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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Getting your 5-a-day.
We all know that we should eat lots of fruit and veg, but how many do you eat?
A quick snack here, another there in the middle of a working day grabbed on the run, we know that we're not good at it, so these past few weeks, we've set to changing that.
Here in Romania we have a fairly large plot, so 144 sq metres of that have now been turned into a veggie plot - and we are very proud to say that the spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, onions (red and white) beans, garlic, carrots and potatoes are all growing very well with the wonderful weather we have been having.
Unfortunately, this weather also grows weeds very well too! So following this blog it will be a weekend of gardening again.
Today we will be planting peppers, cucumber, courgette, cauliflower, cabbage and chillies (for summer salsa and of course curries!
Now, these will take a while to grow, so what do we do until then? Eat cake! Lovely healthy carrot cake, packed with 3 of your 5 a day! I'm sure that's not how it's supposed to work really, but it is nice to have a treat too!
Have a look at the recipe, it's on our latest news page http://volunteerromania.eu/News--and--Events.php
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Every summer at the children's home we also help out with their garden, the kids love it and know what they're doing, we are learning! The best part about the day of course is the BBQ at the end of it, which is a real treat, but well deserved. As you can see, there is a fair bit of weeding to do, but with carers, volunteers, friends and 160 children we get through it quite quickly.
Poafte Buna!
A quick snack here, another there in the middle of a working day grabbed on the run, we know that we're not good at it, so these past few weeks, we've set to changing that.Here in Romania we have a fairly large plot, so 144 sq metres of that have now been turned into a veggie plot - and we are very proud to say that the spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, peas, onions (red and white) beans, garlic, carrots and potatoes are all growing very well with the wonderful weather we have been having.
Unfortunately, this weather also grows weeds very well too! So following this blog it will be a weekend of gardening again.
Today we will be planting peppers, cucumber, courgette, cauliflower, cabbage and chillies (for summer salsa and of course curries!
Now, these will take a while to grow, so what do we do until then? Eat cake! Lovely healthy carrot cake, packed with 3 of your 5 a day! I'm sure that's not how it's supposed to work really, but it is nice to have a treat too!
Have a look at the recipe, it's on our latest news page http://volunteerromania.eu/News--and--Events.php
.jpg)
Every summer at the children's home we also help out with their garden, the kids love it and know what they're doing, we are learning! The best part about the day of course is the BBQ at the end of it, which is a real treat, but well deserved. As you can see, there is a fair bit of weeding to do, but with carers, volunteers, friends and 160 children we get through it quite quickly.
If you would like to help this year, please give us a shout contactus@volunteerromania.eu
Poafte Buna!
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