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.
these cherries are a real wonder! when we found this place this tree was almost dead! i think the tree is very old and has not been trimmed for a very long time. in our first summer it had not … Continue reading →
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 →
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.
ladies and gentleman, this is our first asparagus harvest; so we enter a new annual spring series here: asparagus en masse! my parents had asparagus in their garden when i was a child. and i remember years where we had … Continue reading →
winter time is almost over and we can look forward to the spring season again! the hardest season for gardeners can only be sweetened by thinking about the next season. so i studied cookbooks, looking for vegetables hard to … Continue reading →
bear´s garlic is a cold-germination plant, so you have to hurry up if you want to sow it still in this season. sowing time is from september till march. you may find a half-shaded place with a humid and humus-rich … Continue reading →
black radish is one of this old and almost forgotten vegetables. i found the seeds last year in austria, where the black radish seems to be more popular. here you will find it maybe on good organic farmers markets or … Continue reading →
it is really unbelievable, but it is time to start sowing all kinds of peppers and chilis! in february already. i was really surprised when i read about the recommendation to start sowing these vegetables in our climate zone already now in … Continue reading →
