WILD ASPARAGUS

Due to longer cold period they appeared a bit later this year  than usual, but they grow even more vigorously. Wild Asparagus (Asparagus acutifolius). They thrive on calcerous soil and hard to get to slopes. Considered to be healthy they have much stronger taste than cultivated variety and lot more minerals. As delicasy they are used in mediteranean cuisine. I prepared them in barley risoto with extra vergine olive oil. Barley is best to prepare a day before, for it soaks up lots of moisture. 
For even more moisture in mouth I recommend Gravner's Rebula 2004.

 

GRAPE GEM

Sometimes Tartaric acid in grape juice forms arty crystals

CULTIVATED MULBERRY

For the same reason as elsewhere in Europe, Mulberrys were domesticated centuries ago in western Slovenia. Silkworms and wood. Actually first they brought black Mulberry for wood and later white Mulberry for their foliage which is more apropriate for silkworm growth. Mulberry trees make thick shadow, they are planted for decoration and many of them cultivated are pruned to an umbrela- like shape. With their typical shape Mulberry trees are part of cultural landscape in western Slovenia, although once they were spread all over Slovenia.

enclosed backyard in Karst called "borjač" with Mulberry trees

woven branches of Mulberry tree (not pruned yet)

wild growing white Mulberry tree