God in Frankrijk op de Herengracht or Pats Pantry and Potager

24 juli 2013

Potager garden[edit]

A potager is a French term for an ornamental vegetable or kitchen garden. The historical design precedent is from the Gardens of the French Renaissance and Baroque Garden à la française eras. Often flowers (edible and non-edible) and herbs are planted with the vegetables to enhance the garden's beauty. The goal is to make the function of providing food aesthetically pleasing.

Plants are chosen as much for their functionality as for their color and form. Many are trained to grow upward. A well-designed potager can provide food, as well as cut flowers and herbs for the home with very little maintenance. Potagers can disguise their function of providing for a home in a wide array of forms—from the carefree style of the cottage garden to the formality of a knot garden.

Thanks Willemijn for the name

Yes folks sit back I have found somethings else to bore you with (or press delete)

My dream is coming true, thanks to Hannekke and Frank for setting it all up, Hannekke is my tuinkabuiter/lepraucorn  "Hannekke van Marseille " and Ellen Mookhoek from whom I now have moestuintraining is my teacher plus a great book from England URBAN GARDENING . Ellen really brings it all alive and explains so well fantastic .I can even remember most of it.

So I am going to start a new blog, I cannot travel all the time in Pattys Wagon and summer in Amsterdam like this is TOP. I need to communicate about food and things so a new blog will appear soon. 

 

The idea came during my morning walk around the estate this morning at 6.am . And now eating my bruschetta with tomato and basil with a small espresso I think life is good, soon it will be my own tomato, it was my own home made bread and thaise basilicum.

Also I am going to become a ZZPer with Creative Food Consultancy , don't know if I will ever earn anything but the ideas are in my head. 

So the sabbatical is continuing 

Even as a child I was a dreamer making up things, maybe only children have too. !!!! Or is that just being child 

 

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3 Reacties

  1. Riquette Guepin:
    24 juli 2013
    Ha Pat, wat was het weer 'als van ouds' bij je. Heel gezellig
    en 'warm'! Hoe is penny?
    Je verhaal is weer very inspiring. Good ideas!
    We gaan het er over hebben. ZZp-er, heel goed, maar
    eigenlijk was je dat al!
    Bel je weer binnenkort. Groetjes van mij!
  2. Henk:
    24 juli 2013
    Nice to follow up on your dreams, keep me posted! xxx
  3. Eline:
    6 augustus 2013
    Hello Pat, So nice to see that you are happy with this wonderfull garden! And since you are now zzp-er... could I hire you for a day of maybe two to help me to perfect my French bistrot-menu in my little Frisian restaurant? Looking forward to hear from you!

    Eline Schoep, Herberg Greate Pier en De Waddenbistrot, Kimswerd