I just got a lot of Jalapeño ready in my garden so I was on the search for a good recipe. I found this chilean recipe and everybody liked it! Ingredients: 1 bunch of coriander 1 bunch of parsley 2 spring onions 6 small Jalapeño peppers 2 small tomatoes (preferably the more fleshy ones) a…
Category: Various
Raised beds, preparation of the new season
Since last week I am preparing for the new season for my raised beds. Well outside there is snow… not really motivating… So this year I decided that I would like to try to grow some special sorts of vegetables so instead of buying all seedlings, I start to growth my own from Seeds. In…
Mercat de Valencia Part 2
Meat You can find almost any kind of meat here at the Market. A little note goes to Beef as first. While beef produces a nice steak, spanish people are sure that an ox steak has even a better taste. From the tags on the meat in the dry aging chamber, you can guess…
Mercat Central de Valencia – Central Market Part 1
In many Spanish city you will find wonderful central markets. No exception is Valencia with the Mercat Central. In 1839 a Mercado Nuevo was established but was still an open market. As the end of the century it’s already to small for the needs of the City. For this reason at the beginning of the…
Raised beds – the continuation….
I have been quite busy the past months…. I like so much the first raised bed, that I built 7 more. I planted eggplants, zucchini, hokkaido pumpkin, salads, snack gherkin and lately many japanese seeds. May it be the position, the irrigation system (a Gardena watering device that automatically starts every 12 hours) or the…
Raised-bed gardening part 2
Now I finally finished the construction of the raised-bed and placed it in the garden in the right location. I can start to fill it up with different layers and material. On the bottom fleece I put some clay ball to make sure no roots will go through. Now you can fill up with different…
Raised-bed gardening – part 1
I got inspired by a little book about raised bed gardening. If prepared well, you will have a special microclimate for your gardening. Not that we do not have any fruits or vegetables growing in our garden… but it is worth a try… This will be my first “carpenter” project. Material needed for 1 raised…
Not what we hav…
Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance. Epicurus
The epicurean kitten 