Since ancient times, the pomegranate has symbolized luck, fertility, abundance, life, and rebirth thus it is frequently encountered in ancient Greek cult and art. There is an interesting article about the origin of the pomegranate vase. If you would like to…
The impressive hawthorn of Zominthos
In the archaeological site of Zominthos (Psiloritis/Crete) there is a particular hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) which stands at a height of 12 meters. It is really impressive considering that its family usually grows like shrubs or small trees.…
GRAPE VINES
And young vines, ‘neath the shade Of shooting tendrils, tranquilly are growing. Ibycus The next few posts will be automatically published to the site as I am going to take a short break from blogging. In the…
THE GIFTS OF THE GARDEN.
The quality of soil is of prime importance in growing a successful organic vegetable garden. Unfortunately, our Cretan garden has poor, heavy, tightly compacted clay soil. To improve it, we double dig it, amend it with lime, add animal manure, organic minerals and grow plants -like legumes- that add nutrients into …
DO NOT DESPISE THE LOQUATS…
…They are charming, evergreen trees in the garden with juicy fruits whose delicate pear-like flavor certainly deserve our attention. The golden yellow fruits come into the Greek markets along with strawberries. The fully ripe peeled loquats are eaten fresh but Cretans also serve them along with graviera cheese and ice-cold tsikoudia,…