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Garden & nature

Pollution level rises, Geneva speeds drop

17/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Allow more time to drive around Geneva on its ring road, where authorities have just put the speed limit down to 80 kph due to pollution levels. Monday the lower speed was recommending but Tuesday it was officially restricted, as fine particles in the air reached 50 micrograms per cubic metre. Geneva […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, News

Gardens in future

26/09/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Making soup from nettles and other wild plants with chef Carlo Crisci (Michelin 2 stars, Auberge du Cerf in Cossonay) at the Alimentarium in Vevey was inspiring – one of my outings for Swiss Taste Week. Just outside the door, the museum’s vegetable and herb garden encourages you to reflect on gardens of the future, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature Tagged With: Carlo Crisci, cuisine, wild plants

A day off

28/04/2008 by Ellen Wallace

The weather was glorious, perfect for just about any gardening chores, but sometimes you have to stop gardening and take a day or two off, hang out, travel the way non-gardeners do. Here are some of the things creatures of various sorts in Geneva, Vaud and Valais were doing on the first real warm-weather weekend […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Lake Geronde, Sierre

When last is best

06/01/2008 by Ellen Wallace

The end of a season, then the end of a year and the end of all the fine things we’ve grown during the year: for me the holidays represent the last hurrah of my garden, but it’s no cause for sadness. Quite the opposite, with unexpected treats coming indoors just as I’m feeling too housebound, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature Tagged With: celery, garden, harvest, season, winter

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