Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2022

Posted on 2023-01-04 13:58:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since mid 2017 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. The harvest from this garden has supplemented our lunches and …


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Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2021

Posted on 2022-01-08 20:52:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since mid 2017 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. The harvest from this garden has supplemented our lunches and …


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Mustard

Posted on 2021-09-13 13:57:00+02:00 in recipes • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with experiment, harvest, recipe, season: fall

This month I made mustard from mustard seeds grown in the Proeftuin. The recipe follows further down the page. But first a bit of botany.

Flowers of Sinapis alba (white mustard) being worked by a bee. Lower on the stem you can see the seed pods developing. As the plant …


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Journal of work in Proeftuin Meerhoven in 2020

Posted on 2021-03-24 21:18:00+01:00 in blog • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with survey, practical, season: spring, season: summer, season: fall, season: winter

Since Sunday 2017-07-30 I have been involved with gardening at the Proeftuin Meerhoven in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. This is a community garden maintained by volunteers in the neighborhood adjoining ours. We use the space with approval from the local council. In addition to helping with gardening, I learned a lot …


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Using wasted heat

Posted on 2019-03-04 15:18:00+01:00 in blog • Modified on 2019-03-05 14:26:00+01:00 • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, attitudinal principles, experiment, season: fall, season: winter, season: spring

When making bread, the recommendation is to place the dough in a warm spot to rise for about one hour. Since we hardly heat the house in winter (the thermostat is set at 12°C; the living room is a bit warmer still) this proved a bit of a challenge …


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PASTE survey allotment garden (2018)

Posted on 2018-12-31 15:00:00+01:00 in surveys • Written by Arno Peters • Tagged with permaculture, survey, PASTE, garden design, Eindhoven, season: fall

Starting from 2018-09-01, Ina and I have rented an allotment at an association nearby. This survey lists the different species discovered.

Plants

  • Alium ? (onion family / uienfamilie)
  • Amaranthus blitum (purple amaranth / Kleine Majer)
    • leafs edible like spinach
  • Brassica juncea ssp. Juncea (Chinese mustard/ amsoi)
    • cultivar King Mustard
    • cultivar Red Giant
    • cultivar …

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