28/08/2026
會院的菜市場
台東原住民族常把太平洋比作自家後院的「冰箱」——想吃什麼，往海裡找就有。
白冷會院也有一個類似的地方，只不過不是冰箱，而是歐修士自己的「菜市場」。
日本地瓜葉、朝天椒、秋葵、九層塔、茄子、甜椒……種類多得不及備載。這些不是特意栽來觀賞的，而是歐修士親手種下，準備端上餐桌的日常蔬菜。
廚房裡缺了什麼，走幾步到園子裡，摘了就有。
這大概也是歐修士喜歡園藝的原因之一：務實。
想吃什麼，自己種；
需要多少，自己摘。
沒有比從土地直接走上餐桌，更新鮮、更實惠的生活方式了。
攝影：洪崢
The Mission House’s Vegetable Market
Indigenous peoples in Taitung sometimes describe the Pacific Ocean as the “refrigerator” in their backyard—when they want something to eat, they simply head out to sea and catch it.
The Bethlehem Mission House has something similar. Only here, instead of a refrigerator, it is Br. Augustin’s own little “vegetable market.”
Japanese sweet potato leaves, bird’s-eye chilies, okra, Thai basil, eggplants, sweet peppers—the list goes on. These are not grown merely for decoration, but planted by Br. Augustin himself for the daily table.
Whenever something is needed in the kitchen, one only has to walk a few steps into the garden and pick it.
Perhaps this is also one of the reasons Br. Augustin enjoys gardening so much: practicality.
Grow what you want to eat;
pick only what you need.
Few ways of life are fresher—or more economical—than bringing food straight from the garden to the table.
Photography: Peter Hong
