Vegetables From The Mercado

People are always interested in how much things cost here. Well, today I needed fresh vegetables, I had to go uptown to pick up a shoe that was getting fixed so decided to get vegetables at the Mercado. The tianguis (open air market) was also on today and might have had cheaper prices; but I didn't feel like walking down there (read lazy).
The are many vegetable sellers in the mercado and after wandering past them all, I went back to the one that seemed to have everything that I wanted.
The picture below shows what I bought for $5.72 CAD or 68 pesos MX. A big bunch of beets which had the leaves on yet, which I will also cook like spinach. A bunch of green onions, a bunch of radishes, a head of lettuce, a cucumber, some carrots and some broccoli.
I had some cherry tomatoes off of the plants here, so for lunch we had a huge fresh salad with everything in it. Very tasty.
So now you know what veggies cost here, how does it compare to where you are?

Mangos And Tomatoes

I just realised that I haven't posted any updates on the tomato plants. I have been eating them for awhile now and they are so good. Really enjoying them.

The mangos are also in full bloom right now and the bugs are super busy pollinating them. Too bad they don't have much of a fragrance; but it looks like there should be a good crop of them this year.





This morning we are off to meet a fellow blogger from northern British Columbia, Canada . I am sure it will be interesting to hear how they are enjoying the warm weather and views in San Carlos. They are only staying for a month, makes me shiver just to think of going back to the cold there after being here for that long.