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
What to do in May in the garden
May is certainly one of the most exciting months in gardening! After the last night frosts, all your pre-grown vegetables can be planted out into the patches and all frost-sensitive vegetables can be sowed, as well. Or almost all. In this article I'll show you what to...
How to plant, grow and harvest tomatoes in 14 steps
When you want to plant and grow your own tomatoes and want to get a great harvest, it's important to suitably care for your plants and provide them with optimum growing conditions. In 14 steps, I'll show you everything you need to know about tomatoes - whether you'll...
How to make a vegetable patch – A beginners’s guide
Are you dreaming of starting a vegetable garden and harvesting fresh produce:? A small vegetable patch is the first step to a whole new quality of life: the best food, fresh air and a contribution to a “greener” world. Let’s take this fantastic step together so that...
Recipes
Bear’s Garlic Brioche Braid
One of the first plants that we can harvest every spring is bear's garlic (or wild garlic). It grows naturally in forest glades but you can also cultivate it in a shady corner of your garden. I've tried it last year but my garden lies in full sun so I think that was...
Bear’s garlic knot
Bear’s garlic, or wild garlic, is one of the first spring herbs we can harvest. It grows in light forest glades but you can also cultivate it in a shady part of your garden. Apart from its benefits for our health, what I like most about bear’s garlic is that IT smells...
Tarte flambée with asparagus and walnuts
Every year I yearn for the first asparagus 'cause it's the unmistakable sign that we are heading out of late spring and right into early summer! I love all types of asparagus, white, green and violet but if I had to choose (which thankfully I don't), I'd say that I...
Preserving
Lilac syrup
Every year I can't wait for the lilac to bloom and every year I'm sad when it fades again a few weeks later. That's why I try to preserve those beautiful flowers as best as I can and thus prolong their season. Lilac flowers are not toxic as many people think. One of...
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...
Home and Body
Orange peeling soap
Earlier this year, I got my hands on some organic orange peel... well, ok: a lot of organic orange peel and apart from all the other things I made out of it, I tried my hand at making my first ever hydrolate. It turned out pretty well and I immediately thought about...
Green Mint Soap: Beginner Recipe
This mint soap beginner recipe was the first soap recipe I made and it's still one of my favourites! It's suitable for beginners which means that it doesn't require many ingredients. This is a soap specially for sensitive skin due to the green clay. Consistent with...
Soapmaking equipment
To start with soapmaking, you only need some basic soapmaking equipment. Later, when you are infected with the soapmaking virus, you can always buy additional tools that'll make the process easier and allow you to make more elaborate designs. When looking for...
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 lots of 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 your life according to the season, decorate your house and craft things that make you happy and add beauty to your home?
Let’s do this together!
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