What did you eat from the garden today?

[sumi]

I'm not sure how I'm going to prepare it yet… It's kinda big lol And I'm the only here that eats them. I think I may boil some of it with onions and eat it with butter, salt and pepper. I love them that way. The rest I may fry up with something, like a pork chop.

 

[Mini Horses]

Have A DAY off...so went to garden and here is what part of my family ate from there...…

It was somewhat of a lost cause, as I'd said before -- they loved me for it! We had somewhat of a breeze and yes, there is still a sun up there!! More rain tonight, they say. We're down to 25% scattered showers each day next week - so, tapering off.

 

[sumi]

I saw some potatoes when I weeded around them this afternoon and brought in what I could get without digging, which was 4 small ones. Had those with a huge carrot and some peas for our dinner, along with some fish.

 

[Hinotori]

That's kind of creepy. I don't think I've ever seen that happen. At least to Mom or me.

 

[tortoise]

Just lettuce so far!

 

[CrealCritter]

Tonight for dinner we had a ham roast from the last pig we butchered and Red Ripper peas from the garden! YUM, nothing like eating a meal that consists solely of food that you produced yourself.

What is a red ripper pea? I think I may have had this before but it was called Mandy. They were cooked with a few ham hocks and served with side of fried cornbread. Mighty tasty too. It's more of a red bean than a pea is that right?

 

[sumi]

Loads of peas today and a carrot that's not quite ready, but it grow right alongside another one, so I pulled it. Also got some raspberries and strawberries. Only getting one or two here and there, but I'm happy. They'll produce more as they grow.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

WooHoo! Looks delicious! Nice to reap a reward for your hard work!

 

[sumi]

WooHoo! Looks delicious! Nice to reap a reward for your hard work!

It's a lovely reward! I need to sit down and shell them and see how much I have. I may freeze some of this batch. I'll be out there picking again in a few days, there are so many still

One of my zucchinis has a flower. Can't wait for that and the first tomatoes. They took so long to get going, they surprised me. Tomatoes are so easy usually. My swiss chard is growing very well too. I can start picking them now, if I want to, but I'm going to let them grow a bit more first.

 

[sumi]

More peas and three carrots. Hoping for some zucchini soon!