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  • Finally some life

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    March has been a very cold month. Even with the past couple of warm days, we’re actually catching up on the heat we should have got during the first couple of weeks of March. Usually, by the end of March,…

  • Everything ends(and begins) on the balcony

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     The real autumn is here. The past week we started with our first mild morning frost temperatures and morning fogs. Of course, this means that soon there won’t be much left in the garden. The only veggies that can survive…

  • Pickling season: Sort of Provansal vegetables

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     Every pickling season I try to find some new recipe to test and try out. Usually, I look in my old cookbooks or on our local recipe sharing online community and usually find a nice recipe that I like, and…

  • Pickling season: pickled baked peppers

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     Pickling madness in my kitchen continued with baked peppers. I bought a small number of peppers and eggplants. I was planning to make ajvar, but since I had lots more pickling to do, I gave up on the idea. Ajvar…

  • Onion and garlic harvest

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     June brought us first harvests. The cold has been affecting us for too long so everything is a bit late but still, I’ve started harvesting peas, strawberries, lettuce, and cucumbers.  A few days back I’ve finally harvested my onions. I’ve…