Japan maybe famous for flowering cherry trees but we have them as well. Better even! These almost always bear a heavy load of fruit. Within months we'll be scratching our head what to do with this great gift....
Cherry Tree Blossom
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Wisteria blooming
It may take years to start blooming but ones a Wisteria gets going it is a sight to behold. To me it looks like waterfalls suspended in air. Wisteria is actually a member of the pea family. It does...
Italian Lunch
Word has it that Italians always eat well. No matter where they are someone always has a good piece of bread and salami in his jacket. Another shakes fantastic olive oil out of his or her sleeve. Pasta is widely available etc. Other people, like for example the Dutch,...
Rock climbing Umbria
Umbria is known for its lovely sloping green hills. But would you be surprised if there are some nice vertical mountainsides to be found as well? Well of course not. Umbria is great for hiking but if you want to test...
Artichokes the Dutch way
Now lots of people tend to leave those prickly hoodlums alone but their is one type that gets treated as a prince. I'm talking about thistles here, yes artichokes is a thistle but a very good and very edible one. There are many different types of artichokes but here...
Bizzy bees
Yes the bees are back and already very bizzy. We have some flowering cabbages, great for ornamental gardens btw and the flying community is flocking to it. We are very busy as well so please excuse us enjoy...
Garden in action.
Somehow the pictures of this post are already a bit old (two weeks or so) ... This is the time of the year that a lot of plants gear up to produce there leafs and fruits. In our green house (polytunnel) we...
Wild asparagus
We already ate them two weeks ag our neighbours house in a frittata but from now on you can find us daily in the bushes to get our own. It takes a bit of practising to train your eyes but after that you'll get into the picking flow. I like to eat them raw but they are...
Goose eggs
Our neighbours, a small kilometre down the road from our house, have some small animals on their farm. At the moment they have kamikaze chickens, the ones that cross the road just in front of oncoming vehicles (mostly mine). They also have some geese, two to be...
Hunting for boots
Though the weather is heating up a bit we still have the occasional downpour of rain turning the ground into a slimy goo. Our soil contains quite some clay. To navigate this landscape I normally wear boots but the ones I have are so worn out is time for new ones. A...
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