Introducing our horseradish plant. We use the roots to make hot sauces and just found out that the leaves are edible too... this plant has some huge leaves and it is a perennial... and I just dream of this NPR Cranberry Relish and we do have some cranberries in the fridge!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Mexican Grass
Friday, June 8, 2007
dill seeds & beet greens
The yellow little flowers will become the dill seeds, in the background lettuce and mint (which grows like weed)... I hope to dry lots of mint for winter... Have you had "chocolate mint"? It has a darker color and it smells like after eight chocolates, good to use in desserts... hmmm....
These are the beet greens... pretty handsome plant, we chop some in with salad...
It has been pretty hot (upper eighties), and no rain, so I have been watering the garden every night after work & yoga... Last weekend our friend JL put hose wheels for the community garden hoses, wow, what a difference that made! no more dragging that long hose... yeahhh
Thursday, June 7, 2007
green tomatoes
Some shots from last night. Tomatoes are doing well. We have 36 tomato plants (thanks Grandma ;) , so many kinds, I will try to list the names soon... and a general shot of the garden below... heavy rains lately made everything grow like crazy... I need to start tying the tomato plants that become so heavy... we put out the lemon and mandarin trees that were in my office back in the garden... we are getting some lemons, yeah... Michael planted the two persimmon trees in the back, I wonder if we will get any persimmons, that would be fantastic... and we planted the beans and black-eyed-peas...
ps: do you see the garlic plant that escaped outside of the fence on the left, so cute!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
edible flowers: nasturtiums
Grandma has 3 pots next to her door... green, white and orange... they are all planted with nasturtiums... and I eat a leaf or a flower when I visit her... Nasturtiums are so tasty, bitter like arugula... we planted some in our garden also... some are short, some are climbers, some are speckled, and in many colors: yellow, orange, red, burgundy, etc...
Friday, June 1, 2007
a kale seed story
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