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Our vegetable garden
Our farming philosophy seeks to produce fruit and vegetables with a high level of healthfulness and energy, so that both our own family and our clients may benefit from it. Our growing season is shorter than that of the valley, given that the farm is at 900 m above sea-level. We extend it somewhat through the use of greenhouses, where, however, the same principles apply as outside for the use and natural enrichment of the soil and the plant. Often the older varieties of vegetables are more resistant and tastier than some more modern varieties, and we actively seek to identify sources of seeds which were already used in the gardens of our ancestors. The following vegetables are planted, and on sale all through the summer, according to the time when they ripen:
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Salads (about a dozen different sorts)
Tomatoes
Aubergines
Peppers
Zucchini
Cucumbers
Sweet corn
Carrots
Radishes
White radishes
Cabbage
Kohlrabi
Pastinak
Beans
Black root
Beets
Pumpkins
Mangold
Garlic
Onions
Potatoes
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As well as a vast variety of herbs to lend aroma and please the eye:
Dill
Chives
Oregano
Basil
Thyme
Rosemary
Sage
Parsley
Peppermint
Coriander
Savoury
Marjoram
Estragon
Chervil
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Apples and apple juice
When we first moved in on our farm,we found some old apple trees of which one produced large, bright red apples which tasted excellent and which would keep until May or June of the year after the harvest. With the help of a specialist of ancient orchard species, since the variety was not known to current apple tree producers, we were able to identify the variety "Reinette dorée de Blenheim", loosely translatable as "little golden queen of Blenheim". In apple pie recipes, our little queen gave us excellent results. Given the age of the original tree, and the absence of the species on the market, we wanted to make sure that the supply would not stop, and we asked our specialist to prepare several grafted trees from branches of the original, hoping in this way to be able to guarantee you a future apple supply as tasty as the current one.
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Since we usually have more apples than we can use, we are able to press our own, organic apple juice, which is pasteurized and keeps throughout the year. The mountain apples of which it is made, almost all of which are of older varieties produce a healthy, tasty juice, nicely balanced between sweet and sour, with a very beneficial effect on the digestive system. |
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