Hey everyone, there can be no greater truth than 'You Reap What You Sow" and nothing teaches us this more than gardening and growing your own food at home on a sustainable basis.
On this fine day I popped down to the garden to see what I could pick for dinner and here it is...
Here we have a gorgeous purple mielie, most of you that follow me by now would know what a 'mielie' is, those that don't, South African's call 'Corn' Mielies :)
This gorgeous vegatable is known as a 'Giant Glass Corn' I did a quick google search for some more nice images and here they are: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk03q4J_9NKHgM80WH3aYQgfbULWPjg:1586522548773&q=giant+glass+corn&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQl8qH8d3oAhWNTsAKHT91Aj0QsAR6BAgJEAE&biw=1280&bih=699
Check out more about heirloom vegetables here as per wikipedia: An heirloom plant, heirloom variety, heritage fruit (Australia and New Zealand), or heirloom vegetable (especially in Ireland and the UK) is an old cultivar of a plant used for food that is grown and maintained by gardeners and farmers, particularly in isolated or ethnic minority communities of the Western world.[1] These were commonly grown during earlier periods in human history, but are not used in modern large-scale agriculture.[citation needed]
In some parts of the world, it is illegal to sell seeds of cultivars that are not listed as approved for sale.[2] The Henry Doubleday Research Association, now known as Garden Organic, responded to this legislation by setting up the Heritage Seed Library to preserve seeds of as many of the older cultivars as possible. However, seed banks alone have not been able to provide sufficient insurance against catastrophic loss.[2] In some jurisdictions, like Colombia, laws have been proposed that would make seed saving itself illegal.[3]
Many heirloom vegetables have kept their traits through open pollination, while fruit varieties such as apples have been propagated over the centuries through grafts and cuttings. The trend of growing heirloom plants in gardens has been returning in popularity in North America and Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heirloom_plant
I buy all my Mielies and other heirloom vegetable seed on an awesome South African Seeds site called living seeds, check that out here www.livingseeds.co.za
Best way to cook these I find is in the grill, around an hour at 180 degrees, crispy, healthy, delicious, dinner really was good!
Also in these pics another couple of my very favourites, yellow and black Brinjal's and Aubergines and my delicious purple and white heirloom carrots!
Nature the incredible.
Love and light, be blessed.
Cheer$;)
