Fruit From a Yambol Garden

All this fruit was picked from a Yambol garden. Figs, plums, pears, and peaches. There were some apples but they got eaten before I got to take this picture

No Fruit and Vegetables Today in Yambol's Bazaar

A strange sight today as I visited the local bazaar to stock up on some fruit and vegetables. There was only one stall working and that was scant with produce. not quite sure why no fruit and vegetables were being sold today. Maybe a New Year hangover?

Blossom In Yambol

April is the start of the larders beginning to be filled in Yambol. Spring and the blossom is out and the growing season well and truly on its way. All these blossom petals will fall shortly and give way to fruit. Yambol is now out of hibernation and life is all around.

Public Peaches Untouched In Yambol

It is the fruit season and peaches are in abundance in Yambol. You just have to look around in garden an you will see bright pink orange and yellow colours of the peaches in full ripeness. This picture was taken in a public area of Yambol and although many pass the ripe fruits are untouched by the public. They know they belong to someone who has cared for them and give total respect for that.

One Vine For Five Familes

This community vine tops the previous picture of a community, which catered for four families. This one covers five floors and each has a harvest to look forward to in September. Not enough for wine but more than enough to fill a fruit bowls on the dining room table for a few weeks. This is great to see.

A Typical Yambol City Garden

Through the rising sun garden gate you can a a typical Yambol City garden. It is in immaculate condition just waiting for a feast of fruit and vegetables that will see then through the new year fresh and stocked for winter. As yo can see on the gate this house has been awarded a merit for being a model home (Obraztsov dom), a scheme that ran Nationally prior to becoming a capitalist regime.

Bookseller or Fruit Seller?

This trader is hiding away in the bookstall hut on this slightly chilly morning. Although a bookstall that sells new and secondhand books, poster, there are extras. On the wirey legged chair are some goodies including fruit, including apples, bananas and preserved dates to offer passers by. Why not, it is just as good as the bazaar fruit and vegetables and a damn sight better than the supermarket stuff?

Yambol Fruit Tree in December

On walking in one of the inner Yambol town suburbs there is a townhouse with a new method of preserving winter fruits. They are just left on the tree. There are peaches that remain in excellent condition and didn't follow the leave tot he ground. I can only assume that because we haven't have any night will below zero temperatures that they are still there. no doubt if a cold spell is forecast, they will be picked put into jars with sugar and water and made into compote for Christmas and the New Year.

Local Bulgarian Fruit and Vegetables

Another fruit and vegetable shop in Yambol, they are all over the place. This one has a new double glazed front entrance. All the produce is locally produced and sold outside the owners doorstep. You never have to travel far to buy fruit and vegetables in Yambol.