Greek, tinned and fresh, fruit and vegetables
A stamp issued by Greece in 1981in a four stamp series named
GREEK EXPORTS
I managed to collect a few tins of Greek products but I found it too hot, even at the end of September, to crawl to the supermarket, which is just one block up the street, to find more vegetables to add to this photo.
Now every Greek garden has an area devoted to vegetables in the summer. Anyone who has room enough has a few tomato plants, courgettes , green peppers and aubergine plants growing in a sunny corner, not to mention the green beans, instant ingredients for a summer meal. However, most of the articles in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN seem to ignore the kitchen gardens and only mention Olive trees and grape vines. You can hear my exasperation coming through here.
Luckily for me I found in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 99, January 2020 a mention of
“ A small kitchen garden ….with a few vegetables “
Read PRE- AGM VISIT TO CORFU,
OCTOBER 2019
By Valerie Whittington