Jandra's weblog » Miscellaneous http://jandrasweblog.com/wp Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:31:05 +0000 en-uk hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Finally http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/06/eindelijkfinally http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/06/eindelijkfinally#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:23:51 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=516 Rain! And more than a few millimeters, though I’ve heard it’ll take a fortnight of steady rain to get up to the normal total amount rainfall for this time of year.

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/06/eindelijkfinally/feed 0 A drop of rain http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/beetje-regena-drop-of-rain http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/beetje-regena-drop-of-rain#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 06:56:54 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=490 It wasn’t much. In no way enough to solve the drought, but it got me a nice picture yesterday morning.

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/beetje-regena-drop-of-rain/feed 0 Pond http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/vijverpond http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/vijverpond#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 07:46:23 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=461 After months of preparation and shuffling around paving stones and cubic yards of sand by DH, we now have a flower garden layout. That means that the crater where we wanted to create a pond, could also actually be made into a pond. Lovely. A well deserved icecream was consumed to celebrate!

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Today I made a salve with almond oil, extra virgin olive oil, dried calendula, bees wax and a few drops of essential oil of tangerine and lavender. I hope it turns out nice. Last time I made a salve I put in too much bees wax and the salve was a bit too hard. I’ve now put in 5 grams for 75 grams of oil. We’ll see how that works out

I’ve cleaned some old cream pots and used those for containers. I usually use vodka to cleanse the utensils and pots.

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/05/zalf-voor-de-handenhand-salve/feed 1 Mara’s cottage http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/04/maras-cottage http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/04/maras-cottage#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:31:41 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=425 We’ve had a lovely week in Portugal, staying at Mara’s cottage. From the roads you can see many veg gardens with olives, citrus trees and grapes. I felt right at home.

The weather was gorgeous, our hosts were hospitable (and English speaking) and could tell us about nice places to visit and the cottage had everything we needed. It was a lovely vacation.

Figueiró dos Vinhos

 

Foz d'Alge

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]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/schaduwspelplay-of-light/feed 0 Lovely weather http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/mooi-weer http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/mooi-weer#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:01:30 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=388 Today we had a very productive day: DH built 9 meters of high fence to replace the one that went down in a storm a month ago. I spent the day weeding, repotting a nectarine tree, planting onion sets (in trays under glass), planting out 4 strawberry plants (Mara des Bois) and doing some cleaning out in the greenhouse. Very satisfying, but we will both be sore tomorrow!.

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/mooi-weer/feed 0 A bit of fresh air http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/even-naar-buitena-bit-of-fresh-air http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/even-naar-buitena-bit-of-fresh-air#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:08:22 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=360 The river Waal

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/even-naar-buitena-bit-of-fresh-air/feed 0 Resolutions http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/goede-voornemensresolutionsneujahrsvorsatze http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/goede-voornemensresolutionsneujahrsvorsatze#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:19:11 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=334 The new year is hardly new anymore, but it isn’t too late to start living up to my resolution for this year to write in my weblog regularly.

]]> http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2011/03/goede-voornemensresolutionsneujahrsvorsatze/feed 0 Breeding bulbs http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2010/03/bloembollen-uitbroedenbreeding-bulbsblumenzwiebel-brut http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/lang/en-uk/2010/03/bloembollen-uitbroedenbreeding-bulbsblumenzwiebel-brut#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:16:43 +0000 Jandra http://jandrasweblog.com/wp/?p=252 Such a blessing: a cat who helps breeding bulbs!

thomasop bloembollen

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