From the garden: first capsicums, perfect for stewing with celery, tomatoes and basil. And two small cucumbers for sides. Love my cucumber spiralizer 😊
Ah, and Alpine strawberries for dessert!
#alessandrazecchini👨🌾 #plantbased #homegrown #vegetables #vegetarian #vegan #simplepleasures #lifestyle
#hollyhocks no filter
#alessandrazecchini🌸 #dalmiogiardinofiorito #花 #alcearosea #flowers #growingfromseeds #potgarden
Lost a few tomatoes with the rain, but I’m very happy with the yellow/orange ones because the seeds came from a punnet of colourful tomatoes I’ve bought ages ago, and planted, just as an experiment. They are plum shaped and sweet.
#cherrytomato #pomodorini #fromthegardentothetable #potgarden #growyourown
Help!!!
It’s that time of the year again! Public enemy number one of weeds is flowering in the Waitakere ranges. I cut the flowers by the side of the road before they go to seed and spread. Please do the same, cut wild ginger flowers are beautiful in a vase, but dangerous if left out there to multiply! We removed them all from our property and we continue to weed the seedlings that spread from nearby properties into the bush.
#ecology #花 #saveallforestst @greenpeace
Grown in pots on the balcony: eggplants, tomatoes and celery - small but cute, ready for the pot 😋
#veggiegarden #growyourown #alessandrazecchini👨🌾 #plantbased #minivegetables #potgarden #vegetarian #vegan #lifestyle #fromthegardentothetable #eatwell #simplepleasures #colorfulfood #italianstyle
Borage, ready for fritters! Yum! 😋
#edibleflowers #borage #borragine #boragoofficinalis #plantbased #fromthegardentothetable #vegetarian #eatingflowers #lifestyle #eatplants #eatingfrommygarden #thegoodlife
Bartering: swapped chives, cherry tomatoes and celery from my garden with lemons from a neighbour. Who got the best deal? Everyone! 💚
#barter #fromthegardentothetable #🍋 #fresh #bartering #plantbased #lifestyle #simplepleasures #vegetablegarden #💚
The story of a rose.
It was in a bouquet. When the petals fell I cut the head off and put the stem in a pot in the garden. Kind of forgot about it. I don’t know anything about growing roses, I didn’t do anything special… it took! And now I have a beautiful single stem rose. #Feelinghappy 😊
Kauri snail / pupurangi. Huge and rare, such a privilege to see it. The body is blue.
Pīwakawaka/fantail
In my forest ‘backyard’ 🫶
#pīwakawaka #fantail #newzealand #newzealandbirds #forest #aotearoa #savetheforests #saveallforests #birdwatching #ornithology