We'll have a wide assortment of fruits, vegis and berries this year. Among the figs, pears, plums, cherries, apples, and peaches we'll have our share of blueberries, raspberries and marionberries! Anyone wanna' come help me can?? Or dehydrate?? Or anything??
Broccoli; I didn't have high hopes for this considering the starts I grew from seed were pretty weak looking and the day after I put them in the ground it hailed for two hours. Luckily, they survived and are doing great!
On of our varieties of spinach;
Salad greens;
Beautiful sweet peas; They are about 2' tall and about ready for an extension on the trellis Levi made.
Kale... I need to figure out what I am going to do with all this Kale!! Any good ideas?
This year I added a few new hosta's to the front yard alongside some rhubarb but the rhubarb hasn't come up yet. The hosta's and our Rhody's are growing away.
The Iris' are coming on finally!
This Iris is surround by my Lemon balm plant which I got from a friend and highly recommend to anyone and everyone. I take the leaves and dry them, crush them and use them as a loose tea which is great for headaches, bodyaches and colds. Add a little honey and it will soothe just about any cough AND it tastes great, kinda' like buttery lemon!
Well I am off to weed this monster of a garden. If you are in need of any kind of salad fixin', berry, or fruit please let us know! In just a few weeks we are going to be knee deep in vegis and we are MORE than happy to share God's gifts :0)
3 comments:
Kale is great in all soups and stews. It is in the cabbage family but it doesn't loose its color so you get all the wonderful vitamins That is what I use in my ravioli soup and you can also boil it in a broth of some sort and just eat it as a side. Love you Mom
I am IMPRESSED, and I have to say, a little JEALOUS. Very cool, you granola momma, you! :) Love you lots and miss you lots!!!
LOVE THE GARDEN PICS!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, I miss my garden soooooooooooooooooooooooo much! This is the first year since I was SIX that I don't have fresh vegies growing outside my back door. Stupid move to Idaho!
Anyway, there are a ton of great soup recipes that call for kale (like someone else said.) Oh, and I put it in green smoothies. Have you ever had a green smoothie? Despite the name, they are QUITE good and the absolute BEST way to get your greens. It looks like you have lots of spinach and lettuce, too -- so you could be making green smoothies all day long! ;-)
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