venerdì 23 ottobre 2009
After a few days of cold snap and thermal shock, my kitchen garden is taking back its regular 'winter shape'. Sicilian broccoli, endives and others plants are surving well through the first round of cold. I presume they can cope well with this sudden change of temperature!
I have sowed some peas and planted some garlic too! Since rotation of crops is very important in organic planting, my peas and garlic are in the new beds and I hope they are going to do well together with romaine lettuce and poppies!
mercoledì 14 ottobre 2009
Thermal shock
domenica 11 ottobre 2009
Magic Nuts!
Take a closer look at these nuts! They look like 'dried mata kucing' that we can buy at the local shop but I call these 'magic nuts!' because it works like magic! These are sapindus mukarossi. It is a type of nut that contains active natural soap ingredient and biodegradable too.
I have found these nuts at a local bioshop and did not think twice to get them.They are also called 'soapberry'. These nuts are natural laundry soap and by using only 5 or 7 nuts (put them in a small bag which is given together) and put that small bag together with your laundry. Of course the end result of your washing won't smell like lavander or wild rose but they are absolutely smell fresh! The best thing about this soapberry is that you can reuse them for 2 or 3 times! You can get approximately 50 washings just from 250 grams of these nuts. If you like your laundry to have sweet smell, just put a few drops of essential oil together with these magic nuts!