SUMMER-AUTUMN 2016

“EVERYTHING BECOMES SIMPLE WHEN YOU IMMERSE YOURSELF IN NATURE. LIFE’S COMPLICATIONS MELT AWAY, LEAVING ONLY THE TRUTH OF THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE PRESENSE OF WHAT I CALL GOD. IN THIS PLACE WE CAN SEE OURSELVES REFLECTED IN EVERY LIVING THING, EVERY GUST OF WIND, EVERY SPLASH OF RAIN, AND HERE WE CAN FIND PEACE. THIS IS OUR TRUE HOME”

Mary Reynolds, “The garden awakening”

Polish-English-German dictionary of plants in our garden

Polsko-angielsko-niemiecki słowniczek roślin
w ogrodzie Under the Linden Tree 2016

Warzywa
brukiew	swede	Bodenkohlrabi /CH/ Steckrübe
burak liściowy	swiss chard	Mangold /Krautstiel/
cebula	onion	Zwiebel
chrzan	horseradish	Meerrettich
dynia	pumpkin	Kürbis
fasola	beans	Bohne
jarmuż	kale	Federkohl /CH/ Grünkohl
kalarepa	kohlrabi	Kohlrabi
kapusta	cabbage	Kohl
marchew	carrot	Karotte
ogórek	cucumber	Gurke
pak choi	pak choi	Pak Choi /chinesischer Senfkohl/
pasternak	parsnip	Pastinake
pietruszka	parsley	Petersilie
pomidor	tomatoe	Tomate
por	leek	Lauch
rabarbar	rhubard	Rhabarber
roszponka	corn salad / lamb’s lettuce	Nüsslisalat /CH/ Feldsalat
rukola	rocket	Rukola
rzodkiew	radish	Rettich
sałata	lettuce	Salat
salsefia	salsify /Jerusalem Star/	Haferwurzel
skorzonera	black salsify /Spanish salsify/	Schwarzwurzel
szczaw	dock	Ampfer
szczypiorek	chives	Schnittlauch
szpinak drzewiasty /komosa olbrzymia/	tree spinach /magenta spreen/	Baumspinat /Riesengänsefuß/
ziemniak / kartofel	potatoe	Kartoffel
Zioła i rośliny lecznicze, kwiaty
aksamitka	marigold	Tagetes /Studentenblume/
aster	aster	Aster
arcydzięgiel	Garden angelica	Engelwurz
babka lancetowata	ribwort plantain	Spitzwegerich
babka zwyczajna	white man’s footprints	Breitwegerich
bazylia	basil	Basilikum
budleja Dawida	butterfly bush	Schemetterlingsflieder
bylica	mugwort	Beifuss
cynia	zinnia	Zinnien
czarnuszka	black cumin /black caraway/	Echter Schwarzkümmel
cząber	summer savory	Bohnenkraut
dziurawiec	St. John’s wort	Johanniskraut
dziewanna	great mullein	Königskerze
estragon	tarragon	Estragon
hyzop	hyssop	Ysop /Bienenkraut/
jasnota	lamium	Taubnessel
jeżówka	coneflower	Echinacea /Sonnenhüte/
komosa strzałkowata	Good King Henry	Guter Heinrich /Wilder Spinat/
koniczyna	red clover	Klee
koper	dill	Dill
kosmos /Warszawianka/	cosmos	Kosmee
kozłek lekarski	common valerian	Echter Bladrian
krwawnik	yarrow	Schafgarbe
len	flax	Leinen
lilia tygrysia	tiger lily	Tiger-Lilie
lubczyk	lovage	Liebstock
łubin	lupin	Lupine
maciejka	night-scented stock	Levkojen
malwa	hollyhock	Malve
majeranek	marjoran	Majoran
melisa	lemon balm	Melisse
mięta	peppermint	Minze
mniszek lekarski	dandelion	Löwenzahn
nagietek	calendula	Ringelblume
nasturcja	nasturtium	Kapuzinerkresse
ogórecznik	borage	Borretsch
oregano	oregano	Oregano
ostropest plamisty	milk thistle	Mariendistel
piołun	wormwood	Wermutkraut
pokrzywa	nettle	Brennessel
przytulia	lady’s bedstraw	Echtes Labkraut
rozmaryn	rosmarin	Rosmarin
róża	rose	Rose
ruta	rue	Rute
serdecznik	motherwort / lion’s tail	Echtes Herzgespann /Löwenschwanz/
skrzyp	horsetail	Acker-Schachtelhalm
słonecznik	sunflower	Sonnenblume
szałwia	sage	Salbei
wrotycz	tansy	Rainfarn
Owoce
agrest	gooseberry	Stachelbeere
aronia	aronia	Apfelbeere
czereśnia	sweet cherry	Süsskirche
gruszka	pear	Birne
jabłko	apple	Apfel
jeżyna	blackberry	Brombeere
malina	raspberry	Himbeere
mirabelka	mirabelle plum	Mirabelle
porzeczka	currant	Johannisbeere
poziomka	wild strawberry	Walderdbeere
śliwka	plum	Pflaume
truskawka	strawberry	Erdbeere
Drzewa i krzewy
bez /lilak pospolity/	common lilac	Flieder
brzoza	birch	Birke
czarny bez	elder tree	Holunder
forsycja	forsythia	Forsythien
głóg	hawthorn	Weissdorn
jaśmin	jasmine	Jasmin
kalina	viburnum	Schneeball
leszczyna	common hazel	Haselnussstrauch
lipa	Linden Tree /lime tree/	Linde
piwonia	peony	Pfingstrose
rokitnik	common sea buckthorn	Sanddorn

