Vegetable chronicles Archives - Raphaèle Bernard-Bacot https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/tag/vegetable-chronicles/ Artist painter of plants Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:08:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 The nashi, a true apple-pear https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/an-asian-apple-tree-easy-to-grow/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:45:05 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6790 Have you heard of the nashi ? Halfway between a European pear and an apple, hence its common name of apple-pear, this fruit is given as a gift in Japan in pretty packaging, either as a New Year present or as a consolation prize to rejected lovers. So it is with this fruit that I …

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]]> Chillies from the New World https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/chillies-from-the-new-world/ Thu, 01 May 2025 15:28:24 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6668 Christopher Columbus, in search of a new route for the Spice Route, brought back chillies from the New World. The Aztecs used them in their cooking to spice up their dishes, but also to heal bodies and souls, believing that their strength drove away evil spirits. Back in Europe, where it was relayed by the …

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]]> The Andean cucumber https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/the-andean-cucumber/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:00:16 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6637 Hurrah, my cucurbit seedling survived ! A good memory in 2024 was to discover my mysterious seedling which withstand the vagaries of the weather and the procession of gastropods that make mincemeat of them. I was finally going to be able to enjoy cucumbers from my garden! And like “Perrette and her pot au lait”, …

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]]> The story of the Tregastel strawberries https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/the-story-of-the-tregastel-strawberries/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:24:45 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6613 No, this question does not  question the spelling of children’s favorite fruit, but sometimes reality is more than fiction. Indeed, Captain François Amédée Frezier – an authentic name that can’t be invented – was the inventor of the modern strawberry. Here’s the story.  In 1712, he was commissioned by the King to study (i.e., spy …

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]]> Exuberant rhubarb https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/exuberant-rhubarb/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:17:37 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6520 Are you looking for the best time/result ratio? Vote for rhubarb! For non-gardeners and occasional gardeners alike, rhubarb is a godsend. Requiring no care and growing in mid-shade and cool soil, this hardy perennial thrives every year. These giant leaves can reach a span of up to two meters. They are supported by their scarlet-red …

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]]> Happy carrots, happy new year ! https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/happy-carrots-happy-new-year/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:06:54 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6470   Carrots make you look and feel good, so why not start the year with them? By the way, do you know where they come from? The carrot, like many of our vegetables, comes from the East, its ancestors having been found in Eurasia, and more precisely in Afghanistan. Not very fleshy like its cousin, …

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]]> Plums of the childhood https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/plums-of-the-childhood/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:09:14 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6463 Do you remember, during summer holidays in the countryside, coming back from the orchard, with a half-full basket of plums now, in your hand, and your mouth full of the other half? Yellow, golden, red-pigmented yellow, yellow with a hint of green, or blue with a hint of violet, the range of plum colors is …

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]]> Hello spring, hello radishes! https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/hello-spring-hello-radishes/ Wed, 10 May 2023 09:17:12 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6324 When the nice days come back, we love their round and pink faces. Because in this period of transition between the winter vegetables and the first shoots of new vegetables, they taste as good as spring itself. Did you know that radishes do not belong to the root vegetable family? Known since antiquity, they are …

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]]> The Bear’s garlic https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/the-bears-garlic-is-only-be-visible-from-about-march-to-may/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 13:00:58 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6279 At the end of the winter , it’s as enchanting as snow, but this carpet of white flowers  of the “ Bear’s Garlic “ will only be visible from about March to May, that brief moment when the spring sun reaches the soil.  Then the plant disappears underground to concentrate its energy for the bulb …

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]]> Endives, from garden to cellar https://www.rbernardbacot.com/en/endives-from-garden-to-cellar/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:08:58 +0000 https://www.rbernardbacot.com/?p=6234 Who invented the endive ? One says that it is thanks to the head gardener’s Mr. Bréziers’ forgetfulness in Brussels around 1850, that the endive was created. Therefore when he discovered his forgotten endives at the end of his cellar, he did not recognize them. Their leaves had whitened and lengthened.  Their taste had almost lost …

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