Dear Homesteading and Hive Friends! This is an exciting and upwelling week: I've finally managed to identify a few plants, one of which I've been asking around, about.... imaged above and below this paragraph:

Homesteading and Hive Friends! We have been back in Guardia Sanframondi, showing our magnificent Arthouse to an interested party, who came from Amsterdam to view it - and to get a taste of the town...

So I got up at 4.30 am this morning to organise my asparagus…. Well, not specifically, but it seemed as good an occupation for sleeplessness as any, and the asparagi are now happily ensconced in a glass

Hive Gardening Lovers, A magic bean presented itself on the marble steps of my medieval quarter town today... It was right next to a tomato plant which had self-seeded in a crack between the steps. I love

Ciao again Hive Foodies! Today I'm excited to be prepping caperberries for preserving, for the first time! They'll add awhole new dimension to my larder, and they compliment the capers that I conserved

My gorgeous artist friend from Cyprus is here, and we're catching up after 20 yrs! She made lunch: this utterly divine salad, with leaves and fruit straight from the garden - spinach, dandelion, wild fennel,

Beautiful gardening friends! Here is a short video on one half of the top terrace of this big garden I'm working on in Guardia Sanframondi, Italy. There is so much happening in the garden right now!! It's

Hallo Hive Food friends! These are my first-ever capers I've cured, harvested today, and jarred in water, salt and vinegar. These are some of the beautiful cascading plants, which I picked from. They are

Dear Hive Garden friends This morning I breakfasted in this beautiful locale - very delicious mulberries, minimal cost of maintenance and loving care of the tree and surrounding area.... incredible view,

I've been amazed at the size of the rocket/ ruccola/ arugola this season! And am sure it has a lot to do with symbiotic relationships, meditation and love... And possibly also the occasional input of nutriment

Hallo dear garden lovers! It's an exciting morning in the Via Dietro Gli Orti! Here are some cabbage-y and carrot root/ stem/ tops cuttings, one of which is ready to plant out in the earth... I ADORE using

Foraging is about taking just how much we need, whilst respecting myriad forms of Life and our complex interdependence.

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