Tag: l’orto
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Guess who’s back!
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So good and so frustrating!
As I said last week everything is tidy and ready to burst into life, and it’s so good to look at and enjoy, except it’s NOT under control! This is the time of the year when all the gardening chores start to compete for my time, at home and the allotment, and I still have…
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My March gardening day
Yesterday, with sunny weather forecast, I decided to take the day off to garden. It was actually cold and grey, but my order of trees had arrived, so I had to clean the pots and transplant my new lemon, olive and lime trees. In my collection of old Italian favourites, which started last year with…
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DIY on the plot
Today I spent another great afternoon, on a delightfully sunny day, at the allotment. There is not much to talk about, really, but it was great fun as I increased the size of the asparagus bed to plant the new ones I got last week – the hickory axe and the recycled fence panels from…
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The broadbeans are out! (reprise)
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Beetroot & chocolate muffins
I am chasing my recent enthusiasm for beetroot, so last week I tried a beetroot gratin at restaurant Konstam in London* that turned out to be delicious: slightly smokey in flavour, it seemed to consist of thinly sliced beetroot, red onion and cream. And this weekend I tried beetroot and chocolate muffins. Well, it was really…
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Digging under the rain
What a day: I started digging at 11 and was not done before 6! It was very satisfactory physical work – was shattered when I got home (man who saw me on my way said: “Keep going!” and burst out laughing it was so obvious that if I stopped I wouldn’t start again!!!) and went…
About Me
M.Paola Andreoni
I got the first allotment in 2007 (in the UK) and started growing my own food for the first time. Learning as I went along was not enough, so I studied some horticulture. I am striving to abide by organic principles. Brexit gave me a new life in the Netherlands, and two new plots by a nature reserve.
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