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Garden & nature

The October garden

26/10/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

To brighten your day and remind you that the aromas and flavours we find in wines often become familiar to us first through our gardens: here are a few photos from my Swiss Alpine garden, at 1100 metres altitude, in late October. You might think I have enough squash, but when I stopped by the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature Tagged With: Jordane Carron, October garden, Opale apple, Pressoir des Alpes, pumpkin, Squash

Book reviews: gardens, wines

29/05/2019 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

Bergli, an English language publisher in Basel, has two new books out that are relevant here: Gardens Switzerland and The Landscape of Swiss Wine. The first, about large public and private gardens, is a gem. The wine book has good points but is significantly flawed.[…]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Vineglorious! Swiss wine book, Wineries Tagged With: Basel, Decanter, Fête des Vignerons 2019, Francois Murisier, GaultMillau, guides to Swiss wine in English, Hester MacDonald, José Vouillamoz, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Stephan Reinhardt, Sue Style, Swiss cheese books, Swiss food writer, Swiss Gardens, Swiss Wine Promotion, Swiss wine terroir, the landscape of Swiss wine, The Landscape of Swiss Wine book, Vinea

Andalusian shoreline, solstice moons: photo gallery

21/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain, is preparing for summer.

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: bougainvillea, chiringuita, sap moon, solstice, Spain, worm moon

Mother Nature’s March show

15/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Snow and ice storms, wild skies, daffodils trying to hold their heads up – and then suddenly 15C before dipping below freezing again. March 2019

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: daffodils, March weather, nature, snowstorm, Swiss Alps

October and March shake hands

08/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Tonight we will eat the last of our 2018 pumpkins, stored in the cellar since October. Yesterday the frogs arrived and began courting like mad in the pond while high in the trees the Alpine woodland larks began their melodious courting calls.

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: Braeburn apple tree, frogs, Graubünden, helicopters, lark, maple tree, mating, Miège vineyards, pond, pruning, Roman Hermann, singing bird, weeding

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