brought back many memories. How interesting to hear what has changed in our house. On the ground floor used to be more walls, which created small rooms. Now they have been removed and everything looks more spacious. In the old days these rooms were small to keep it warm during the freezing […]

Today we made our first igloo and two snowmen this year. The snow has been too fluffy these months, and that usually don’t work well for snow sculpting. But today the snow packs together very well. Even the igloo’s roof sticks together easily. For the igloo we used a box to get nicely shaped blocks. The snowmen have baseball caps on. Unfortunately our dog likes them very much and tries to eat them every time she passes by.

Full house today: 16 guests from Stockholm to celebrate New Year at Näsets Marcusgård. And finally snow. Gott nytt år!

It’s three o’clock and it’s completely dark outside. After a bright summer it feels a little strange to have such few hours of daylight left. No wonder most Swedes have decorated their houses with Christmas lights and put electrical candles before their windows and lights in their garden. Christmas is approaching and magazines, television ads, Christmas fairs, shops, everything seems to get crazy to get you in a Christmas mood: there’s simply no escape. But outside it’s still too dark […]