Yesterday’s harvest included some small beet roots, as the beets needed thinning. I was planning to cook a summer borschtsch but realized I’m still lacking some ingredients. I retreated to my regular solution for left-over fruits and veggie; smoothie. Smoothies are my life-saver on busy mornings. Post-Corona, I am back to the stressful big city […]
Category: gardening
Dear Diary – 26.09.
wet and cold days ahead, so we plucked a lot of green tomatoes to save them. some might still turn red on the windowsill, all the rest will be pickled. two zucchini added to the fridge and some more still on the plant with a chance of reaching edible size before the season is over. […]
Mangold/ Chard
one of the most successful and prettiest plants in our allotment is the rainbow chard. It keeps on growing and we seriously cannot keep up with it. We made filled chard leaves with rice and minced lamb meat (maybe Yosef can write down the recipe at some point). we also used it for mulch, which […]
Dear Diary – 19.9.20
It was a surprisingly warm week with lots of sun. All the plants went right back into production mode. Harvested all the sweet corn, salad, freed the beans from the accidental mustard salad, plucked some peas, uprooted celery and leek.
Dear Diary 29.08.2020
Took out all the potatoes and put into storage. Removed one of the pumpkin plants and collected the last four pumpkins Took out most of the remaining carrots Peas, salads, turnip (Mairübe) are growing nicely and starting to show crops. Tomatoes passed their prime Covered areas in-between new plants with mangold leaves Surprisingly new mustard […]
Portulak / Purslane
When we started our garden in April, we planted summer purslane. That was a really stupid move as we were soon to find out. It grew nicely with thick yellowish leaves. At the same time, every inch of earth in our garden covered itself with it’s wild sister, wild purslane. Smaller and greener leaves with […]
Dear Diary, 23.08.2020
Tomato plants are still carrying, some even flowering, but obviously slowly losing energy. Season is mostly over. Harvested the coriander seeds, not 100% dry yet, but nice enough, great aroma. Will also be used to replant next year. Plucked blackberries with the trolls, not enough for marmelade. Found elderberries and walnuts that will be ready […]
Dear Diary, 22.08.2020
Situation today: harvested tomatoes, most of the potatoes and beets, planted onions and yellow beans from seeds, parsley and basil as small plants. Carrots, coriander, salad and endives are growing nicely. Collected mustard seeds from the dry plants, coriander seeds next. Canned nine glasses of tomatoes and two glasses of beets, pickled green tomatoes and […]
cheeky chickpea
we love chickpeas. they contain a lot of protein and have been cultivated for food for more than 7500 years. they are versatile and easy to store. one of the items you can easily bulk buy at a packaging-free grocery store or a market stall. we always keep several kilos at home. it seemed just […]
Zucchini by the ton, what to do?
Just read a tweet of someone who announced; if you are a beginner at gardening, you should know that one zucchini plant will supply enough crop for a mid-sized city. So true. We were lucky to harvest zucchini after zucchini after zucchini. We gave away some, we pickled some, we filled some with meet, we […]