China is a great country for people who like eating (like me). There are restaurants offering exotic meals, markets with exotic fruits and don't get me started on the variety of spices you can buy here....
Just sometimes, a very few times, disillusionment hits: e.g. have you ever tried making pesto without basil? Or did you try to make parsley potatoes without the parsley? Yeah, I thought so..
We now found a revolutionary easy method of alleviating this problem: we grow our own spices*. We went to the market and bought some pots, then to the park around the corner tosteal borrow get some earth and finally to the post office to pick up the seed-packets send from home. Now everything we have to do is wait and see what survives in Guilins climate.
Just sometimes, a very few times, disillusionment hits: e.g. have you ever tried making pesto without basil? Or did you try to make parsley potatoes without the parsley? Yeah, I thought so..
We now found a revolutionary easy method of alleviating this problem: we grow our own spices*. We went to the market and bought some pots, then to the park around the corner to
The first thing showing after 4 days: Can you guess what it is? Right! Say hello to "Mr Tomato**.
* Our current balcony-portfolio includes basil, dill, parsley, tomatos, lavender, aloe-vera, paw-paw and a lonely tamarind.
**Tomatos are actually growing very well in China, but it is much nicer to grow them yourself.
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