Wood Garlic Picking

Rezi is a lovely small village on the far side of lake Balaton with hills and woods.People mostly visit in the spring and climb the steep slopes to pick wood garlic. Haven't been over here since we left for Ireland and even we are back for 3 years now we haven't been visiting for some reason. I think we needed this. We needed the distance as seeing a place after years makes it much more beautiful than how you remembered it.
These hills, so gorgeous that they take your breath away with high trees and green woodland full of flowers.

 

 

 Wood garlic covers the ground like a sea of green.

 On the top the views are wast with a panoramic view to the country side just gorgeous it is like a huge green patchwork quilt as far as you can see, with patches of small lakes volcanic hills and the Balaton.

We picked a lot of garlic also some we taken home for planting in the garden. The rest I used for pesto which keeps for a long time in jars. There are so many ways of use pickle the roots, flowers or the berries with leaves.Pesto can be mixed with curd or yogurt or into anything sour.I also love it on meet as a marinade.
The taste is just like garlic with a bit of woodland scent so it mightn't everyone's cup of tea but worth a try.

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Happy Easter! / Cáisc shona duit!

Country Painting

I have finished my country painting projects at last. I was looking forward this weekend as I knew I will have enough time to lot of thing I have planned. I have done two boxes one will be a pressie for a friend for her birthday the other will be for my washing tablets in my laundry room.

The plates were a bit hard to come by. I have looked in the creative shops but did not find much that would have suit me. All were the wrong size or horrible quality.  At the end I kindly asked my dad to make the wooden plates for me. They turned out just perfect. They are made of pine and they are lovely to paint. I will list some of the signs in my shop. Still if you would like to try country painting yourself  don't worry I will list some kits too with my own designs.