Tuesday 30 April 2013

New houses.

The house we moved in is far from perfect but is pretty close to the house I was dreaming of. The first few weeks were harder than expected, the cleaning was overwhelming and stressing but now that we have been living here for over 3 months I am loving it.
In Easter my parents were over for a visit and we celebrated it with a lunch in the garden, I baked a Pasqualina tart with spinach, ricotta and eggs. I painted Easter eggs and we went to pick flowers in the forest nearby. The strawberry cake is not from the same day but turned out really good and perfect for a spring lunch.
These little houses are at the end of the garden and were originally used to wash clothing, hold pigeons and believe it or not, in one of them there is still a shower. :)
Since spring began we started working on a small vegetable patch and planted tomatoes, cucumbers and courgettes. If the weather gets better this week I also would like to plant some aubergines, peppers and salad. I will soon post some of the pictures of my extensive basil plantation, and all the new flowers. Have you already started working in your garden? Which flowers did you choose?