It is Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions! Come share your harvest and see what other gardeners are growing!
Last night some areas were expected to get a late frost, IN MAY! Crazy! So I had to cover everything, and since my garden has grown in size this year, it was a LOT to cover. I don't want to have to do that again! It was a pain. But my thermometer says that it got to 39 in my back yard, so I hope they were all safe.
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| My herbs were getting a bit out of control already. I cut some oregano, thyme and rosemary. Those ought to refill my herb containers, some were getting low or gone! |
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| Spinach and lettuce again. We are still enjoying the salads and even the occasional spinach omelet! |
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| This is a homemade chicken and rice with cilantro. I began by "frying" the dry rice, about a cup or more, with some butter and chicken stock with a nice gel on it. I added salt, pepper, cayenne pepper and a handful of dried cilantro (from the garden). I added 2 plus cups of homemade chicken stock. Brought to boil, reduce and simmer about an hour. This was very flavorful and a bit spicy. I normally like white rice better than brown, but for some reason, the brown rice really soaks up the flavor better in this recipe. The basmati rice I tried once did not turn out flavorful at all. |
Around the garden, most things have been planted.
This is my newer section. It is not as neat looking as the other side of the garden. We couldn't figure out what to do since it would not till up at all! So we ended up just putting a layer of compost over top and planting directly in it. It is probably going to get seriously weedy. But I have lots of squash, melons and corn planted over here and will be adding some beans around the corn. It will be quite the tangled mess here I am sure.
This is the other end where the corn is. And some sunflowers on the very end.
The challenge here will be how to keep the squirrels from getting the corn before us.
Hope you are having a great harvest week. Happy Harvesting!
The weather is crazy this year but at least the lettuce and spinach like it. Hope your heat loving plants aren't damaged.
ReplyDeleteI hate having to cover everything late in the season. I have a big enough garden that it is indeed a real pain. Lovely lettuce harvest this week!
ReplyDeleteYes you do!
DeleteYour garden looks good, and your dinner, even BETTER! ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, the weather has been crazy, there is a freeze warning for tonight, covered my fig tree, hope it will be OK. Lovely spinach and lettuce. Getting to the corn before squirrels has always been a challenge for me so I gave up.
ReplyDeleteI am glad your things didn't freeze. We won't be back home until tomorrow and can't wait to see how things are doing as we have had up and down weather it seems. Your spinach, lettuces and herbs are wonderful! When you made your spinach omelet did you just chop it up and throw it into the eggs or did you steam it first? I made it once and just added it to the eggs and wondered if I should have steamed it a bit first? Nancy
ReplyDeleteNancy I usually saute up some mushrooms and then add the spinach to wilt it up first. Then I set it aside and add to the eggs when they are almost cooked, along with feta cheese and sometimes tomato or bacon. Mmmm, yummy!
DeleteOkay. Thanks. I didn't think it was quite right when I just put it in the eggs. I will saute onions and then add the spinach to wilt. Thanks for the info! Nancy
ReplyDeleteAnother question about spinach if you don't mind. How do you freeze yours? I blanch it for 2 mins and then cold water. Drain and then I squeeze a little more water out before freezing it. Do you squeeze water out of yours or not? Thanks again! Nancy
ReplyDeleteI do actually. Sometimes I separate it out as much as I can and freeze it on a tray so that I can pick pieces out as I need them too.
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