loving life and growing things
In May I wrote about my trial of extreme intercropping of peppers and lettuce in a vineyard. The lettuce did well. And bolted in June, leaving the peppers to be the dominate under vine canopy vegetable. The peppers also have done very well. as the below photos attest.
These peppers are Hungarian Dracula mild hot peppers and Hungarian Kecskeszarv mild peppers
A vegetable stew I recently made from vegetables from my garden. I could have made it fully from the garden, but I decided to splurge a bit and added some extra items. Below is a chart of each item and its source.
Do note: The “Not From the Garden” items were not actually necessary. So this stew can be fully made from anyone’s garden if they wish. Recommend substituting any other bean you have grown for the Chickpeas.
| From The Garden | Not From The Garden |
|---|---|
| Potatoes | Salt |
| Tomatoes | Black Pepper |
| Garlic | Chickpeas |
| Onions | Bay Leaf |
| Swiss Chard | |
| Carrots | |
| Basil | |
| Sage | |
| Thyme | |
| Hot Pepper | |
| Yellow Pepper | |
| Coriander | |
| Cabbage |
Extending my extreme intercropping experiments this year. And this is cabbage in a vineyard. The cabbage did very well. But i have to admit it did better in those areas where we lost vines and the cabbage had more light. But still overall, i will call this a success.
Simply Photos. Taken in June. But of a high cuteness level… 🙂
This is a no dig bed. Laid down under a vineyard row. Late season lettuce and peppers. I am curious how it goes. The lettuce will crop in the next 6 weeks, but the peppers should last all summer.
Planting tomatoes between my garlic. Good companion plants. And by the time the garlic is harvested, the tomatoes should be ready to bear fruit. The garlic does not hinder light to the tomatoes. And intercropping maximizes land use in both time and space.
Rather than use chemicals, I have been putting up physical barriers to stop pests eating the plants in my starting areas and in my garden. Mesh netting is a primary pest solution. Netting helps to keep off a lot of pests.
But today I actually felt sorry for a snail. So much snail food. So close, beyond the mesh. Poor little guy…. 😦
This week, when laying back fleece on some lettuce, on a no dig section of my garden, I was greeted with a wonderful garden gift. Morel mushrooms amongst my lettuce. It was a good day. Garden gold. I picked some, but let others to grow more to be picked later. All picked were dried for later use.
Enjoy the pictures.
Another Tramp Abroad 
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