Gardening in the North

Welcome to Gardening in the North — a place where I share my experiences, experiments, and small adventures as a gardener living close to nature in the northern part of the world.

Gardening here is not always easy. The seasons are short, the winters are long, and nature often decides the schedule for us. Spring can arrive early, summer can surprise us, and every year brings something different. But that is also what makes gardening in the north so rewarding — every flower, every harvest, and every successful experiment feels like a small victory.

This website is not meant to be a perfect gardening guide written by an expert. It is a collection of real experiences from my own garden: what I grow, what I try, what succeeds, and sometimes what fails. Gardening is a lifelong learning process, and every season teaches something new.

Over the years I have grown many different plants, from traditional garden favourites to more unusual experiments. I enjoy testing what is possible in a northern climate — finding plants that can survive cold winters, discovering varieties that thrive here, and sometimes trying something simply because it looks interesting.

But gardening is much more than plants. It is the excitement of seeing the first signs of spring after a long winter, the joy of discovering wildlife around the garden, the peaceful moments spent outdoors, and the connection with the changing seasons.

Nature is full of surprises. Sometimes it is a rare plant flowering for the first time. Sometimes it is finding golden chanterelles in the forest after the perfect combination of rain and sunshine. Sometimes it is simply stopping for a moment and noticing how much life exists around us.

Through Gardening in the North, I want to share those moments.

My garden is always changing, and so is this website. It grows season by season, just like the plants I write about. Some projects succeed immediately, others take years, and some become completely unexpected journeys.

If you enjoy gardening, nature, learning through experience, or simply following someone else’s adventures with plants and the outdoors, I hope you will find something interesting here.

Welcome to my northern garden.