Out by us in Ulupinar, no one would ever dream of throwing away a cola bottle. Be it 1 liter, 500 ml or 2.5 liters, these handy bottles are used again and again. They don't leak, so they are invaluable receptacles for fresh milk, diesel, home made pomegranate or grape syrup, and as I have …
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Embracing my inner cornball
I usually buy raw milk from a dairy farmer at the Thursday market and pasteurize it at home, but I went out to the garden today. This evening, I stopped by the supermarket to buy a bottle of milk to tide us over. On my way out, I was waylaid by a man in a …
Knowing my weaknesses
Like most plant enthusiasts, I love to leaf through seed catalogs. My uncle even gave me a seed catalog for Christmas (for Landreth seed company, the oldest seed company in the US) and what a welcome and well thumbed gift it was. When I first started gardening, I'd try anything, and I was always seduced …
Marmalade, the second time round.
It is the height of orange season here in Antalya, that time of year when they are really cheap and at the same time unfailingly tasty. And alongside all of the big fat eating oranges and the more diminutive juice oranges, the bitter jam oranges have emerged. These trees are the unfussy rootstock for all …
return from planet talk-a-lot-say-nothing
Every once in a while, life puts you in the middle of a group of people that may as well be from another planet. This weekend, I took Baki to his school's annual weekend away event. It was held at one of these all-inclusive resort hotels. Being in Antalya, we are actually surrounded by such …
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