one organic kitchen garden in southern from spain

[cynthia_h]

¡(Ji)tomates grandes y hermosos! ¿Deliciosos también?

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

[julio]

Looking GREAT, Julio. What variety tomatoes are they? They look like they might be an heirloom type. Do you save seeds from year to year?

Hi all
they are marmande cuarenteno tomatoes and the big tomatoes are tomatoes from Granada (Andalucia).
this tomatoes from andalucía are heirloom type.
Yes I save the seeds from years to years because they are not hybrids.

[julio]

Now some eggplants.they are two varietys black beauty and purple.

[julio]

¡(Ji)tomates grandes y hermosos! ¿Deliciosos también?

Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9

Yes cynthia very very delicious.Very sweet.And without chemicals.All ecologic.
Si cynthia son muy buenos.Dulces y poco ácidos.Y sobre todo sin ningún tipo de pesticida químico.Todo ecológico.

[julio]

Some melons

carrots

cucumber

zucchini

acelga,radicheta.

[julio]

taking seeds from a zucchini.




after I put the seeds to dry up.

[rainbowgardener]

Very nice, but the last pictures are not what we would call zucchini ( = calabacin). Zucchinis are summer squash, green, thinner skinned, lots less seeds. Yours is some kind of winter squash, looks like related to butternut but not the same.

[julio]

Very nice, but the last pictures are not what we would call zucchini ( = calabacin). Zucchinis are summer squash, green, thinner skinned, lots less seeds. Yours is some kind of winter squash, looks like related to butternut but not the same.

Hi .The last pictures are the white zucchinis(calabacín blanco) here.They are a lots of seeds because are very ripe.
The zucchini you say is here green zucchini.(calabacín verde).
When the zucchini is for to eat,It harvest more little,whitout seeds.

[sprout]

Lovely garden, Julio! I miss your corner of the world. My grandparents lived in Jimena de la Frontera when I was a kid.

[julio]

Lovely garden, Julio! I miss your corner of the world. My grandparents lived in Jimena de la Frontera when I was a kid.

Beautiful town. Jimena de la frontera is near here,in Cadiz too.

[lily51]

Beautiful garden. I think Ilove your automatic watering system. Is this something one must have to grow this sort of garden in Spain?
Raiser beds have been a great help to my garden, also, but I have never grown tomatos like that and in such abundance!

When do you plant your garden and how many "crops" can you get from it in a season?
Thanks for posting the photos. You make me wish it was April here in Ohio, not the end of Sept. Oh well, we have winter to plan for next year.

[julio]

Beautiful garden. I think Ilove your automatic watering system. Is this something one must have to grow this sort of garden in Spain?
Raiser beds have been a great help to my garden, also, but I have never grown tomatos like that and in such abundance!

When do you plant your garden and how many "crops" can you get from it in a season?
Thanks for posting the photos. You make me wish it was April here in Ohio, not the end of Sept. Oh well, we have winter to plan for next year.

Thank you lily51.I have got automatic watering system, but it isn't necessary here.The guys water with the hosepipe too.I water all days in the summer because the weather is very hot.
I don't understand the question of the crops.I plant tomatoes in the spring and i take its during all the season.The secrets to a good crop are: a good variety of tomatoes,enought water and a good fertilized with manure and compost.Of course to remove the bugs and to prevent the illness.

[lily51]

Since we live on a farm in Ohio and my husband plants 100's of acres of crops, I call the vegetables in my little garden "crops" too.
We plant peas early in March becasue they like cool weather, but then they are done early too, so I can take them out and plant something in their place like beans or squash. I didn't know if your climate was too hot to do such planting or not. Our tomatoes take all summer, also.

This was my first year to try heirlooms, but looked nothing like yours.
Shall try different types next year, as yours inspire me.
Do you start your seeds inside or can you just plant the seeds in the garden?

Thanks for sharing from across the ocean.

[julio]

Since we live on a farm in Ohio and my husband plants 100's of acres of crops, I call the vegetables in my little garden "crops" too.
We plant peas early in March becasue they like cool weather, but then they are done early too, so I can take them out and plant something in their place like beans or squash. I didn't know if your climate was too hot to do such planting or not. Our tomatoes take all summer, also.

This was my first year to try heirlooms, but looked nothing like yours.
Shall try different types next year, as yours inspire me.
Do you start your seeds inside or can you just plant the seeds in the garden?

Thanks for sharing from across the ocean.

Hi lily51.
I plant the tomatoes in the garden in February and other time in May,so they take all summer.Two crops in the season.There are vey varietys of heirlooms you must choose the appropiate.
Yes i start my seeds inside in January.Look at the photo

[julio]

My home-made seed germinator.