My small piece of heaven

Ante1

Hello all. I'm on this forum few years now, and few beautiful people here already know me. Growing vegetables is my passion, and I'm gardening over twenty years. I have few acres of land, but it's impossible to cultivate it all by myself. Now I'm self sufficient and all surplus I sell to local restaurants or people. This thread will be like my small journal and for receive or give some advices. And of course, to brag a little bit. 😁 Growing season is very near so I already made all plans, bought almost all seeds and just waiting weather to improve. This year I'll plant 200 kg potatoes, 20 kg onions, 100 sweet potatoes, and many other things. Also, I have orchard with apples, cherries, pears and hazelnuts. I'm looking forward to chat with you all.

Ante1

Here are some seeds which I already bought.

Almond trees are now in bloom. This year might be a lot of fruits. 

pansyface

A wonderful place you have there Ante.

Enjoy your youth and strong knees. We oldies remember what it used to be like to be able to bend down and stand up again without having to think about it. 😊

punkdoc

Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Hostafan1

punkdoc said:

Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Might you be able to add some photos please ?
I'd love to see it as the season progresses.

bullfinch

I'd love to see photos too   

Ante1

Thank you pansy. Every year I feel my knees more and more.

Thanks punkdoc and Hostafan. I'll post photos how season progress. I have some photos from last year, but first must find in which file I store them.

Dovefromabove

Good to see you @Ante30 … I’m going to enjoy looking around your smallholding (as we call a few acres of productive land).
I grew up on a farm and when I had children of my own we had a smallholding … we had 9 acres and grew a few veg but mainly we kept animals for milk, cheese, eggs and meat (and ponies to ride) and we swapped our produce with folk who grew vegetables on the allotments nearby. 

It was hard work but happy times. 😊 

Emptyheadtime

It sound like farming not gardening....200kg of potatoes! Good on you, I am jealous.

Ante1

I forgot to say that I live on the coast, and my land is up in the hills, nearly 500 m above see level. It's still sub mediterranean climate. I found few photos from previous two years.

This two pieces of land are just for potatoes (about 3000 square meters).



Now few veggies photos.











  













Two years ago I managed to grow melons on the open field.

pansyface

Magnificent!

Here in UK we have lots of local (village) competitions with medals and prizes for people who can grow the biggest or most perfect fruit, vegetable or flower.

The competitions have lots of rules and regulations, most of which look ridiculous to the ordinary gardener but the people who take part in them are fierce and serious. 😊

Do you have similar “shows” in Croatia, Ante?