Hi everyone,
I feel a bit more distant due to the holidays. We were all on trips, family vacations…. it was fun but I'm also glad to be back to routine and to you. Sorry I didn’t write more.
Top plot above the house
There is no better time than now to do a tour in the garden. We got a small kiss of rain during the holiday and the garden is really in the seasonal transition. You can smell, see and feel the winter approaching and with it, of course, the winter vegetables – roots and fresh leaves that we so missed.
It is good to have you back, dear vegetables and people.
HERE IS A VISUAL TOUR OF THE GARDEN:
Hung Cherry tomatoes plot – all are volunteers!!!
Volunteers in the garden are plants, that we like, that were not planted or sown. They have seeded themselves (from tomatoes that fell last year), yes all of them! And there is plenty!! I simply just transferred them to an orderly plot. They are one of the last summer crops still in the garden.
Green onion
Grows all year, but at its best in this season. Soon to be on our plates. See that the plot is weed free! That is beautiful and difficult. The onion does not have large leaves and so the weeds sprout and take over easily. It is a pleasure to see the plot this way!!
Leeks
A member of the garlic family, together with the onion. It takes them a long long time to reach this size, and requires lots of patience. They should be eaten entirely, including the green parts. Fresh or cooked.
To the right of the leek you can see the walnut tree that gave it's produce and will soon lose it's leaves for winter. In the bottom plot (slightly hidden in the picture) another green onion plot – weeded and beautifully covered J
More leeks, cherry tomatoes and nana
Here we can see the napolitus (thornless cactus, edible), the ridgla ending its season, and shiba.
Napolitus – edible cooked, fried, pickled, fresh in a salad…. full full of manganese and contains vitamin C, magnesium, and calcium. Helps regulate sugar levels of diabetics.
New Zealand spinach – that came back to life after the hard summer, fennel, gourds – the last in the garden from the variety of species that were grown this summer, baby beets, celery and behind it, hidden, is broccoli.
Fresh celery to be on our plates vey soon (waiting for it) and baby baby broccoli that was planted last week.
Lettuces planted this week
Fennel to be cropped soon. Standing up and large. I wish there was enough space in the boxes we send to you for all the beautiful, tasty and nourishing leaves of the fennel.
Beets planted last week. Here the color of the leaves gives away what this is. Rooted nicely! Good luck.
In the plot under the chicken coop
Sage – a perennial local crop that, in addition to its medicinal attributes, also helps protect the garden from pests.
Garlic Chives – that has been in the garden a long time (kol hakavod!) and is looking better than ever.
And Celery that is growing very nicely and will soon be in the boxes with all its glory.
More beets – in a condition closer to our plate than the earlier ones pictured.
And more chives – really flourishing now.
And last, cabbage and cauliflower plants waiting to be planted.
May we have a wet and warm winter.
I wish a healthy and desired development to all of our dear plants and people.
Yours,
Maggie, Michelle and the garden staff
We can expect in our weekly baskets:
Lettuce
Cucumbers
tomatoes
Butternut squash
zucchini
eggplant
onions
potatoes
and coriander
Larger ones also:
radish
sweet potatoes
dill
and pepper
Fruit baskets:
Oranges
Sweeties
Apples
Larger ones also:
Persimmon
And red grapefruit