SPRING 2016

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WORKAWAY COOK BOOK part II

As I wrote in a previous post “To us, one of the most important aspects of being Workaway hosts is to keep our Volunteers HAPPY and FULL. The kitchen is the heart of our house and becomes a place where  we not only prepare meals /as a part of Workaway deal – food and accomodation for your help/ but it is a place for mixing, blending, frying many international languages, traditions, and cultures. A place for hot discussions, laughter and creativity. Here people share their stories, family recipies, learn to cook and surprise you with amazing dishes from their countries.… ” Today I share with you four easy recipes for vegetarians, vegans, lactose free, gluten free, raw food diet…. For breakfast and lunch…Kids love it!

The first recipe is from the Polish culinary books for vegans – “Jadlonomia” Marta Dymek. It’s “grated coconut and cashew milk”, which you can use not only for breakfast, but also to prepare desserts – sometimes you should spoil beloved Workawayers with something sweet… To make cashew-coconut milk you have to soak for the night half a cup of cashew nuts and a half cup of grated coconut. In the morning you have to strain it, add a pinch of salt and 3 cups of water, blend at highest speed, strain through cheesecloth and pour into a bottle.

The second recipe is for cheese a la Panir. It is suitable for sandwiches or for preparing Indian food / recipe from the book “The Hare Krishna Book of Vegetarian Cooking” /. After good breakfast, ask a volunteer to take a bike and go to the neighbours farm for  fresh milk.

Boil milk, as soon as it begins to raise, lower the gas and add the lemon juice, which should solidify the milk. At this point, you can also add salt and herbs. Juice of half a lemon should solidify one litre of milk, if whey is not transparent, it means that you need to add more lemon juice.  The solid part /curds/ you have to strain through cheesecloth and squeeze as hard as hard cheese you want to have.

This is a cheese which Tom and Ollie from UK made:

For lunch, on hot days, I recommend Gazpacho. Quick, healthy and very tasty! This recipe is from our volunteers from Spain. Just blend together 1 kg of tomatoes, 1 red pepper, 1 cucumber, 1 onion, clove of garlic, 3 tablespoons olives, salt, juice of half a lemon and 3 tablespoons vinegar. Revelation!

You know it well – a craving for something sweet…. My  solution is a pudding from millet! Quickly and as sweet as you like! For two people you need to cook 1/3 cup of millet in 2 cups of milk /you can use vegetable milk, if any left after breakfast/, add cocoa powder or chocolate, if you like more sugar or dry fruits. When millet is soft / after about 15 – 20 min / blend it. Pudding is ready to serve, for example with the addition of fresh fruits or nuts,.

Bon Appetit!

“PERFECT HOUSEWIFE”

A strong wind of catastrophe blew through our kitchen last night when I decided to be “a perfect housewife” and make my own washing up liquid. I checked my cupboards – its ok, I have got everything that I need for cleaning: bicarb, vinegar, citric acid, fresh lemon, natural soap…
Next step – checking what dear internet has to say about eco, DIY washing-up liquids. And it was the main reason of my catastrophe…
It looks that some people on their websites or blogs only “copy” and “paste” DIY ideas without checking them. I decided to follow the recipe which appears on about 10 sites. Main ingredients – water, salt, lemon juice, vinegar. After 10 min. cooking I should get thick (?) liquid ready for cleaning my dishes. Of course it did not work! After 1 hour I was nearly to colapse, I was swearing and sweating, checking again on-line recipe..
To help myself I took a short break and made very easy DIY deodorant /bicarb and coconut oil/.
I was ready to come back to my “washing-up liquid” project. But this time I decided to trust more my intuition, not to be such a perfect housewife and not to believe to the end next on-line recipe. I mixed: hot water /less than 1 l. more than 0,5l./, grated natural soap /half of handful/, 2 spoons of vinegar, 1 spoon of bicarb and lemon juice. And it worked!!!
All our dishes are clean today and deodorant with extra verbena essential oil works very well all day!

WINTER 2016