Re: Crete
Janet B wrote:
>
> Sean wrote
>
> > I am curious, Janet, what it is like living and gardening on Crete?
> Sean
>
> We retired to Crete two years ago following 18 years as a specialist plant
> nursery in England. We are passionate gardeners, both plants and organically
> grown vegetables and wanted to have the time to indulge ourselves in growing
> both to the limit.
>
Janet
I was just re-reading with great interest and pleasure your account of
gardening in Crete, and thinking how similar the climate is to quite a
few parts of my country.
I found one striking omission in you list of fruits which flourish for
you. Though you mention several ornamental species of Passiflora, you
don't list P.edulis, which I feel would be perfectly suited to your
conditions. Perhaps it was omitted inadvertantly or maybe you simply
don't like the taste.
It is enormously popular in NZ and even in my local area, which is a bit
on the cold side for it in winter, people manage to grow it is sheltered
spots against warm walls, but further north it is happy just about
anywhere.
Commercially it is marketed both as the fruit and also in the form of
bottled pulp for dressing sponge cakes and and as one of the traditional
toppings for our national dessert the Pavlova (a very superior variant
of the humble meringue)
Also a passionate gardener
Moira
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
