Hi Roselle, just fortuitously stumbled upon you here through the Substack web of connection. 😊
Yum yum yum. The soup and thought of a savoury crumble had my mouth watering.
I also am a vegetarian. A "vegaquarian" I describe myself as, I do eat a bit of fish. Travelling in Europe was pretty tricky 25 years ago as a vegetarian. I wonder if it is any easier to find more than a pea or a piece of lettuce these days....?
Lovely work, has me reminiscing about our root vegetable crops in the past - hopefully again in some small measure next season! After a carrot fresh from the farm, store-bought certainly can never compare again :)
That’s right! Yes, we’ll be mostly building, but hope to set aside a single bed or so to grow some of our favorites, like carrots and peas. The full farm plot will have to wait a bit longer :)
HELLO AGAIN! It seems really lovely that this is momentarily in 'real time'! Yes, a small bed won't need too much prepping or maintenance, will it? We mostly do no-dig with mulch, which makes it speedier again.
😂Sometimes the stars and time zones all align! Yes, it will be manageable. We do some tilling by hand with a broadfork, then continue building our soil with mulch chipped from our forest activities, clearing dead material and gathering firewood. Mostly, we just have to pick a location and crop selection that's easy to access and maintain so we don't get overwhelmed with too many projects and just let it go!
Aaaargggh that cookery book. It's just about complete, but a) it needs photos, quality photos (and that means recooking everything!), and b) I have no idea who will take it on now I know that Earth Spirit can't.
I have been wondering whether in fact to serialise it here at a later stage; I'd need to have paid subscriptions for that one. What do you think?
Ha ha good pun. Will try and find crunchy things for vegans! Thanks for being so positive about the idea. Am sitting on it for the moment, and have noticed I'm soft-pedalling the vegan bit in my posts. Part of the point of this Substack was to get a discussion going on how what we consume costs the planet – or not. In other words, offering a comprehensive vegan resource via the stories of being here, and our own struggles with it all. Just talking a little with you here helps clarify.
Just back from a free lunch in our little village, where as you know from reading the post I hadn't dared say I was vegan. Turns out though that as far as they're concerned vegetarians eat fish, and they were shocked when we said we don't. Lovely gesture, the free lunch; harder is feeling out of step with our community.
Hi Roselle, just fortuitously stumbled upon you here through the Substack web of connection. 😊
Yum yum yum. The soup and thought of a savoury crumble had my mouth watering.
I also am a vegetarian. A "vegaquarian" I describe myself as, I do eat a bit of fish. Travelling in Europe was pretty tricky 25 years ago as a vegetarian. I wonder if it is any easier to find more than a pea or a piece of lettuce these days....?
Jo 😊
Hello Jo! Yes, the Substack connectedness is a fine and wonderful thing! Thanks for your comment.
Glad your mouth watered! More recipes coming soon.
Hmm not so easy; though at least the traditional Breton galette, widely available locally, has various veggie options.
Lovely work, has me reminiscing about our root vegetable crops in the past - hopefully again in some small measure next season! After a carrot fresh from the farm, store-bought certainly can never compare again :)
Thank you Sydney. I think you said you're in a building phase at the moment; annual crops again next year?
And yes there is nothing like prepping veg that you have only 5 minutes before dug, pulled or cut, is there?
That’s right! Yes, we’ll be mostly building, but hope to set aside a single bed or so to grow some of our favorites, like carrots and peas. The full farm plot will have to wait a bit longer :)
HELLO AGAIN! It seems really lovely that this is momentarily in 'real time'! Yes, a small bed won't need too much prepping or maintenance, will it? We mostly do no-dig with mulch, which makes it speedier again.
😂Sometimes the stars and time zones all align! Yes, it will be manageable. We do some tilling by hand with a broadfork, then continue building our soil with mulch chipped from our forest activities, clearing dead material and gathering firewood. Mostly, we just have to pick a location and crop selection that's easy to access and maintain so we don't get overwhelmed with too many projects and just let it go!
Ah a similar approach to ours, then, Sydney. I haven't quite learned the art of not getting overwhelmed with too many projects ;-).
Did I say I love your shop?
Same, I just keep trying though! 😂 Aw, thank you, it’s so nice to know you visited! 💕
The mushroom and chestnut soup sounds amazing, I will be on to that tomorrow. Didn’t you say something about a cookery book soon . . . ?
All the best to you both
Chris, I will email you soon. Much to respond to.
Aaaargggh that cookery book. It's just about complete, but a) it needs photos, quality photos (and that means recooking everything!), and b) I have no idea who will take it on now I know that Earth Spirit can't.
I have been wondering whether in fact to serialise it here at a later stage; I'd need to have paid subscriptions for that one. What do you think?
xx
What a good idea, that would be a lovely bonus for paid subscribers. Something to get our teeth into!
Ha ha good pun. Will try and find crunchy things for vegans! Thanks for being so positive about the idea. Am sitting on it for the moment, and have noticed I'm soft-pedalling the vegan bit in my posts. Part of the point of this Substack was to get a discussion going on how what we consume costs the planet – or not. In other words, offering a comprehensive vegan resource via the stories of being here, and our own struggles with it all. Just talking a little with you here helps clarify.
Just back from a free lunch in our little village, where as you know from reading the post I hadn't dared say I was vegan. Turns out though that as far as they're concerned vegetarians eat fish, and they were shocked when we said we don't. Lovely gesture, the free lunch; harder is feeling out of step with our community.