Two days ago I did a post that I named Garden Photo Parade - Flowers And Fruits, about the flowers and fruits we had and always have in the garden. I did the post to cheer me up and promised to be back with the vegetables, so here I am, but first let me show you the latest development in our "apartment greenhouse".
These are dahlia seedlings. This is another example and a confirmation that is you're doing it right, you'll get results.
This is the envelope of the seeds, it's basically a mix or colors and I'm truly hoping to get more than one color this time. However, this is a big win already as my dad said he has never got any seedlings from seeds so far. The problem is the soil. He planted the seeds directly outside in the garden but experience tells us it's not suitable for growing them, you need proper soil specially for growing seedlings, then you'll get them. But, there's always a but!
The instruction says you have to plant them in April!!! Why? Don't ask me, I have no idea, I'm not a horticulturist, but trust those who made the instructions. My dad however was inpatient, he wanted to plant the seeds early, I could not convince him to wait. I guess we'll see what's going to happen. Regardless, I'm happy to have these little beautis and hoping to see them flowering soon. Imagine the color parade :)
Vegetables
This year is going to be tricky as we don't know what's going to happen. If we're going to manage to do something, will be us against time and nature. My dad has some health issues and can't be at his place, let alone do gardening, so the garden's future is still a mystery. We decided to plant only the basics in case we can start in time. Let's see what are the basics.
Onions, what else? :) Yes, these are a must! We always plant a lot, I mean I, as that's my job as no one is fit to do that.
How much is a lot? Twice as much as you see in this photo.
This is all onions, red, yellow and white, all from the Netherlands. Dutch know what they are doing, they are very good at this.
Imagine having a fresh onion for your salad or for cooking, any time you want. Fresh and organic as we don't use chemicals.
Tomatoes
The other vegetable (although it's considered a fruit) is tomato. We can't do without it as it's so delicious and I use it raw, as tomato juice and in different canned dishes. All you see around those poles is tomato.
Last year we had five or six types of tomatoes, some big, the others small, some for juice, others for cooking and consumption. It's better to have more types as you can get better results by picking the best one for your recipe or dish.
These grow on the ground, are a little bit harder than the other types, perfect for tomato juice.
These are black cherry tomatoes, perfect for a vegetable salad.
This is the queen of tomatoes, it's called the bull heart as it's heart shaped and the best tomato if you ask me.
These are yellow tomatoes and tricky as well. You have to pick them before they turn yellow as when yellow they are already to ripen.
There's plenty as you can see and I hope we can have half this year at least. It helps a lot to have healthy, home grown and homemade food.
Pepper or Paprika
These are also a must, a great source of vitamin and a key ingredient in many recipes, especially for canned food I do for winter.
This year there's going to be at least four types again, each one for something different. This is for raw consumption.
These are for pickles as well.
This is also a must, can be used as stuffed with minced meat and cooked or as pickles stuffed with cabbage.
These are my enemies, they are called apple pepper and are hot like hell :)
Cucumbers
Cucumbers, my favorites! There's nothing better in the morning than when you go out and pick your fresh and organic vegetables for the breakfast. It's heaven and pure health.
I love a good cucumber salad and I'm using cucumbers to hydrate my skin, it's perfect for the job. Imagine how many cosmetic products are on the market based on cucumber extract. I can have that for free, fresh without any chemicals.
Beans
We always do canned beans with onion, tomato and herbs for winter. You just open the can and you have a soup in like ten minutes. It's very useful.
Cabbage
Cabbage is also necessary, we use a lot in cooking and also fresh in salads, plus for pickles. It's important.
When I look at it, this is quite a lot and I'm not sure it'll be doable this year. My heart will be aching and my dad will also be sad if we can't do it but health is important. Maybe next year it's going to be better. In any case I guess I'll be more busier this year as I need to help more. Fingers crossed.
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Wow! This looks more like a farm than a garden, @erikah. Great job with all and especially the dahlias. They will be so pretty.
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Thank you, it's not so big but it's enough to keep us busy :)
I don't have thhe option to grow food right now, so I really enjoyed this post, @erikah. Keep 'em coming :)
Stay tuned, as soon the gardening season starts, I'll be posting more :)
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