Beans.
Rhubarb.
What Estonian garden would be complete
without this staple of pies and kissell?
Tomatoes.
Garlic.
Every year, he plants about 100 more than the year before.
Friends and family get bulbs of garlic as presents.
Dill.
The herb of choice.
It goes in everything.
Even scrambled eggs.
Red currants.
Another Estonian staple;
black currants too.
For the best jam
and the most delicious wine
You have ever tasted,
You have not lived, my friend,
until you have tasted this.
Raspberries.
Other green things that are being/have been grown in the garden but do not appear in these photos:
potatoes
corn
asparagus
Jerusalem artichoke
peppers
eggplant
carrots
chives
cucumbers
squash
zucchini
pumpkins
oregano
mint
thyme
leeks
onions
probably others that I've forgotten.
Oh, and here's a grapefruit tree that my twin sister grew from a seed she found in a breakfast grapefruit one day. She started it when we were 7, and it has been trimmed numerous times. It's about 7 feet tall.
10 comments:
Is homegrown garlic good? How's it different from the store bought?
Is it some kind of freshness factor?
These are absolutely beautiful. I'd kill to have a garden like this.
That grapefruit tree is awesome. How large are the fruits?
Thanks for sharing these photos. The garden looks delicious, especially the dill! Mmmmmmmm.
I'm curious about the grapefruit tree too. Has it ever harvested any fruits?
your family has green thumbs that for sure.
Garlic: Is it good. Is it good?!?!? Hellz yeah it's good! Besides the freshness factor, these bulbs are large and the cloves break like orange slices (no little splintery cloves like some types). It's a different species, with purplish skin and the aforementioned large cloves.
Yum!
Grapefruit: Sadly, the tree has never borne fruit nor even bloomed. Perhaps it is a boy!
homegrown garlic!
i would gladly hurt my naked cowbell body against you soley because your family grows garlic.
Wow! thats a fabulous veg patch! and all that garlic, i bet its the most lovely flavoursome garlic in the world! and your Rhubarb! how fantastic!
But dill is simply the best herb out there, so it should go everywhere. Rhubarb kissell is delicious. Kukeseenekaste is divine. I'm off to Estonia this weekend:)
That grapefruit tree is amazing! Does it really produce grapefruits? Do you leave it outside all winter?
Reminds me of the time my mom decided to plant a pumpkin seed and see what would happen :)
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