Story of me

Here's my story:

This weekend my fiancé and I bought an allotment garden. In both Denmark and Sweden allotment gardens are very common and it's a great way to get away from the buzz of the city.

My boyfriend's grandparents bought the garden in the 70's and his granddad, who was a carpenter, did alot of improvements to the house. After the grandparents died, the house was neglected, but now by BF and I thought it's time to do something about it! So we took over the house and signed the contract this Sunday and I'm so thrilled! I grew up in the country but have been living in the city for many years and I really miss the peace and beauty of a garden and now I finally have one!

We need to do alot of renovating on the house in the next year and now winter is coming, so the gardening is limited. But I made a bracelet to represent the garden and I look forward to the spring.

What a clear photo's   

I always wanted to have an allotment. Your bracelet is very full of life. What type of crops are you going to grow.

Brightonbelle wrote:I always wanted to have an allotment.  Your bracelet is very full of life.  What type of crops are you going to grow.

Not sure yet, but I'm thinking potato, rootbeet, carrot, onion and I want to have a green house as well where I can grow tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and maybe grapes.

I'm going to consult my mum and a close friend of the family who is a garden architect. They are great at judging what plants will work best on the soil, location, temperature and light and all that sort of stuff as I'm quite green (pun intended), but I have green fingers so I'm just really looking forward to learn and experiment.

Congrats on your garden   how awesome that you can grow your own veggies, I wish I could!
Your bracelet looks lush

Don't forget about some beautiful flowers in your allotment garden next year  
Gardening is so much fun!  
If your garden will be as lovely as your bracelet, it will be perfect.

Nkara wrote:

Brightonbelle wrote:I always wanted to have an allotment.  Your bracelet is very full of life.  What type of crops are you going to grow.

Not sure yet, but I'm thinking potato, rootbeet, carrot, onion and I want to have a green house as well where I can grow tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and maybe grapes.

I'm going to consult my mum and a close friend of the family who is a garden architect. They are great at judging what plants will work best on the soil, location, temperature and light and all that sort of stuff as I'm quite green (pun intended), but I have green fingers so I'm just really looking forward to learn and experiment.

Good luck - it sounds wonderful.

Beautiful bracelet and photos!  I love your faceted aurora!!

congrats! thats wonderful!!  

Congrats! And your bracelet is beautiful! I love all the green! Perfect for the garden.

Congrats to your garden and good luck to all your wonderful projekts! - sounds great and your bracelet reflects it all so beautifully!!

Thank you so much for sharing your story! Your bracelet is wonderful and I especially love the garden gnome (aside from your beautiful faceted Aurora which is gorgeous  ).   

Your bracelet and photo are beautiful. Good luck in your future gardening adventure.

Beautiful! I thought these photo's were from Trollbeads themselves!  

Beautiful! Have fun planning the garden! I'm also lucky to have a gardener for a mom, my veggie garden would be a pile of weeds without her advice! Hubby and I have been slowly renovating an old farmhouse for the past four years if you ever want to compare notes, nothing is so frustrating but at the same time very rewarding! Enjoy it.

Lovely story and great bracelet to go with it!

mandyjw wrote:Beautiful!  Have fun planning the garden! I'm also lucky to have a gardener for a mom, my veggie garden would be a pile of weeds without her advice!  Hubby and I have been slowly renovating an old farmhouse for the past four years if you ever want to compare notes, nothing is so frustrating but at the same time very rewarding!  Enjoy it.  

Cool! It will be so much work but I know that when I can sit on the terrasse with the evening sun in my face, eating homegrown vegetables and smelling the flowers it'll be all worth it.

your Story and your Story Bracelet  

So happy you will have a garden and your boyfriend's grandad's land will continue to be a beautiful and peaceful place. Life goes on, flowers keep blooming, with a little tlc.

It sounds awesome! Fresh veggies! Flowers! I miss my mother's garden so much, she had a huge area and she grew flowers right in the middle of the vegetables as if they were as necessary as the veggies, which they are!   

Did not know about allotment gardens. Thank you for the lovely story and your bracelet is very pretty and meaningful.

Congrats and beautiful combo!

WOW!! That bracelet looks like a lush green bush filled with ripe berries, absolutely stunning.

But I cannot reply without mentioning your photography skills!! OMG!! I also think those photos look like they are right out of a magazine or even better! You must give me pointers, my photos never turn out like that

So happy for you on acquiring the farm as well. I'm sure it will turn out to be something to be very proud of.

Good Luck with your garden...We have a community garden and I am already looking forward to next spring and planting all sorts of yummy veggies! 

Congratulations on your allotment, it's a wonderful thing when you live in a big city.
Your bracelet fits wonderful the gardenlife.

stacecase wrote:WOW!! That bracelet looks like a lush green bush filled with ripe berries, absolutely stunning.
But I cannot reply without mentioning your photography skills!! OMG!! I also think those photos look like they are right out of a magazine or even better! You must give me pointers, my photos never turn out like that

Thank you!

I use a soft box when taking photos. I've always been fond of photography, but have never had patience to learn it properly, I've always been more of a snapshot person. But I recently bought a new camera and is practicing on the more advanced settings and lighting etc.

The softbox spread the light from the flash to give a bright, but soft lighting. It's a bit of a project pulling out all the equipment, but usually I have several bracelets and other things I want to take photos of anyway.

This is my setup: