Elderberry!
Crazy how that paragraph of yours corresponds so well with what I wrote about the elderberry shrub last year.
Just grow limes, olives and corn. Even tomatos. Maybe corriander and basil and things. Or buy it all dirt cheap locally. Sounds like a dream to me.
I LOVE rhubarb
It's very easy to cultivate and propagate here. Especially this red variety, which tastes a bit like strawberry.
Garlic
Mine does not like mulch, nor chicken poop, nor weeds around it.
It wants sun, space and at least moist soil.
It's also a heavy feeder.
I love that it is not affected by the voles at all.
Wild garlic is different and grows abundantly in the forrests all around here.
Yeah, coriander, basil and oregano grows quite well here. Especially oregano. I have some everywhere because it keeps certain bugs away. The kind I don't want around...if it has more than 8 legs, it's definitely not welcome in my house haha.
You'd be surprised how expensive these herbs can be here. It's because hardly anyone grows them here, so they're brought in from other parts of Mexico.
Limes...yeah, they're a staple in my house. And any Mexican home. We're well integrated.
We eat Nopales, which is the flat spikey cactus. It grows everywhere, and if cooked right, it tastes like green beans. And because green beans don't grow very well, nopales it is! I usually just take one of the flat leaves (or whatever you call them) and stick it in any kind of ground. Two weeks later, it has a baby. It's incredible.
I guess it's the great thing about living here: there's so much stuff that just grows wild, no one really has to go hungry.
I discovered that Moringa also grows everywhere, and the whole plant is edible. You just need to know when and how to eat it.
Yeah, I miss growin rhubarb. Might just try to get some seeds and see how it'll do.
Tomatoes doesn't do well in my garden somehow. Too much sun! But I'm covering part of my front yard this week, and will try again to see how it does if there's more shade.
Strawberries do well but only if we hang the pots. In the ground they have no chance.
Yeah, wild garlic is something else. I loved making pesto with it. It's supposed to have 100 times the health benefits of regular garlic. Not sure if it's true, but it sure is potent. Works really well with dental infections.
I'll go read your elderberry post now. :)