I’ve lived in London for 25 years working as a retail / interior designer. My wife is Polish and we have a little boy who’s th..
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Dried Mushrooms
Published on 2011-09-27 15:20:00
The house is filled with the smell of mushroom drying in front of the fire. There are garlands of them hanging from the shelves in the kitchen. The mushroom season is here in Poland at last, the first sign of autumn. We’ve been making trips to the forest every few day but we try and avoid the weekends and the crowds of foragers. The best time to go is on a Thursday or Friday morning because there’s a good chance no one else has beaten you to it. “The Polish love their mushrooms” I person
Staining the Siberian Larch
Published on 2011-09-09 13:38:00
Last month we decided to stain the Siberian Larch it’s been up about a year now and it’s starting to bleach from the sun. The contractors should have put four coats of oil on the Larch but I’m not sure if there was any. During the two-year construction of the house (it should have been built in one) we hired a team of project managers to look after the build while we were in the UK. “What a waist of time and money they where” so many mistakes made its unbelievable, the biggest and the
The Wild Garden
Published on 2011-07-12 07:59:00
The garden is full of wild flowers, dominated by Corn Marigold and Chamomile. Great for the butterfly & bees.
