The opportunity to grow vegetables and fruits, even if only a little, is heartwarming. It is a blessing to be grateful for.
Harvest guava, mustard greens, yellow velvet, and more.
You don't have to have a garden to be able to grow and harvest fruits and vegetables. Especially in the village, we can harvest in other people's gardens by giving money to the garden owner according to the harvest that is brought home.
The fun reason is that we can get fresh vegetables or fruits if we plant/harverst them directly in the garden, even though it is not our own garden. I also often have the opportunity to grow or even just harvest vegetables and fruit on other people's plantations.
In an area a bit far from my house there are many vegetable and fruit plantations that are intended for scale sales in the market.
So, this time I will share about my activities visiting the plantation of one of my family which is a bit far from my house.
When the vegetable harvest schedule arrived, we were often told by a family member to also feel the exciting atmosphere of harvesting. Incidentally, we have free time in the afternoon. I and my partner rushed to go to the garden there.
On the plantation there are types of vegetables that are most popularly eaten by the people here, so they have a high demand. Among them are mustard greens, water spinach, and yellow velvet.
We were invited to tour the plantation which is quite extensive. Before arriving at the vegetable plantation, I saw that there were guava trees that had lots of fruit.
The guava trees are not like vegetables that are not meant to be sold. There are only a few trees. Luckily, there were some fruits that could be harvested when I was there.
There are two types of guava here. White guava and pink guava. I really can't tell the difference between the two types if you only look at the outer skin.
So I picked randomly without really knowing if it was white guava or pink guava. It doesn't matter at all because I like both. For type of white guava, it has a crunchy texture and is not sweet, so it is suitable for making any fruit. As for the pink guava type, it has a soft texture and has a sweet taste so it is suitable as a juice.
I also often make pink guava juice as juice in the morning which is rich in vitamin C and antioxidants. To be honest I also felt good benefits from the pink guava juice that I drank. Among them, my skin looks clean and glowing. So, I will continue to consume this pink guava juice.
Then, when I got home I immediately cut it in half to see the color inside. The result turned out to be a type of pink guava. I will make juice from this fruit I got.
Back to the story on the plantation. After taking guava, I harvested mustard greens. Are you familiar with mustard greens?
Mustard greens are popular here to serve as side dishes in a stir-fry way or mixed with noodles. When approaching old age, mustard greens have edible flowers.
Here I also harvest mustard greens that already have those yellow flowers. My harvest is one big bunch. Looks very fresh.
I can't wait to make stir-fried mustard greens with vermicelli. Of course, I will share the results of that dish with you on my blog.
After I finished harvesting the mustard greens, I harvested the water spinach, as well as the yellow velvet. But I didn't take pictures of taking the water spinach from the field. So I only share about yellow velvet.
Yellow velvet is also quite popular in my area. Usually cooked by stir-fry. Has a crunchy texture on the stems that are rich in water, similar to the texture of the stems of the taro plant.
For yellow velvet, I didn't have time to take a large amount because it was almost dark. So only have one full handful I got. That's enough to serve with tofu or tempeh.
Apart from harvesting, I also enjoyed the beautiful view of the vegetable plantation this time. Next time I will share about harvesting other types of vegetables. I hope you guys enjoy my activities on the plantation this time. Until next on my food blog, HIVE LOVERS!
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All pictures were taken using iPhone 11.
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Anggrek Lestari
Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.
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