you can harvest kale during the whole winter! this is the most amazing and most attractive fact concerning kale. all of you living in regions with cold winters, freezing temperatures, snow and no fresh greens in january and february, know … Continue reading →
if you have a piece of land you can grow your own beans, absolutely nothing can go wrong. no pests and no enemies as far as i know. and if you choose a thread-free cultivation you will be happy with … Continue reading →
in the case of carrots we are simply lucky, i guess. the soil of our garden seems to fit perfectly the carrot´s needs. the carrots are nice looking year for year and this year without maggots, carrot flies or others. … Continue reading →
spring onions are one of my darlings in the garden. once started growing spring onions you will have some every season. you can harvest also during winter and early spring when nothing grows yet or any more.
this year everything is a little bit late in our garden, as the spring itself was very late. if you sow peas in early spring, march or april, they will be ready to harvest end of may or beginning of … Continue reading →
one of the first fruity harvest in european gardens is actually no fruit, it’s a vegetable! but hey, rhubarb is the very first opportunity to prepare cakes, tart, compote or whatever you have in mind with a fresh sweet-sour flavor … Continue reading →
these tartlettes have a real story. i already mentioned last year that i do not really like rhubarb. nevertheless i posted one cake with rhubarb and following this post a friend of mine sent me this recipe, as he noticed … Continue reading →
this salad is really, really delicious and a herald of the beginning summer. the sugar peas are unbelievable fresh and the rice in this recipe is fried till crunchy, which makes a really fantastic texture. in addition, the crunchiness is … Continue reading →
sowed in early spring now, just in the transition from spring to summer, it is time to harvest the sugar peas as long as they are small and tender so you can eat them as a whole.
the fragrance of elderflower is in the air. while elderflower seems to be a very ordinary scrub, that grows like weed where-ever you put a branch into the ground, the smell and taste of the blossoms are surprisingly delicate. and … Continue reading →
