I offered to help but the general consensus was that I tend to get as much paint on myself as I do on the object being painted, so I turned my attention elsewhere. It was time to do another harvest of the Russian kale.
Also in the basket: a few wee purple carrots which needed to be thinned and were chomped down pretty quickly, and a bulb of garlic, just to see how it was doing. It was doing well, even if it was small:
It made its way into a skillet with a knob of butter, thyme from the herb garden, and slim little carrots from our Mennonite butcher/grocer:
And from there to a plate with some beets, also from the Mennos, crumbled goat cheese, a few pumpkin seeds, and a lemon shallot vinaigrette:
Really, you have to go where your talents lead you.
I wish my gardening talents led me to garlic as big and beautiful as this (again, Menno) garlic. I am stocking up on local garlic this summer so that I don't have to rely on the Chinese crap that Loblaw brings in all winter.
Alas, mine, harvested today, is much more modest:
Juust 3 or 4 cloves per bulb, but at least its ours; we grew it. It's dirty and smelly and beautiful, and is now hanging up to dry in the back hall.
Beauty abounds in our garden. In daylilies:
In Macedonian Pin Cushions, where a ladybug had a ladybug picnic:
In the big blue sky that covers it all:
Lots of good work. Lots to be thankful for.
3 comments:
I'm very impressed with your garden. Its so nice to grow your own and what you can't grow, buy local. I am groing tomatos, cucumber and peppers in pots on my deck. tomatos are looking good...but the other veg...not so much! Love the ladybug picnic shots.
Okay, now I'm hungry.....mmmmmm
"I offered to help but the general consensus was that I tend to get as much paint on myself as I do on the object being painted..." That's funny. No one has ever said this about you and food, I don't think.
CW
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