In return for your patience,
today I offer good news: proof that occasionally I DO successfully grow food!
In the past week, I’ve
harvested:
A pound of snow peas.
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| SO delicious, raw or cooked |
A small bunch of
carrots.
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| Cosmic Purple, Scarlet Nantes |
A sample of the
different colors of beets.
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| Detroit (green leaf, red root) Bull's Blood (read leaf, red root), Chiogga (White stalk, pink root), Golden (yellow stalk, yellow root) |
And some broccoli
florets.
Removing the center
flower is supposed to encourage the side flowers to grow larger.
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| If you click to enlarge this photo, you can see the tiny florets along the sides of the main stalk. |
We still have a lot
more vegetables coming, as long as we don’t have a flood, a drought, a freeze, or a heat
wave in the next two months.
That’s not too much
to ask, is it?
Katrina
Fantastic!!! I love the looks of those carrots! I don't know what it is, but I need to get my game on with broccoli... Can I add to the list, the dreadful dusty winds that make a mess of it all, too!!! LOL! Too much to ask? I think NOT!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteHugs (where there is back breaking will, there is a back breaking way.. to garden in the desert...)
;)
Yeah I should have added dust, winds, bugs, dogs, squirrels, birds, cats, and, what a coincidence you should mention it, sore backs. :)
DeleteNow I think it really IS too much to ask to avoid all that!
ooh!!! Forgot about the animal kingdom! hahaha!
DeleteSo so so jealous!
ReplyDeleteLooks so delicious! How I long for summer and our farmers market! We are covered in snow! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely fruits of your desert labor! You're so kind to share the pics - they're like a breath of fresh air in the middle of winter.
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