Here are the garden stories of August and September. Last week, it was still over 30 degrees Celcius here, but suddenly the temperature has plummeted, and it feels like autumn.
We’ve made some arrangements, this little cute visitor and me. He is absolutely adorable. He is welcome, of course, but he is not allowed to bring his extended family. I am not entirely sure whether he speaks my language though. It was fun to play hide and seek together.
I have never liked cauliflower. But after I ate this crispy one, my opinion about cauliflower changed radically. The cauliflower was my absolute highlight of the harvest! Jelle’s sister told me to bend the leaves to keep the cabbage white and protect it from outside influences. It worked.
How this Swiss chard has been showing off in all sorts of places in the garden! One day, we had seven new students at the workplace who came to do volunteer work. We had them cook this recipe. They were new to Wageningen, and they turned their noses up a bit at so many leafy greens. I said:
Just wait,
in a year,
you won’t be eating anything else;
come on!
This is Wageningen.
The number one agriculture university has its home here, and we see its influence on the inhabitants of the small town.
I don’t think they minded cooking for us and went on their own for their introduction program. We enjoyed it with the flex work community.
The nasturtium celebrates life exuberantly. What a delight to see how it encircles the tree trunks.
The harvest was just right – not 10 kilos of carrots or leeks, but a quantity of everything that we could eat well and occasionally share some. The variety surprised me. That is really due to those different beds that I filled with focus, following a four-year plan. Way more to study this winter!
What you see here is a wish that came true after a long time: Buttermilk from the farmer. We drink it here in the Netherlands with our lunch. Red cabbage salad with 95% of the ingredients from the garden. The cup was homemade during a pottery workshop with Evelien, a friend from church. Fresh flowers from the garden make it complete. This is a blessed life for me! I can’t believe my luck.
Collecting seeds season: Marigold seeds, broccoli seeds, tomatoes, leeks, fennel, all kinds of seeds are dried in the garden shed.
The careful viewer will notice that summer clothes have been replaced by long sleeves. The season is really changing now.
And there is autumn with its golden pumpkins. That harvest will continue for a while. The flowers are full, that promises something. I’m going to look for pumpkin recipes.
I wish you a nice autumn!