{"id":11432,"date":"2023-08-08T22:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/the-vegetable-garden-and-the-mountains-in-august\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T22:11:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:11:40","slug":"the-vegetable-garden-and-the-mountains-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/the-vegetable-garden-and-the-mountains-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"The vegetable garden and the mountains in August"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lots to do at the moment, we’re chasing nature a bit, not much time to tell it. A few pictures anyway.<\/p>\n\n

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The pickle wall worked well, they didn’t burn. I even found snails sheltering underneath – last year they would have cooked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lots of production, but you have to pick them every day. We take them small and put them in vinegar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The zucchini plants have become monstrous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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You need to find the zucchinis in the middle. Flowers are also very good to eat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The tomatoes this year are very late (San Marzano variety, special for sauce). It’s probably my fault, I grew the plants in potting soil without fertilizer. As a result, the plants were very small in May and everything was delayed. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What’s more, I tried out some new varieties. This one is called Vesuvio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beans, on the other hand, never come off.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Just like Calabrian peppers. Another 2-3 weeks for them to start blushing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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For leeks this year, we tried a new technique: cover them with soil as they grow to get more white. It does work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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5 vegetables a day is possible in August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Birds (especially jays) prey on apples that are just starting to ripen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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They eat a little, so the apples fall off, and they move on to the next one. A real mess. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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To avoid this, we wrap everything up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The squashes have overflowed and invaded the raspberry bushes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Large format, and growing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This one will be a funny shape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the shade, Schisandra (Schisandra cinensis) produced red bunches. We’ll soon be able to try it out for the first time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The goumis (Elaeagnus multiflora) have grown in size and color.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Like every year, an incredible quantity of fruit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Harvesting begins around August 15.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another forgotten fruit: the dogwood (Cornus mas). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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To be eaten very ripe, when they fall alone, otherwise very astringent. Not very good in fact, a bit of a poor man’s cherry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A different kind of day: delivery by truck to a mountain refuge. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cusi\u00e8 at 1800 metres, the bottom of the Malvaglia valley. Below, the village of Dandrio, at an altitude of 1,200 metres.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The village of Madra, with the Val Malvaglia dam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In principle, swimming is prohibited.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cima Rossa, 3160 metres at the end of July, no snow at all.<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lots to do at the moment, we’re chasing nature a bit, not much time to tell it. A few pictures anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1630,"featured_media":11423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpagrumi.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}