T stands for....rhubarb syrup!

 Yesterday I read about Nicole's gardening and her delicious veggie harvest. So I thought I'd share my own, as gardening is in full swing over here.

The first row of potatoes with six plants brought almost 6 kgs of huge potatoes. Yum! And six more rows to go.

We have neighbors which own over 60 fruit trees. Most of them, lke apples and pears go into juice making, which you can then buy from local shops. But others are so delicious like these pears he brought us. We usually pay back in tomato sauce, lettuce and zucchini, as they don't have a veggie garden. 

We had a very rainy (much needed) July, so the tomatoes only start to ripen by now. This was the first from last week, but I picked about 15 more of this variety yesterday.

Since the climate gets milder and warmer, I can now grow plants, which wouldn't grow without a greenhouse some years ago. Like these eggplants/aubergines. Left is a variety called "Blauhilde", right is called "Little Green". I will try and make veggie "Schnitzel" from them. A co-worker gave me the recipe.

I grow lots of different veggies and fruits in my garden in mixed cultivation beds and sometimes it looks like a big jungle and there's always something to pick. Sometimes it's all green: zucchini, cucumbers, bush and runner beans, basil.

I also got some berry bushes, as gifts or bought end of seasons for little money. Berries are incredibly expensive, when you have to buy them at the grocery store, so growing them in the garden also saves money. I have blueberries (not the native variety, but the American), blackberries, raspberries, black currants and wild strawberries. 

And once everything is harvested, the canning starts. This weekend I canned: Pesto alla Genovese, dill pickles from the mini cucumbers, pears for dessert or cake, rhubarb sauce and syrup. The beans don't get canned, but blanched and frozen.

And the rhubard syrup buys me the ticket for T stands for...., hosted by Bleubeard and Elizabeth. Get well soon!