Hi, since this is the year of experimentation I did a nutty experiment. I could not stop myself from trying to sow peanuts. And it almost worked. Almost! There were a couple of mistakes I made this year that made me realize what I need to add to the garden in the next year to Read More >

Hi! I’m a bit late with geraniums’ propagation. But with nasty weather and some health problems it wasn’t possible to propagate geraniums sooner. This should be done at the end of september, or when the temperatures are not extreemly hot anymore. It takes a bit of preparation since you have to drink yoghurt and keep Read More >

It took me a week to write this post. I’m a total red paprika fan, didn’t even realize it will take so long to write… I just realized that summer is soon to be over. On Friday I went to the farmer’s market and bought 15kg (cca 30lbs) of red paprika. Today I grilled them Read More >

Temperatures are high and the cherries of all kinds are in season. Last week I found nice sweet cherries in the market and decided to make cocktail sweet cherries. This is how I made them. I used rum in my recipe and just plain water. But you can ommit the rum and use cherry juice Read More >

We’re getting ready for tomato season on our patio. I know it’s a bit late and they seem a bit small, but I had to restart the season after wind knocked my tomato seedlings that i planted earlier in the spring. We were devastated. This year also proved to be a bit strange when it Read More >

OH I love clematis! I’m crazy about clematis! Can’t wait for them to bloom! I just purchased two clematis plants one is Ville de Lyon and other is Summer Snow. I had to make an obstacle for my cat to stop jumping from terrace to my neighbour’s roof so I used the mesh that is Read More >

Hi, we recently had our composter delivered. The city organised an action to promote composting and were giving 500 composters to households. We were one of those that applied. Lucky! 🙂 There was a one problem – ALL of our garden is in concrete. We bought the house in 2014 and are just finishing with Read More >