The Ruined Garden Fez Medina

merchants house to ruin to rubbish dump to garden to Cafe & Spice Garden & Cooking School.
Dinner in the garden - by prior arrangment

Dinner in the garden - by prior arrangment

The banana is still developing, see the first picture taken in August - send recipe ideas please

Autumn is creeping into the medina, beautiful low yellow sunlight.

Aid - sacrificial slaughter of a sheep or 2.

Aid - sacrificial slaughter of a sheep or 2.

The roof of the ruined Salon is installed, cedar cross beams followed by thin cedar ply, then 40cm of sand and gravel, this is then topped with terracotta tiles, each layer is not very strong but the sandwich when finished is.
Building traditionally ensures a building that moves and breathes during the year.

The roof of the ruined Salon is installed, cedar cross beams followed by thin cedar ply, then 40cm of sand and gravel, this is then topped with terracotta tiles, each layer is not very strong but the sandwich when finished is.

Building traditionally ensures a building that moves and breathes during the year.

My first attempt at making a fan palm broom, as you can see I am not making it alone.

Sheep milk cheese, almond & sesame macaroons ……. very fine with a virgin mary

Sheep milk cheese, almond & sesame macaroons ……. very fine with a virgin mary

The old men of The Ruined Garden, pictures taken by Jeremy Freedman

The first flowering
The Banana was planted on 20th September 2010 in 6inches of soil - look at it now, not yet a 2 year old. 
Will the fruit survive?
What shall I cook with them when ready?

The first flowering

The Banana was planted on 20th September 2010 in 6inches of soil - look at it now, not yet a 2 year old. 

Will the fruit survive?

What shall I cook with them when ready?

Virgin Mary with Olive Oil and Celery leaves, Mint & lemon Verbena with Gunpowder Green Tea.
image by James Sturcke www.sturcke.org

Virgin Mary with Olive Oil and Celery leaves, Mint & lemon Verbena with Gunpowder Green Tea.

image by James Sturcke www.sturcke.org