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An alternative to incense sticks

02 Oct 2019 4 Comments

Sometime I feel the need to change the “smell” in the house. This is usually after a very “smelly” dish that I cooked or in any other situation when the air in the house is not how it suppose to be not even after a tedious aeration.

Some time I use incense sticks, but for a healthier alternative I use Frankincense. I have a stone recipient big enough to accommodate a disc of charcoal, I light the charcoal than put a small piece of Frankincense on top and let it burn until is over. In no time all of the bed smells are gone 🙂

I don’t use it for religious or spiritual rituals, I just like the smell 🙂

Do you use Frankincense?

Pofta de …

26 Sep 2019 Leave a comment

by GreenZoneLife in Pofta de ...

Compot de mere aromat cu scortisoara, cuisoare si cardamom servit cu biscuiti cu miere – yummmy !

First eggs :)

20 Sep 2019 6 Comments

by GreenZoneLife in Despre gaini si alte pasari

First time chicken growers may ask often when their chickens will start laying eggs. Of course you can find the information on the internet, but every chicken is different, depending on the breed but also on other external conditions.

Well, I am the happy owner of a mature chicken who start laying eggs 🙂

At exactly 5 month – 22 weeks old she start laying eggs. She is a bantam, so this type of chicken are starting to lay their first eggs earlier than other larger breeds, as well as they hatch earlier from their eggs – at around day 19.

The eggs are also smaller but they are so cute 🙂

Happy chickens 🙂

The best garlic press

05 Sep 2019 6 Comments

by GreenZoneLife in Diverse

As you probably know by now I like my food spicy, and using garlic is one of the ways to spice my dishes. Over the years I changed many garlic presses.

The first one I got was large enough to suit 2-3 cloves, but it was made of aluminum and was not suitable to be washed in the dishwasher.

The second one I got was stainless steel, suitable for dishwasher but not big enough, it only crashed one clove at a time.

I bought a bigger one this time, suitable for dishwasher also, but unfortunately, because it is made of plastic is not strong enough to crash the amount of garlic that you can fit in it.

In the end I found the perfect garlic press: strong, large and suitable for dishwasher

In just few moves I can crush a dozen cloves

The best garlic press for me 🙂

Do you have a favorite kitchen gadget?

Balchik Palace and Botanical Garden

28 Aug 2019 6 Comments

by GreenZoneLife in Calatorii

One of my biggest dream is to visit as many gardens as possible around the Europe. This year on my list was the Balchik Palace and Botanical Garden constructed for Queen Marie of Romania between 1926 and 1937 . A magical place I could say now after my visit there. Is a place where you find peace and harmony, simple but in the same time majestic, a place that I cannot describe in words, is a must see place to truly understand its beauty.

One of the botanical garden’s main attraction is the outdoors collection of large-sized cactus species arranged on 1,000 square metres, the second of its kind in Europe.