Friday, July 3, 2009

Backyard produce!

My son has asked many times for us to plant a vegetable garden. We've planted some beans and some tomatoes but without much luck. This time we're getting produce!
O meu filho ja me tem pedido varias vezes para plantarmos vegetais para comermos. Nos plantamos feijao, tomate mas nao temos tido la muita sorte. Desta vez, temos vegetais!

On top of the pile of compost, the squash seeds that I had discarded germinated. On such a nutrient rich soil and with the wonderful rain we have been having, they flourished and some squashes seem ready to pick!
Em cima do monte de composto, as sementes de "squash" (familia das aboboras) que eu tinha deitado fora germinaram. Num solo tao rico em nutrientes e com a maravilhosa chuva que temos tido, as plantas cresceram e alguns dos frutos parecem prontos para serem apanhados!
This one has some time to ripe: I love butternut squash in my soup!
Este ainda precisa de algum tempo para amadurecer: assim que estiver pronto vai fazer uma sopa deliciosa!


We also have blackberries growing along the fence: they are delicious.
Tambem temos amoras, a crescer ao longo da cancela: sao deliciosas.


Our lemon verbena is not doing very well. I imagine that this is not an appropriate climate for this kind of plant, which is an icon of my home town, but the herbal infusion made with its leafs is so delicious that I decided to give it a try.
O nosso limonete nao esta nada vicoso. Eu acho que este clima nao e proprio para esta planta, a qual e um simbolo da terra de onde eu venho. Mas a infusao herbal feita com as suas folhas e tao deliciosa que eu resolvi tentar.


The blueberry bushes we planted last Fall are growing well. Despite of being baby plants we have been enjoying eating their fruit.
Os arbustos de mirtilos que plantamos no Outono estao a crescer bem. Apesar de ainda serem arbustos pequenos nos temo-nos deliciado com os seus frutos.

In a few days these will be delicious.
Daqui a uns dias estes estao madurinhos.

For now, to really enjoy this fruit we went to a blueberry farm very close to our house.
Por enquanto, para podermos ter uma boa sobremesa de mirtilos, fomos a uma quinta de mirtilos relativamente proxima da nossa casa.

The size of the bushes is "somewhat" different from that of ours and we could pick a really good "bucket" of berries.
O tamanho destes arbustos e "um bocadinho" diferento do dos nossos e nos apanhamos um bom balde de mirtilos.

Wow: good start!
Ah! Bom comeco!


We came home with a big bowl of blueberries and a jar of honey, made from the flowers of blueberries and blackberries: Sweet!.......
Viemos para casa com uma boa taca de mirtilos e um frasco de mel, feito das flores de mirtilo e amora.

1 comment:

ElizBiz said...

All of those pictures of veggies and fruit are making me hungry! Looks great. Hope to see you and gather some fresh produce together soon! -Liz