Chantarelle Mushrooms - Free Food from the Forest

Delicious and free!

Can it get any better?

The last day of August gave us a day of glorious sunshine and I went for a long and lovely walk in the woods. Pure pleasure to walk in the woods in company with a lot of birds and butterflies. To my big surprise I have seen an incredible number of beautiful butterflies today evidently that means that the summer is not over yet. Warm and pleasant too and hardly any wind at all, it said 16 degrees on the car thermometer when I was on my way home. The basket was full of wonderful mushrooms, chanterelles mushrooms, golden chanterelle Cantharellus cibarius mostly but also some other nice ones. A favourite is what we call 'Karl Johan' - Porcino Boletus edulis  I just love finding those they are so good to slice up and dry, they are very useful in the winter dishes like caserols, stews and soups.

Sista dagen i Augusti bjöd på solsken och en underbar skogspromenad. Ren njutning att få vandra i skogen i sällskap med fåglar och en massa fjärilar. Ja dröm om min förvåning men idag har jag sett otroligt många vackra fjärilar så än är inte sommaren slut. Varmt och skönt var det också, 16 grader stod det på bilens termometer när jag skulle åka hemåt. Korgen blev härligt full av svamp, mestadels kantareller Cantharellus cibarius  men även några fina soppar. Karl Johan Boletus edulis tycker jag så mycket om att hitta för de torkar jag och hartill matlagning hela vintern tillsammans med höstkantarellerna som kommer snart. Det ser jag fram emot.

Umami Power Snack

Tomato - this powerful umami* fruit full of goodness.

旨味

They contain lycopene, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants.

A perfect savory snack, swap to a bowl of tomatoes instead and get a living power snack instead of the dead bowl of ' ¤)#&FAT/¤#&SUGAR%#¤what-ever' I mean the snack that we usually have beside us :-) I often do anyway.

Medium snack-sized tomatoes of the cultivars Borghese principe, Stupice and Promyk tomatoes

NUTRITION: This is what Wikipedia says about the subject. Tomatoes are now eaten freely throughout the world, and their consumption is believed to benefit the heart among other things. They contain lycopene, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. In some studies lycopene, especially in cooked tomatoes, has been found to help prevent prostate cancer but other research contradicts this claim. Lycopene has also been shown to improve the skin's ability to protect against harmful UV rays.Natural genetic variation in tomatoes and their wild relatives has given a genetic treasure trove of genes that produce lycopene, carotene, anthocyanin, and other antioxidants. Tomato varieties are available with double the normal vitamin C (Doublerich), 40 times normal vitamin A (97L97), high levels of anthocyanin (P20 Blue), and two to four times the normal amount of lycopene (numerous available cultivars with the high crimson gene). Tomato consumption has been associated with decreased risk of breast cancer,head and neck cancers and might be strongly protective against neurodegenerative diseases

More tomatoes?

Take a hop into The Greenhouse

PIE and SEEDS

* it is japanese and means good flavour

I'm Back...Armed with a Machete

After several weeks at sea I'm back on solid ground again. Back to my garden...but what a mess, a small disaster at the first glance. Armed with secateurs, machete, one mile of garden twine I'm ready to attac the 'garden'... jungle. I have had help from my friends with the watering ( a huge thank you to you! ) But as the weather has been wet-wet-wet watering has been easy, another problem accured of course the plants that I put on large tray for easy watering almost drawned instead. I will need to do some 'CPR' on those poor plant they are so pale and sad looking.

The last Lily of the season, a bit sad but it is the bitter truth. I chose this picture for  my August picture, it really stands there all alone in the border, stunning, bright and beautiful. All the other has already faded away into the long sleep of autumn.

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  Det känns lite vemodigt att se årets sista lija, den står alldeles ensam i rabatten...men ack så vacker. Resten av liljorna har för länge sedan vissnat och förbereder sig för den långa sömnen

Word Verification problem...

I have had a problem with my Word Verification lately on this blogg, I hope I have fixed the problem now. Sorry for the inconvenience 

Please let me know if the problem still occures.

Rosa 'Maigold'

TYRA