Imagine growing your own herbs on a windowsill, turning summer tomatoes into winter comfort, or creating your own gentle soaps with ingredients you can pronounce.
These aren’t impossible dreams—they’re your next small steps toward a more self-sufficient life.
Whether you’re planting your first seeds or you’ve been gardening for years, every season offers fresh opportunities to grow your skills, reduce your footprint, and reconnect with the natural rhythms that sustain us all.
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Dandelion honey
A meadow full of blooming dandelions looks like the sun is shining from the ground upwards. It's such a pretty sight! Thinking about the lifeforce and vitality of dandelions, however, I have seen gardeners go crazy: no matter how often you cut them off, they'll always...
Fermented radishes
Radishes are one of the earliest vegetables to be harvested in spring. With a cultivation time of just 3 - 4 weeks, they can be ready to eat by beginning to mid-April, if we sowed them early enough, maybe even in the greenhouse. One of my greatest delights in spring...
Fermented lemons
When I first heard about fermented lemons, I wondered what you could use them for. After all, if you wanted to taste something salty, you'd simply add salt, wouldn't you? And if you wanted a dish to taste more lemony, you'd add lemons, right? But like so often, you...
Easy Vegetables for Beginners: 11 Foolproof Crops for Your First Garden in 2025
Did you know that over 67% of households started gardening during recent years? As you’ve found this article, I gather you’re a newbie, too, and you’re finally ready to start growing your own food. That's wonderful! And don’t you let yourself become anxious that you...
Beginner’s Guide: How to Start A Vegetable Garden
Hey there future garden guru! Are you excited to try your hand at vegetable gardening, but feeling a bit nervous about where to start? Don't worry - you're in the right place! Whether you have a large garden you want to start cultivating or just a small patio, in this...
How and when to plant garlic
Garlic is such a great vegetable! It’s a star in the kitchen, it’s healthy AND it’s easy to cultivate. Don’t believe me? Then read on: in this post, I’ll not only give you an overview of the different types of garlic but show you exactly how and when to plant garlic....
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About Me
Hi, I’m Angela, the “face” behind Seasonal Simple Life. Welcome to this blog!
Do you dream of creating a colourful and lively vegetable garden where you’ll cultivate all the vegetables you want?
Without chemistry but diversity and many tried and tested varieties that will fill your harvest basket with healthy and tasty fruit and vegetables?
In the evenings, the flavour of freshly cooked tomato sauce flows through the house; winter will come, eventually, and your pantry won’t fill on its own…
Do you want to live a seasonal simple life, decorate your house, craft things that make you happy and add beauty to your home?
Let’s do this together!
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