A few years ago we bought a dehydrator to process our fruit into dried fruit. This worked out quite well and helps to store the fruit for a long time. Since the mint varieties in our herb garden have grown well this year, we have harvested peppermint (Mentha × piperita) and green mint (Mentha spicata) […]
Finally springtime
After a long winter, spring has finally begun with some delay. Last year it started about 3 weeks earlier. In the last few days we have now divided and prepared the plots. This year we are starting a seven-year crop rotation in the vegetable garden, as practiced by Ian Tolhurst in the UK. This means […]