in the greenhouseTomatoes
San Marzano for passata, Cuore di Bue for salad.
Garden, greenhouses and a touch of Italy
The owners lived in Italy for 16 years and want the village to have its own piece of Tuscany: chicory, artichokes, black kale and tomatoes for sauce. The garden feeds the family and the guests.
The garden
Our own food on the table almost all year
An open garden, two greenhouses, a cellar and compost. An unheated greenhouse adds more than a month in spring and autumn, and the cellar feeds the kitchen in winter.
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We fertilize with horse manure, kitchen compost and silt from the pond. Bees from the log hives pollinate the orchard.
A Tuscan garden
What we are used to eating in Italy
in the greenhouse
growingRocket and basil
We sow a little all summer, and the basil goes into pesto.
as an annualArtichoke
It will not survive our winter, so we grow it from seedlings every year.
growingRadicchio and puntarelle
Bitter salads that nobody else grows in Belarus.
growing
Cavolo nero and beans
For Tuscan ribollita.
in tubsLemons and rosemary
In the yard in summer, in a bright cool room in winter.
Garden calendar
Where fresh food comes from each month
Greenhouse, open garden or cellar: there are almost no empty months. February and March are hardest, and then the cellar and preserves help.
- Greenhouse
- Open garden
- Cellar: forcing and storage
The hardest months are February and March. The cellar (radicchio, root vegetables, cabbage), preserves and the first greens from the greenhouse carry the kitchen through.
Data table
- Greenhouse
- Open garden
- Cellar: forcing and storage
| Crop | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radicchio tardivo | Cellar: forcing and storage | Cellar: forcing and storage | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Cellar: forcing and storage | |||
| Puntarelle | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | |||||
| Artichoke | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | ||||
| Tomatoes, peppers, basil | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | |||||
| Cavolo nero, cime di rapa | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | ||||
| Fennel | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | |||||||
| Rocket, salads, spinach | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | Open garden | Open garden | Greenhouse | Greenhouse | ||||||
| Potatoes, beetroot, cabbage | Cellar: forcing and storage | Cellar: forcing and storage | Cellar: forcing and storage | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Open garden | Cellar: forcing and storage | Cellar: forcing and storage |
A winter salad
Radicchio from the cellar
In autumn we dig up radicchio with its roots and stand it in a dark cellar. In January crisp white and red leaves grow from the root: a fresh salad while the garden sleeps.
Italian evening
Thursday, Italian style
- 01Handmade pastaA lesson with the hosts, sauce from our own tomatoes.
- 02RibollitaA Tuscan soup on rye bread from our stove.
- 03Ricotta from wheyWhat is left from klinkovy cheese, so nothing is wasted.
- 04Focaccia from the stoveWith rosemary and salt.
The cycle
We throw almost nothing away
- 01
Horses
Manure goes to the compost, and from there to the beds.
- 02
Kitchen
Peelings to the compost, whey to the geese.
- 03
Bees
They pollinate the orchard and the garden.
- 04
Orchard
Apples for the table, for cider and for drying.
Get involved
A greenhouse for the village
One greenhouse already gives the kitchen tomatoes, peppers and basil. It is a small, clear step to start helping with.
08 /Questions
About the garden
Do Italian vegetables grow in Belarus?
Most do. Tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse, artichoke as an annual, lemons and rosemary in tubs.
Where does fresh salad come from in winter?
From the cellar: we force radicchio in the dark, and in January it gives fresh leaves.
What is an Italian evening?
A Thursday dinner: handmade pasta, ribollita, focaccia and the hosts' stories about Italy.