This looks like Aloe Vera or another cactus-like succulent plant. Do they use for beverages or for medicinal uses?

This wild spinach-like vegetable grows in the steep gardens of Simonos Petras.

A small cornfield in the middle of knowhere reachable by dirt road.

These artischokes and green peppers are growing in the large gardens of Megisti Lavra.

Even in January the gardens of the individiul houses in Nea Skiti are full with red peppers.

Oranges are coming down after a short but heavy period of snow.

Photographed from above, pumpkins under a fig tree lying on one of the terraces of the garden.

Kiwis can be picked when climbing from the harbour to the monastery.

These cactus fruits can only peeled with protecting gloves.

There are many sweet chestnuts trees in the area of Karyes, this one is near Konstamonitou.

Herman Voogd