the cheese is a young farmer's cheese [however not available year round so that's why it's a treat for me when the shop gets it]. i don't normally like dutch cheeses but this one i like. it's heavenly creamery! oink oink...





edited to add the cheese. same wedge as in the green asparagus photos, btw.


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That looks delicious! Can't wait until we have local asparagaus. I shall keep an eye out for that cheese as well. I swear I've seen it before. Just had some Dutch Gouda for breakfast.

so late? asparagus season here is coming to an end any day now. it's getting woody as june winds down.

yeah, keep an eye out for farmer's cheeses. i like 'farmer' stuff

don't think i have ever had a chunk of cheese for breakfast. i only eat breakfast abroad, hardly every at home.

Well, we've had an incredibly wet spring so everything is very messed up. Many farmers lost their broccoli crops completely because of a small heat wave we had very early. Others had produce killed by a late frost. Our own asparagus in the yard should be ready to eat next year.

I have to put on my headlamp and go hunt slugs soon as it's getting dark. Keith got his personal best of about 50 at 11pm last night. It's a wonder I have anything at all out there. Had my first raspberry today!

what else you have in your little farm?


slugs: they only come out at night? i have buttered escargot from Bourgogne in the freezer i've had the first 2 punnets of raspberries [yesterday and today]. straight out of the paper carton. too precious to cook and destroy them!

I love melted cheese!

that looks so good.

D, everybody does.

Perennials that produce now: raspberries, rhubarb, horseradish, wild blackberries, elderberries, salmonberries, salalberries, huckleberries, morels and various other wild things that we pick such as miner's lettuce and nettles. I also got a few plants put into an area last weekend that I segregated to be an herb patch.

Perennials that will be producing next year: asparagus, artichokes

Orchard trees that will produce in a couple of years: 2 apples, 2 pears, 3 plums, 2 cherries

Annuals that are feeding the slugs: snow peas, favas, haricots, kidney beans, tomatoes, tomatillos, garlic, leeks, onions, fennel, spinach, lettuces and other greens. The potatoes are doing well and not getting eaten by anything - yet.

I need to reseed a bunch of things this weekend since the slugs have caused such havoc. We will see if I can get a late harvest. I have about 25 corn plants that survived the squirrels (out of a whole packet!) so I've started another set in pots. It may be too late, but oh well. Also I need to plant soon for my winter garden (kale, broccoli, etc.).

I basically have a woodland garden which is not tilled and laid out in rows. However, since I'm actually in the forest, the squirrels and the rest create problems. I'll try to get some photos if he ever gets done with the dang boat and brings the camera home.

It's a lot of work for little harvest, but it has other rewards. This is the first year of actually planting anything out so I'm still figuring out what I can grow and what I should just purchase from the market.

did you ever consider being a gardener/botanist as a profession?

planning to get more herbs for my backyard this week. dunno what else to get...some more annual herbs such as oregano, dill, chervel, coriander, marjoram, summer savoury [haven't seen seeds for last 2 anywhere]. so far i've got chive, lemon balm, some sort of very fragrant mint, and lemon thyme.

No! Much like cooking it would ruin the fun. Besides I'm not that good! I have been enjoying the wild black raspberries and the red raspberries these past days though.

I have seeds for both summer savory and marjoram. Are there import restrictions for you? Marjoram is a bit difficult to get going although it might just be the wet here. I was just given some chervil seed by a friend here which is nice as its not commonly found.

if you'd be so kind as to drop an envelope of those 2 seed sorts in the mail someday? snälla!

i've just finished eating a big amount of chervel pesto in everything. got 100g of it at the market. it was a lot so i made half into pesto and used half as is in green salads.

Yes! I will get off my butt and send that box out and include them.