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Post by hwinpp on Feb 4, 2010 10:41:49 GMT
Hydroponic means they're grown inside a glass house? I believe that would have indeed been the only way they could have survived frost. If they're local.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2010 11:04:45 GMT
Hydroponic means they're grown inside a glass house? I believe that would have indeed been the only way they could have survived frost. If they're local. Hydroponic refers to growing in a liquid solution rather than soil,it's a method of aquaculture. |
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Post by hwinpp on Feb 4, 2010 11:13:09 GMT
 You learn something new every day! On APIAS! (I did a good deed today and recommended APIAS on the Thorntree  )
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2010 7:48:42 GMT
The clementines and tangerines have been looking more and more pitiful. I will stop buying them for my mother soon. However, South African grapes seem to be in full season, but I really hate buying stuff from so far away.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2010 23:54:30 GMT
Went to the market today. Garlic is everywhere, as are mangoes, tons of mangoes. Darling little green favas were plentiful, and broccoli was practically being given away. I paid five pesos for three "trees" of broccoli!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2010 10:57:01 GMT
My garlic runs away when I have my back turned and surprises me with an empty husk as fast as I buy it these days. And of course I discover this when I reach for it to use it. I think I am going to switch to frozen garlic. I don't think it can sneak out of the freezer as easily.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Feb 24, 2010 17:37:39 GMT
Hydroponically grown tomatoes=nearly tasteless.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 24, 2010 17:38:42 GMT
Hi Don Cuevas ~~ I left a question for you in the Market Day thread right below this one.  |
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Post by gertie on Mar 6, 2010 6:22:35 GMT
Nothing I hate worse than tasteless tomatoes with no smell and that's what is usually found around here. I grow cherry tomato plants in half barrels on the porch every year. So much better!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2010 9:51:05 GMT
Right now, there are fresh strawberries,baby fava beans,still lots of varieties of lettuces,and of course crawfish season opened up a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 27, 2010 16:43:50 GMT
Strawberries galore here, too -- they're practically giving them away. This year seems to have had bumper crops of mangoes and strawberries and I haven't had any desire to indulge. That probably means I'll be yearning for them later, when they're out of season.
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 28, 2010 8:36:00 GMT
Don't mention strawberries at gift prices. I just saw the first local strawberries in our Sunday market. They were about the same price as the smoked salmon I buy. I'll wait until season is properly under way and the price drops.
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Post by onlymark on Mar 28, 2010 10:17:18 GMT
Someone mention strawberries?
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Post by bazfaz on Mar 28, 2010 11:22:50 GMT
Someone mention strawberries? Stalker! |
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Post by onlymark on Mar 28, 2010 11:42:55 GMT
I have a programme on my computer that detects certain words when they appear on a forum.
The alarms went off and it has an automatic response of posting the above.
I'll try and edit it so it ignores all future references.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 28, 2010 16:40:12 GMT
Don't get strawberry juice or cream on the keys when you're editing, Mark.
Baz, don't you find that the full-season produce is better tasting than the early stuff anyway?
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 6, 2010 10:58:18 GMT
All this talk about strawberries... I think I'll stop on the way home and get 250g for a fortune...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2010 10:52:40 GMT
 LoquatsWas a little worried about their fate because of hard freeze but,more than ever this year. I really want to try out Bixa's chutney recipe. Will keep you posted on. I dragged the jars out yesterday. I can't wait to make it. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 21, 2010 0:29:04 GMT
My tree doesn't even have flowers yet!
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Post by gertie on Apr 21, 2010 6:44:27 GMT
Strawberries are cheap here now, they're coming up from the Valley down south and are just so sweet and delicious.
My tomato plants have babies and one of my bell peppers will be ready to pick in a day or two. I really have to stop perusing the garden centers, just got done clearing a new bed and filling it. I got gladiola bulbs from a neighbor who purchased a pack of 200 at a wholesale nursery, 50 bulbs for $5 and moved my daffodils so I could fill the rest of the bed with a leafy lettuce mix and some radishes. My squash plants are really growing since we had a few rainy days and I'll set them in the back corners. Maybe I can train one to grow up the wrought iron on the porch. ;D
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Post by rikita on Apr 21, 2010 21:14:52 GMT
still waiting for anything interesting to come into season. but the radishes on my balcony are growing.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 16:39:44 GMT
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Post by cristina on Apr 29, 2010 17:24:20 GMT
Those blackberries look fabulous Casimira! What a great score on your part. I am very jealous.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 29, 2010 17:48:52 GMT
Oooo ~~ I'm jealous, too. Both Gertie and Casimira are enjoying the fruits of the earth directly.
In my own bit of gloating -- is it possible to eat too many mangoes? I looked them up, and they're packed with vitamins and minerals.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 21:06:33 GMT
Fantastic blackberries. Picking them was an activity I used to love, in spite of the snakes and other obstacles.
Grapes are clearly in season in Chile, because that's where they are coming from at the moment in France. They must be happy that air traffic has returned to normal.
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Post by rikita on May 4, 2010 20:12:01 GMT
i ate the first raddishes from my balcony today.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 4, 2010 22:37:25 GMT
Congratulation, Rikita! They were practically giving away cucumbers today at the produce market. This group was in a bag. As I eyed it, the vendor said, "Ten pesos -- that's a great price." My reservation wasn't the price, it was the weight added to what I'd already bought. I paid and the vendor put the cukes in a carry bag, saying, "Here, I'm giving you one extra!" (these are big -- each one is 7 or 8 inches long) Tomatoes were also cheap -- 5 pesos a kilo. Some of them were the torpedo shape I'm showing here. They're nice and sweet.  |
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Post by bjd on May 5, 2010 11:38:21 GMT
The only thing really "in season" here right now are asparagus and strawberries. It's that awful time of year when the winter fruit are pretty much finished and the summery ones haven't started.
I wish I could have some of Casimira's blackberries (here they ripen in July/August the years they grow at all) and Bixa's mangoes.
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Post by fumobici on May 5, 2010 18:10:09 GMT
Same here, asparagus and strawberries. But I must say the quality of both this Spring has been outstanding for whatever reason. I brought home a box of strawberries this morning and they are absolutely perfuming the entire house with their sweet smell.
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Post by hwinpp on May 6, 2010 8:18:35 GMT
Durians are back. Price is down to 1.75USD per kg, there are mountains of them piled on the pavements.
Also everything else that needs a bit of rain to get going.
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