Last day in Wisen, sunflower picking and vegetable basket

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Time went by so fast, and Friday September 6th was already my last day on the ArsNaturalis farm in Wisen. The day started out cold and rainy - but we had sunflowers to pick. This was actually done quite quickly, just a couple rows, and then we were inside next to the herb drying chambers, nice and warm, picking out the petals from the rest of the flower. The petals, like cornflowers, will be mostly used for tea blends, giving them a nice yellow color. It was a good end of my stay and a fun time with the other volunteers Jan, Julia and Marta :-)





Before leaving, I was invited to stop by the vegetable garden and take anything I wanted back home, loved it! Thanks to Jan one of the other more experienced volunteers who knew where everything was, I went to pick lettuce, zucchini and their flowers (delicious in an omelet), cucumber, fennel, red beets, kohlrabi, celery, and of course fresh herbs: mint, coriander, basil and my favorite for fresh tea: lemon verbena. Ended up in several delicious meals back in Basel with Inayat and in his super healthy and yummy juices from the juicer. 


Calendula flowers making everything prettier: water and salad for example!

What a beautiful time it was there in Wisen! I'm really grateful for Martin for opening up his farm to volunteers, even staying for just 2 weeks. Thank you :-)

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Location: 4634 Wisen, Switzerland

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