Slow Living in My Small English Garden 🌿 Roses, Baking & Grandma’s Recipe

Step into a few peaceful spring days here in the English countryside 🌿
In this week’s slow living vlog, I spend quiet days gardening, baking a traditional British lemon drizzle loaf from scratch, and preparing one of my grandmother’s comforting Spanish recipes for dinner as the weather shifts between sunshine, rain, and chilly spring afternoons.
I’m also planting my latest rose acquisition — the beautiful Eustacia Vye rose inspired by Thomas Hardy’s heroine — while slowly continuing to shape the garden for the warmer months ahead 🌹
Wrapped in birdsong, gentle rain, and shy moments of sunshine, we also wander through Oakley, a picturesque corner of the Hampshire countryside whose quiet paths once inspired writers like Jane Austen 🌿
There are cosy moments of slow cooking, peaceful gardening, spring flowers, homemade comfort food, and reflections on family traditions, recipes passed down through generations, and finding beauty in ordinary everyday life.
In this vlog:
🍋 Traditional British lemon drizzle loaf
🌹 Planting the Eustacia Vye rose
☕ Slow living routines & afternoon tea
🌿 A peaceful walk through Oakley, Hampshire
🍗 Spanish chicken recipe inspired by my grandmother
🌼 Gardening, herbs & spring planting
🏡 Quiet moments at home in England
Thank you for being here and for sharing these gentle moments with me from all around the world 🤍

🍋 Lemon Drizzle Loaf
4 eggs
Sugar (same measure as the eggs) or 175g
1½ glasses of self raising flour (225gr)
2 glasses of butter or 225g
1 tsp baking power ( optional )
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
Elderflower cordial
Sugar (for the drizzle)
Optional decoration:
Lemon zest
Edible flowers (rose petals or hibiscus)
Candied lemon slices

Spanish Garlic Chicken (Pollo al Ajillo)
1 kg chicken pieces with skin
Extra virgin olive oil
1 heads of garlic
5 bay leaves
1 bunch of parsley
Salt & black pepper
1 glass of dry white wine
Saffron (optional)

Roasted Asparagus with Tomato Balsamic Vinegar
Fresh asparagus
Cheese with garlic & nettles (or any cheese such as Parmesan or cheddar)
Cherry tomatoes
Tomato balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
Salt & black pepper

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