Welcome to Seasonal Simple Life! I’m so happy you’re here and I hope I can help you on your journey toward a simple and seasonal way of life.
Whether you’re interested in gardening, cooking, preserving, soapmaking, or crafting, I’m happy to share my experiences with you.
Latest blog posts
Gardening
April’s Green Revolution: 10 Timely Garden Tasks to Transform Your Outdoor Space
As spring fully takes hold, April is a pivotal month in the gardening calendar. The soil is warming, daylight hours are increasing, and plants are awakening with renewed vigor. This month presents the perfect opportunity to set your garden up for success throughout...
What to Sow and Plant in April: Kickstarting Your Vegetable Garden
April marks the exciting transition when your vegetable garden truly comes to life. As soil temperatures rise and the threat of frost begins to fade in many regions, this month offers the perfect opportunity to get your hands dirty and lay the foundation for a great...
Ultimate Guide to Crop Rotation in Vegetable Gardening
In an ideal world, we would just take the time once to make a planting plan for your vegetable garden and then stick to it for all the years to come. That would be so conventient, wouldn't it? Alas, it doesn’t work that way. Cultivating the same plants in the same...
Recipes
Three recipes for herb pesto
Aficionados of pasta and fresh vegetables appreciate the fresh and aromatic flavour of pesto. If you have fresh herbs at hand you can make some delicious herb pesto with simple means and relatively few ingredients. The big advantage compared to the store-bought...
Strawberry Dome Cake
Strawberries! Every year we can't wait for the first ripe strawberry and the knowledge that their harvesting time is limited to only a few weeks, makes them all the more precious. I think this relatively short availability and the fact that they don't freeze well make...
Strawberry Tiramisu
The classic tiramisu consists of ladyfingers, coffee, mascarpone and cocoa. But did you know that you can also make strawberry tiramisu? It's lighter than the original and thus the perfect dessert for summer! Whenever I make it, I have to quickly secure a portion for...
Preserving
Pickled beetroots
Never judge a book by its cover - or in this case: a vegetable by its appearance. Beetroots are not the prettiest of veggies. They are plump, dirty and make a hell of a mess when cut up. But if you get to know them, you'll love them. You can eat them raw, cooked,...
How to dry herbs
What would cooking be without herbs? They not only are beneficial for our health but also add flavour to practically any dish. To make sure that we can use herbs all year round, we have to preserve them during summer. Drying is the most common practice to preserve...
Six great ways to preserve herbs
Herbs are often unremarkable to look at, but man, what would we do without their flavour? Can you imagine a tomato sauce without thyme, rosemary and basil? Or a roast without a bouquet garni? What about pesto and herb butter for a barbecue? Yet, herbs not only flatter...
Home and Body
Soapmaking Step-by-Step
Before you start making your very first batch of soap, you should be familiar with the process. Please read this soapmaking step-by-step instruction thoroughly to make sure that your first soap - and the many soaps to follow - will be a smashing success! It's most...
The Science behind Soapmaking
Soap is the oldest and most used washing detergent in the history of mankind. The oldest soap recipe that has been found is thousands of years old! And the best thing is: we still know how to make soap. The process differs a bit from that of our ancestors; after all,...
12 uses for orange peel
As you know – at least if you’ve read my About Me Page – I work at a school. There, we have a contract with a local grocery distributor who delivers organic fruit or vegetables once a week for the pupils in primary school. Depending on the produce and size, some moms...
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!
If you want to learn more about me, click here.