i love it when i can walk out to the garden and pick something for dinner. the garden does not flourish during the heat of summer. we have much better luck in spring, fall and winter. tonight i walked out into the garden and picked some broccoli and shiitake. i cooked pasta and tossed it all together with a cheese sauce.
tonites veggies
a look at the rest of the plants in the garden
cabbage
and his little friend, parsley
kolrhabi
russian red kale
brussel sprouts, almost there!
broccoli
shiitake logs nestled under the broccoli and brussel sprouts
for my birthday, darry built me a hoop house for my raised bed garden. it is full of greens-both salad and cooking greens.
salad greens-arugula, salad cress, butter head, deer tongue and more awaits the next salad.
baby pack choi and japanese mustard-can you say stir fry?
things are surprising in the herb garden too-i still have basil! this is tiny purple basil
african blue basil in the front, valerian-back left and sweet fennel-back right
one of the true treats of fall-american persimmons. this little tree in our yard is chock full of fruit. today i gathered a small basket and after washing it, i will run it through the food mill and save the puree for a cake.