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More berries! I made some black+red currant syrup today. It is special because all the black currant and gooseberry plants were propagated from cuttings in 2018 (from our neighbor's plants in Cologne). This is the first year we have a decent harvest - good enough for me to bring out the steam...

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The last day of 5-day off, time flies. I finished most of the summer pruning and weeding, the rest should be done in another few days. Years ago I bought a black elderberry plant (Sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’) - the flowers and foliage are both charming. Before I transplanted it, I removed some...

Time for rose

Homemade Pesto Then Pasta 🍝

A full-time gardener day - I guess I worked in the garden for at least 5 hours. I drank about 3L water, several cups of ice coffee, and half chilled melon :lol: Anyway, pruning, mowing, weeding, feeding, mulching -- all kinds of corners, all kinds of work and the reward? I ordered...

Harvested some chamomile and let dry in the greenhouse Roses, too Ugh, stall bread too --> later they will become bread crumbs, no waste~

I have 5-day off this week, and would like to take 5-day off every month from now on. As the weather is mild and lovely, I stayed in the garden for a couple of hours. First, I harvested scallion from the water feature bed. Just a few weeks time, this bed looks gorgeous already. For me, it's...

First strawberry harvest, about 1.5kg, and 150g wild strawberries :love Basils divided from the supermarket potted plants have many side shoots, so, round 1 is collected. Also some chamomile~

An overloaded arc, but splendid (some prune back is necessary at the end of the season)

Autumn/Winter vegetable and more french beans this week :D

I do not care what they will do next season, as I no longer expect them (especially hybrid varieties) to come back and treat them now as annual. After they die back, I pull them out and pile them in the wildlife garden corner. If they come back years later, that's gift. :)

Finally, peachhhhh~~~

With each passing year, as the garden flourishes in diversity, creating beautiful bouquets becomes ever more natural.

The poet's wife I cut them back as the overall structure isn't robust, and most of the flowers are now in a vase. The fragrance is pretty elegant.

Today's (a local holiday) offering in the cafe Blueberry cheesecake I picked some larger fruits from my beloved wild strawberry bed to make decoration Paired with Matcha Latte Made some cinnamon rolls, and the first group of customer (6 young hikers) finished them in no time. :lol: When the...

Just made something lovely today - a Focaccia with only 5 ingredients: flour, water, salt, dried parsley, and mozzarella cheese—plus our sourdough starter, which is nothing more than flour and water given time and care. A little dip of extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar brings it all...

Well well, let's disclose who is the lucky new resident! One of the online nurseries I like has end of season offer for 60% discount, so I finally got 6 clumps of Agapanthus 'Black Buddhist'. So, this hole is dug by Bobo, and I used the soil dug out by moles to fill the gaps, then it rains to...

Such a lovely Crimson Plum color under morning sunlight~ The front yard and the water feature are doing well, especially after two-day rain. Plants are happy, I will say. To make very fresh salad And the rain came again, so I cut some peonies, especially those fully blossom ones, too heavy...

Great! I didn't realize how useful a trimmer can be until these two years and can't live without it now. We bought many devices and batteries from a same brand, pretty handy. Especially during rainy days, trimmers can work well while mowers can't. DH got a heavy duty one, and I got a...