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Strawberry
Posted June 10th, 2009 by ancoterpstra
Just a strawberry in my garden, saying hello, have the same size of delicious strawberries in your own garden ( and the eurocoin was only there to highlight the strawberry )
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WOW! These are delicious and
WOW! These are delicious and HUGE. Thats a well taken photograph too.
strawberry
Well thank you Heaven Admin, and they are organically grown, no artificial fertilizers or pesticides used of course.
Do you have a garden yourself ?
anco
Ha Ha, you read minds! I was
Ha Ha, you read minds! I was wondering what special fertilizers you used. Yes I do garden, compost, mulch and propagate :) I also enjoy taking photos of the monkeys eating all the produce! I got a little annoyed until I saw how beautiful those monkeys are.
This is a guavadilla, which is a hybrid between a passion fruit and a guava. In the garden thera are/were many herbs, chillis, peppers, pumpkins, delicious monsters, peanuts, guavas, mulberry bushes, cherries, sweet potatoes, papaya, bananas, spinach and many indigenous "weeds" that are delicious. One is called Imbuya and the other is called Umfino in isiZulu.
Guvadillas on the tree
Guavadilla cut open. They sweet, sour and vibrant!
This is one of the guests that has a buffet in the garden
wow, maybe we can exchange some gardenfood
Hoi ( Dutch for hello ) Santhan,
You made some beautiful pictures, I like them. But I have a question about the last one. What is it ? If it is a grasshopper and not a cricket he will surely " eat some stuff " from your garden ! You must have a warm southern climate in your garden, when I read about all the things you can grow. Or maybe you have a greenhouse ? Peanuts, chillis and bananas, hmmmmmmmmmm !
I grow potatoes, not the sweet ones, unions, lettuce, carrots in the first half of the year, and then pumpkins, sweet corn, beans and so in the second half of the year. I have some redberries, blackberries and gooseberries and of course some strawberries. I have to use nets against the birds or I won't have any berries at all. I love birds and give them all possibilities to have their nests in my garden, but the berries are not included. Well, there grows a lot of berries also in the wild here, so they have no shortage !
Snails and slugs are harder to handle, I do not use pesticides. I hope to learn to communicate more with the Kingdoms Of Nature, and maybe make a good deal about who is allowed to eat what !
But most of all I love my garden for all kinds of reasons and I'm just happy with it. I think it was a wise man from the East who said that gardening is a hobby for life.
the joy of gardening
Hi all...I am really into gardening this year too: tomatoes, potatoes, grapes, berries, fruit trees...I am even trying to grow goji berries from the tiny seeds. And...soon I will be involved in mesquite harvesting...yielding a delicious flour which I've heard is somewhat of a staple in South America. Mesquite grows wild here (high desert of Arizona) and is plentiful and free....and did I say delicious? A friend of mine is buying a hammer mill to process the mesquite. Love and blessings, Jim. ps...I have strawberries too but not as big! I may use nets as well to protect them.
Mesquite flour????
Pam(fortheloveofGodde)
Hey, Jim ... what is this about mesquite flour? I lived in Texas for years, developing a taste for mesquite-grilled/smoked anything. But I have never heard of mesquit flour. What do you plan to make from it?
BTW, all, my husband grows a wonderful garden every year AND cans/freezes. This year we have potatoes, beans, carrots, lettuce, various herbs, watermelon, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers (sweet and jalapeno), strawberries (maybe--weather this year has been weird and may or may not have a good strawberry harvest).
Loved the photos.
Mesquite Flour
Hi Pam...Mesquite flour is very delicious. you can find it at some health food stores. Typically it is imported from South America and is a little pricey at about 10-14 dollars/lb. But when I first tasted it, i fell in love with it. I add it to smoothies and as a great topping for oat meal cereal in the morning. You can also use it as a flour substitute. It is ironic that mesquite grows everywhere...it seems in low and high deserts...and all over Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and many other places. The thing is...it is difficult to process (to go from the dry pod state to the fine flour state) The hammer mill is the only way to go...and they start at about 4-5 thousand dollars. But a friend of mine may be buying one...In any event, I will start picking in a few weeks...waiting for the pods to thoroughly dry and then grinding with the new mill and if that does not work, driving down to Tuscon Az and using a coop mill. Mesquite flour is considered a super food and is a legume...therefore has protein and antioxidants and lots of complex sugars...fructose. I keep seeing mesquite trees...mainly the honey mesquite tree in this area...there are some growing along a wash just a short distance from my house and down the main street here in Sedona and even in the Bashas parking lot. It is everwhere and it is now flowering and the green pods are beginning to form. (Two flowering seasons: before and after the monsoons and the monsoons are just starting now) ps...the wood of mesquite is used commercially for flooring and also as an additive for barbiquing (sp) cause of the great aroma of the wood. Love, Jim.
Interesting ...
Pam(fortheloveofGodde)
Unfortunately, mesquite does not grow in Michigan, which probably explains why I haven't seen mesquite flour anywhere, even in the health food stores. There are a couple of co-ops, though, who order from national companies. I'll have to look and see if they have it available. I make an artisanal bread now and again that I've had really good luck with using spelt, whole wheat, and oat flour.
Thanks for the info!