Haiti Fruits and Vegetables

Farming in Haiti : Sweet Potato Garden (Jaden Patat)

Farming in Haiti : Sweet Potato Garden (Jaden Patat)

Here is a photo of a sweet potato garden in Haiti. sweet potatoes are a beautiful plant that you can grow in your backyard. Within 90 days you can start eating your own backyard sweet potatoes.

Plante 2 3 bwa patat deye lakay ou epi nan 90 jou patat agogo. Se sa k Haiti a...

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Fresh organic vegetables from Haiti

Fresh organic vegetables from Haiti

Most, if not all, of the vegetables that you consume in Haiti when you come to visit are fresh organic vegetables from the Haitian countryside.

Here we could see beautiful carrots fresh tomatoes, celery, green peppers, onions, cucumbers and other vegetables all fresh and organic from local Haitian farms.

This photo is from Haiti agricultural day fair, May 1st in Damien, Haiti, where the state University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine is located.

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In Haiti, OKRA is called KALALOU

In Haiti, OKRA is called KALALOU

In Haiti kalalou means okra. In other parts of Haiti they call it Kalalou Gonbo oe simply Gobno.

You may enconter other spellings such as Calalou or gombo... it's all the same... Okra...

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Putting Avocados in a bucket of water will stop the ripening process?

Putting Avocados in a bucket of water will stop the ripening process?

I just received some avocados from the country side of Haiti and I didn't want all of them to ripen at once, so I grabbed a couple and placed them in a big bucket of water to test and see if that will halt the ripening process.

Will that work? stay tuned...

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