Whenever my sister, Veronika is here, she spends most of her time building some amazing furniture from bamboo. So far she has made some bathroom shelves, a bench, trays… she is unstoppable and we seriously think that she was born to make this !



Whenever my sister, Veronika is here, she spends most of her time building some amazing furniture from bamboo. So far she has made some bathroom shelves, a bench, trays… she is unstoppable and we seriously think that she was born to make this !
I really wanted to capture day by day our garden, to follow how everything grows, flowers but the last thing I take there is my phone.. So which ones are ready now to eat and how do we use them?
Rucola: the leaves are huge now, we will pick all of them this morning and prepare a rucola pesto which can be preserved for long. They also go well on pizzas, salads, with parmesan cheese of course!
We prepare lots of salads, we have dark purple, green and curly leaved ones and they never seem to get less and less…
Beetroots – which are used to make pickled beetroot or with vinegar sauce for fresh salad.
Carrots (some of them have two legs, looking like a dancing ballerina), fat radish – we made radish butter with herbs, between these rows some persil, dill standing proudly.
Some more spicy herbs:
Basil, loads of basil & mint! , thyme, lemongrass, lavender, rosemary…Â these are the essence for cooking, soups, teas, sauces, and smoothies!
We can’t wait the tomatoes to become red, in a couple of days we will be able to taste them!
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In only one month, almost all flowers have blossomed, showing their unique colours which dressed our surrounding perfectly. At the same time the garden is already providing us vegetables and fruits with full of energy and a lot of taste , now it’s the season for sweet blackberries, crunchy carrots & healthy strong radish , and it’s only the beginning!
Since we arrived, the level and the current of the Santa Lucia river has changed so much. The sensation of looking at it however have not changed at all, it is absolutely the best feeling to be able to walk here every morning from your house in four minutes. A month ago the water came up until the middle of the trees, in 3 days it dropped down 8 meters , leaving us nice sandy beaches. We also have now our fishing spot ready which we tested yesterday at sunset!
Our progress with the organic garden in such a short time! It takes a lot of work and time to prepare the best soil and perfect beds for the seeds .
We are making larger garden beds and smaller walking path to maximise the amount of veggies and plants.
Our garlics are out coming out already & we have rocket / ruccola too, many more to come !!!