Vegetable Garden update:
The green bean plant to the left is a funny plant whose stems love to shoot out and coil around the fence. I haven’t seen one bean yet but this plant is growing steadily. The eggplant to the right is growing very slowly. Ill be surprised if we get eggplant this year.
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| Green Bean Plant Left, Eggplant Plant Right |
Peppers both red and yellow are growing. I’m still waiting for them to grow a bit then change color.
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| Red and Yellow Pepper Plants |
First large tomatoes changed from green to orangish red overnight. These may be only days away from plucking.
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| Beefsteak Tomato Plant |
The Armenian cucumber plant has been my biggest struggle this season. It started so small and never seemed to really take off. And from past season my cucumber plants grew larger than all the other veggies. However, this picture is encouraging. My cucumber bears its first flowers!
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| Armenian Cucumber Plant’s first flowers |
The zucchini has been a pleasant surprise. Past veggie garden years, the zucchini never succeeded. This year, the flowers and leaves are abundant!
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| Zucchini Plant |
Vegetables are important on the portuguese gastronomy and for health reasons. Great pictures. Keep on the good posts on your blog. Cheers. LL
I LOVE Portugal. I traveled there in 1997 and loved the seafood and the gorgeous beaches! Thanks so much for connecting!! Looking forward to seeing your site and learning more about Portuguese cuisine! Alexis