Monday, March 15, 2010

Whats new in the garden




The peppers are happily growing nicely.













Baby Marigolds, saved from the nicer varieties at the gardens.












The baby tomatoes are growing nicely.


















A peek in the greenhouse.















This is a lovely Chinese artichoke, or chorogi, or knotroot,artichoke betony, or crosne . I got a few from Chris and we had a nice evening trading plants and green seeds. I am very excited to grow these and cook them!

They look like spiral shells to me.

















By my finger is a red occa tuber. I planted them in my big black pots. A recent trade was very informative and I got some seed variety and new interesting plants. I also received some white occa which also went into a very large tree pot.














Look, I might even get a head off this raddichio, it happened just after the frosts.











New greens hardening off for the ground.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Big Sunday Breakfast



Today's big breakfast for hubby ~

Egg scramble with liver and onions, garden dino kale and leek steamed in chicken broth added to the mix. Fava beans, with onion, pakrika and dino kale, 100% rye toast and coffee.

Another wonderful Sunday with no rain.














Big Sunday Breakfast ~ My hubby loved the look of breakfast this morning and took this photo with his phone.

Scrambled eggs, with cilantro, fava beans, brown rice with turkey and mushroom sauce, asparagus,
100% rye toast, Fugi Apple slices and coffee.

I made breakfast with extras because I am going in the garden on this fine sunny spring morning...