{"id":2353,"date":"2013-07-29T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2014-07-08T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:41:59","slug":"edible-garden-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growntocook.com\/?p=2353","title":{"rendered":"Edible garden in July"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"allotment<\/p>\n

The problem with July is that the summer holiday starts. Because who wants to leave the garden behind right after the first tomatoes started ripening? I don\u2019t, not really, but being bound by holidays scheduled by the Dutch ministry of education and having all of my family living in the Czech Republic, I do go on holiday. (It’s not the holiday part that mind, of course).<\/p>\n

\"Allotment\"allotment<\/p>\n

Right now, we are in my parents\u2019 summer house in a small village in the western part of the Czech Republic. It\u2019s an old farm house with a lot of space and a huge garden that I have been gradually planting with edibles (of course \u2013 I can only leave my garden for another garden!). Our phone connection is rather unreliable and only recently have we figured a way to connect to the internet, hence the lack of posting. But as the end of the month approaches, I want to share some highlights from the garden back home.<\/p>\n

The garden yields colourful bouquets:<\/p>\n

\"july\"july<\/p>\n

First ripe tomato: “Ida Gold”, a very early bush tomato:<\/p>\n

\"tomato<\/p>\n

Tomatillos (not ripe yet, but looking promising) and hot red peppers:\"tomatillos<\/p>\n

A very good garlic harvest that will hopefully get us through winter. We will safe a few plump cloves for planting again in fall.\"garlic<\/p>\n

Courgette and squash planted through cardboard (against weeds) growing vigorously after a few waterings with diluted fermented nettles:<\/p>\n

\"courgette<\/p>\n

The edible forest in our backyard turned into jungle full of edibles:\"edible<\/p>\n

The luxury of eating berries straight from the bush: jostaberry, black, red and yellow raspberries, gooseberries….\"fruits<\/p>\n

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Hope your gardens are thriving, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problem with July is that the summer holiday starts. Because who wants to leave the garden behind right after the first tomatoes started ripening? I don\u2019t, not really, but being bound by holidays scheduled by the Dutch ministry of…<\/p>\n

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