quasar's Blog

I try to include something from the garden in every meal.  Tonight  however much of the meal was made up from things from the garden.  

My wife made a pasta dish with cooked vegetables.  In the dish from the garden was zucchini,  banana peppers,  onions and kale.  It also contained tomatoes and mushrooms that came from the store.  We are about a week away from ripe tomatoes here.   News flash!!!  Sunday morning found two ripe cherries!!

Also with the pasta we had a salad comprised of mostly all garden vegetables.  Lettuce,  onions,  radishes,  banana peppers, and mustard greens.    The only thing that wasn't from the garden was a sprinkling of shredded cheddar cheese and of course the dressing.   I am telling you that was one great tasting salad.  There was no meat in this meal and although we are not vegetarians,  I didn't miss the meat at all.

Along with the harvest of our spring planted vegetable I am starting to concentrate on the Fall garden.  Tonight I set out five broccoli plants that were started in peat pots a few weeks ago.  Soon to follow will be brussels sprout plants and Chinese cabbage.   I have never grown these during the late season so I am anxious to see how they work out.  Also will be planting spinach and turnips soon as well,  sowing these directly in the ground.  I also want to start another bed of kale for the fall garden and this time I plan to plant the smooth leafed variety,  as opposed to the curled leaf that I planted in the spring. 

Everything else is looking pretty good.  The rain we received mid-week certainly helped.