Month: December 2018

Topinambur (Tupinambá) i harvested kinda early (end of Nov.) to add to sweet Apfel-Nuss- and salty Kürbis-Kartoffel-strudel. (2€-coin for size comparison)

i also grow the red variety. usually, i harvest them around Feb. when they are biggest (and probably sweetest).

my favorite topinambur-application is grated into fruit salads btw.

 

in the northern hemisphere, now is the most gloomy time of the year, hardly any sunlight (even tho there’s a record breaking warm wave). now is the stressfull season, when people burn huge amounts of fuel to go to places they don’t want to be because of their consumerist religion.

(it’s not even a majority christian neighborhood)

here are some re(dis-)covered high-lights of this year:

some leftovers; the x-mas themed stuff will follow soon. (toes for size comparison)

we ate cake for 3 days. the winner cake had 460kcl/100g.!

Who eats vegetables on a christian holyday!? (socks for size comparison)

the past year 2018, i applied some methods of perma-culture into horti-culture. i cultivated several plots and fields with a high variety of plants that need few taking-care-of, including many Quick Greens that can be harvested multiple times a year. in the city, i added Llama-manure to the otherwise poor soil. now it’s teeming with life. (picture of “vegan” Llamas at the bottom.)

from one plot, an occupied site near the university, i got Arugula/Ruccola, Basil, Pumpkin “Langer von Neapel”, tomatoes “Yellow Zebra”, “Ribisel” (red) and “Goldtropfen” (yellow), Jalapenho-chilis, potatoes “Rosa”, purple string beans (i harvested them 9x). in the box, next to the basil are “Mountain Leechee” Cornus Kousa (a dogwood variety). (2€-coin for size comparison)

without much effort, i brought in so much harvest, i had to start to sell some of it, just because i wasn’t able to give all of it away, for free!

(especially during tomato season graz is rather deserted, austrians seem to follow their habsburg instincts and flock at the croatian seaside.)

the pumpkin came from 1 tiny seed out of a supermarket bin (it was labelled “organic”, tho) and was appr 11kg. it’s from the moschata branch, so it’s rather sweet tasting, good for soup, stew, et al. i assume, it’s “Langer von Neapel”.

i divided the pumpkin among 5 WGs (co-housings) and still brought a chunk to a fairteiler-box.

here are the Llamas, that made it all happen:

 

thanks to climate change (and some earlier research) i find fresh food even in the dead of winter:

These ones are fresh of the tree. They’re more like a snack because there’s very little fruit pulp on, but the taste and the vitamins make up for the hassle.

This variety of physalis yields many, rather small fruit that taste like pine-apple, over a prolonged period. (2€-coin for size comparison)

Red beech nuts taste like hazel nut. They are meant to be roasted before eating (to solve some agents). (2€-coin for size comparison)

… and to round it up with some fresh greens:

Dandelions grow all year round. (Right now they are covered with snow) They make a nutricious, healthy and delicious salad – if you like ’em bitter; they are in the sub-family of cichoree.

bread, potatoes, redkraut and olive oil are from the bins, btw. (also the chop-sticks)