Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: A quick summary of Life in a Corfu Village so far...

Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections:  A quick summary of Life in a Corfu Village so far...:  A quick summary of Life in a Corfu Village so far 2022 ... This Summer life here was a very warm place to be. Overall it was very hot &...

 A quick summary of Life in a Corfu Village so far 2022 ...

This Summer life here was a very warm place to be.

Overall it was very hot & dry

So Ok what did we do... 

Well lets do this month by month ...

April and May brought us Beautiful lettuces and some potatoes too

June the Apricots

July it was all too much we had Peaches, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Courgettes , Peppers

August - we harvested our seedless Grapes and made Jam, along with more of July's crop (above) gosh the freezer was getting full.

 Our white grapes are seedless so are rather too sweet for wine - hence we eat them fresh from the vine or make Grape Jam

September it was Almond season along with Pomegranates too.and  more tomatoes....

October - well more Lettuces which we planted in early September as the kind weather allowed these to come through. And Walnuts we all love Walnuts here with Yoghurt and honey a prefect healthy Breakfast..... and more lettuces and a few small  cherry tomatoes too.....

November so far - well more Walnuts, lettuces and of course, Origiani, Mint and now some Roses popping through too along with Sweet Peas   I use our Mint for the bathroom fragrance rather than using aerosol sprays... 

As the nights become damp and cooler it is time to prepare the logs for the open fire, 

Back in touch again  soon with Winter Life in our Village......

 

August in our Village

 August in Our Village.....

As the heat continues a cooler 35c today and the crops ripen I have spent most of today on Google to investigate how to preserve our windfall of beautiful ripe peaches.  Now whilst I enjoy eating fresh fruit there is in fairness only so many one can eat in a day. 

So today I made Peach Jam - something I have never ever considered before.  I always save all our glass jars over the Winter months therefore plenty of storage implements available.  However as I don't add sugar to Coffee (I don't drink Tea either) I went for a quick shop to the local mini market for a bag of sugar.  

After peeling the skins and taking out the pips - the Peaches went on the electric hob with some Lemon Juice -  I followed my recipe via Google and then after cooling and decanting  I now have Peach Jam for toast for a quick breakfast - and I must say it does taste rather delicious too. 

There were far too many Peaches for Jam so the rest are in the freezer for sauces to add to our Winter dishes to enhance the flavour of Pork etc.

So next are the tomatoes - Ari (the husband) loves his garden but has handed me far too many tomatoes. Therefore  it seems I will be back on Google again this evening.

Sending all best wishes, happiness and a great month ahead from our little house in the hillside village......

Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: Grapes to Jam

Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: Grapes to Jam:   Grapes to Homemade Jam. At this time of the year the grapes are ripe oh and the wasps are abundant too.  On our little home vine we have s...

Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: Grapes to Jam

Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: Grapes to Jam:   Grapes to Homemade Jam. At this time of the year the grapes are ripe oh and the wasps are abundant too.  On our little home vine we have s...

Grapes to Jam

 Grapes to Homemade Jam.

At this time of the year the grapes are ripe oh and the wasps are abundant too.  On our little home vine we have some very nice seedless white grapes.  These really don't make the best wine,(we tried it was awful)  however they are prefect to make what is locally is known as Spoon Fruits.  Or you could just indulge  daily on white grapes but hey there is only so many grapes one can eat in  a day.  So a Google search has made us the perfect jam or spoon fruits.  Yes it is time consuming but so worth it.  No pectin is required if you soak your grapes in Sugar, Vanilla and lemon,  So from our little seedless crop we have a few jars to enjoy on our toast come the Winter when the sky is grey and you need the comfort of homemade jam......

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Life in a Corfu Village by Lesley Ann Hoy @ Corfu Selections: Fasalakia - ...: Fasalakia - A Simple Warming Dish to Try....... As we head towards the Winter here and we now retreat once again for the long nights in fron...