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Beard Iris

Harvest Monday - April 25, 2011

Green garlic will regrow after haircut.

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Sugar Magnolia Pea Flower

Harvest Monday - April 18, 2011

Swiss Chard & Green Garlic (left - whole plant,  right - cut 1" above soil level from a container).

Spinach & Green Onions

The two bunches of garlic are from the same bag of California garlic I bought from Costco, I'm experimenting to see how many times I can cut green garlic before the bulb stop producing leaves.

The whole garlic will be grilled to serve with BBQ, the cut garlic might be good for potato or fava bean soup, or I'll make something else with it later.

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What's New and Growing in Mid April?

Crimson Flower Fava Beans one month after transplant (thank you Michelle.)

The Lady is working hard to mop up aphids on the favas.

Sugar Magnolia Purple Flower Peas (thank you Michelle).

Glad I didn't planted these in ground and lose them to the critters.

Spanish Rojas Garlic, of all the garlic this one is a slow starter,

it didn't pricked through the soil until early March, I thought I lost them to voles.

Salad Bowl

24 tomato seedlings -- Cherokee Purple, Sungold, Green Zebra, Amish Paste, Chocolate Cherry.

I'll keep 2 slicers, 2 pastes, and 2 cherries tomatoes, the rest will be given to friends.

Mainly warm weather crops -- melons, squashes, peppers, eggplants, herbs, and flowers.

Some experimental crops -- broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, and ground cherries.

Where Are the Hummers?

Buzz and Zipp were here in late March of last year,

the feeder has been up since mid March, and I even bought

red flowers to attract their attention, where are my garden buddies?

I hope nothing bad happen to them and wish them well.

Harvest Monday - April 11, 2011

Green Garlic

Piracicaba Broccoli and Green Garlic

Shangtong Garlic

Stir fry green garlic with Chinese sausage.

 Garlic Chive and Shrimp Pancake Korean Style

(Recipe here.)

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Which Critter Did This?

Every morning I see 2-3 holes in the pea patch and some seedlings disappear, I don't know which critter is eating my peas, there are only 3 seedlings left.  I'm afraid this bad guy is going to attack the adjacent fava beans, could it be lizard? I've seen lizards come in and out of vegetable beds before, but they never attacked my plants, what's going on?

Harvest Monday - April 4, 2011

Rainbow Chard

Goji Vine Tips (枸杞芽), Garlic Chives (韭菜), Carrots.

I picked all the overwintered chard leaves and left the new spring leaves to grow, they weight in at just under 6 lbs.  Early spring garlic chives and goji vine tips are most tender, mild, and delicious as they emerge from dormancy.  There are a number of ways to use these "wild greens", we like goji leaves in soup, garlic chives for dumplings and savory pancakes.


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