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A garden update, part 4!

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What has been happening in our garden the last weeks?

We have 2 aubergine plants & have had 10 aubergines already! yes, yes!

And our 3 Cavolo Nero kale are doing really well. We took them out from under the netting to let them grow bigger & bigger, you see?

2 Cavolo nero kale plants!
2 Cavolo nero kale plants!

Cavolo Nero in Dutch: Palmkool, also called Black kale is originally from Tuscany, Italy! We have 3 plants that I grew from seed indoors.  The other plant is still is under the net, on the other side. We are going to set it free soon! 😉

We have had the pleasure of eating a few leaves already! Divine, a bit bitter & very delicious too! 🙂 Kale is very healthy too! We cleaned it, cut out the big nerve & sliced the leaves & fried them in a bit of a fruity evoo, some spring onions, garlic & a bit of red-hot chili pepper,..Yum! We always take the leaves from the bottom. It is also great in a soup with white beans. They are also very yummy sautéed in olive oil & served with vegan chorizo or real chorizo sausages.

What else has happened in our garden???

One of 5 courgette plants!
One of 5 courgette plants!

We have 5 courgette plants, 2 green one’s called Black beauty & 3 yellow courgette plants! Recently, they have produced lots & lots of courgettes( zucchini!). I think we lost count. I think we have had in total already + 70. We have given many away to our friends & family! 🙂 So everybody is happy! 🙂

These photos were from a few weeks ago, now, The New-Zealand spinach plants are even more huge! 🙂 We have taken a few times 3 buckets full of the spinach & you don’t even see that we took it! 🙂 Great, hey?

5 New-Zealand Spinach plants!
5 New-Zealand Spinach plants!

This one plant of NZ spinach grows in between of the courgette & pumpkin plants! 🙂

Here a quick look at the pumpkin-courgette patch! 🙂 We grow 2 Hokkaido pumpkins, 1 Musque de Provence & 2 Butternut Pumpkins! 🙂

More details on our pumpkins later in the year! We already have 7 Hokkaido pumpkins that are orange in color & have a good size! 🙂  In our plastic conservatory there is a pointed paprika plant. Normally, the colour must be red, but we ate them all 3, just like that. the flavor as awesome tasty, not bitter at all! 😦

We have had many purple kohlrabi’s! They were so yummy & sharp in flavor. We lost a few of them because of the critters! 😦

We will be sowing them next year! 🙂 So easy to grow too!

Here are the last of our famous very tasty Bolivar red beets! We have had about 56 of them! They were sown between the purple kohlrabi’s! 🙂 We also eat the leaves & stalks! 🙂

So, this is the end, …for now! We also have sown yellow low bean plants & climbing green beans. More info on them later! ♥ Stay Tuned & subscribe by email! Join 1,800 email subscribers now!!! It is free!!!! Click the link here below to subscribe!!!

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Hello! My name is Sophie & I love to cook & bake mostly healthily but with a twist! There is a bit of gardening & travelling in here too! Enjoy! :)

38 thoughts on “A garden update, part 4!”

  1. Oh dear Sophie, you had wonderful green fingers! 👍👍 Lately we’ve been so lucky to get lots of courgettes from our neighbours because they grow so many o

  2. Wow wow wow! Love the aubergines, and the courgettes, especially the yellow courgettes, and those kohlrabi and the beetroot…wow! Amazing Sophie 🙂

  3. ..(such silly fingers, I wasn’t ready! 🙂 … on their allotment and just don’t know how to cope with their great harvest. 🙂
    I envy you your Hokkaido, it’s definitely my favourite for a spicy Pumpkin soup.
    I’m really impressed with the progress of your garden, it looks marvelous! 🙂
    Bis hug from all of our of us, take care,
    Dina x

  5. Hoi Sophie,
    Congratulations! Y’ve done a lot of work in your garden. But now, you can be proud of the results Well done!
    Mamalou

  7. Your garden looks great!

    Hokkaido pumpkin is very good and flavorful. I grow a few of these each year and they make the best tasting pies of any of my squash or pumpkins.

  8. What a fantastic harvest! Love those purple kohlrabi.

  10. Your garden haul looks fabulous. I’m jealous of those aubergines. We have some growing, too, but they still need more time before we can pick them.

  11. I love your garden updates. Everything is coming along so well. The zucchini look amazing and how wonderful to have so many you can give them to family and friends. The NZ spinach looks good too. Your garden is prolific! xx

  14. Ahhh Sophie! Once again an amazing allotment update! It’s fantastic that you’ve been able to grow so much amazing fresh produce. I’ve just managed to sort out a small herb garden… ooo I might go pick my tomatoes 🙂

  15. Cant wait to see all the delicious and yummy and oh so good meals you make from your healthy and vibrant garden. Beautiful Sophie. Good to see the Summer is treating you well! 🙂

  18. such a haul! Good on you! We planted a few things on the weekend but it is winter here in Sydney so we will be waiting a while to see anything.

  19. Wow – such beautiful bounty. Gorgeous my dear friend. My dream is to have a garden myself in a few years. Well, I know who to bug for tips 😉

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