In 2001 the plot in Saltsjobaden was 140 m². I used about 60 for vegetables. In this small space I produced nearly all the vegetables that my family of four consumed during the year (245 kg). In the spring of 2002 I moved from Saltsjobaden to Stockholm. I knew that the added distance would result in fewer and shorter visits to the garden. Therefore I reduced the size of my plot to 50 m² and concentrated my efforts on scorzonera, kohlrabi, French beans and a few of my other favourites.

In the spring of 2003 I got a new plot in Hammarbyhojden. It is 115 m² and located close to where I live. It was in a terrible state, but after almost a 100 hours of hard work it looked like this.

All the stones have been removed from the soil. As it later turned out there was a horrible number of wire worms in the soil. Wire worms can damage seedlings terribly, but they have no special preference for vegetables. To provide an alternative diet I allowed plenty of weeds to grow with my vegetables. This approach was fairly successful, but the plot didn't look very pretty.

In 2004 i left plot in Saltsjobaden to concentrate on Hammarbyhojden.

The pictures to the left are arranged by year. Click on the images to enlarge them.