Re: What are you eating from your garden today?

**Scorpio Rising** 6/16/2015, 5:37 pm

Spinach salad here with strawberries and a balsamic vinaigrette. Delish!

**Kelejan** 6/16/2015, 5:44 pm

I managed garlic scapes, lettuce, and strawberries added to last years blueberries and raspberries.

I feel my garden is behind this season as I have incorporated wood chips and it will take a year or so to start catching up.

floyd1440 6/16/2015, 7:11 pm

Bok Choy on the grill!!!!!!!!

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Razed Bed 6/16/2015, 9:44 pm

I had a mess of vittles tonight featuring mustard greens, turnip greens, turnips, kale, collards, beets and beet greens.

The only thing I ate that did not come from the garden was a Japanese Sweet Potato with coconut oil and cinnamon.

I picked tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and some small squash and zucchini for my brother's family.

This morning, I had a peach from the tree, and I picked a couple of plums. The squirrels missed a couple.

Tomorrow morning, I shall pick a basket full of herbs.

Marc Iverson 6/17/2015, 2:19 am

That all sounds wonderful, Razed.

I've never heard of Japanese sweet potatoes. What are they like? What makes them ... err ... Japanese, or distinctive or whatever?

Razed Bed 6/17/2015, 9:58 am

Japanese Sweet Potatoes are much more nutritious than other sweet potato/yams. They are packed full of hyaluronic acid.

The particular sweet potato is called "satsumaimo," and you can find it in Asian grocery stores as well as some Whole Foods, Sunflower, Sprout's, and other similar health food grocers. If you live in Middle Tennessee, check out the Turnip Truck in the Gulch.

In my opinion, Japanese sweet potatoes taste better than domestic varieties. We thought about planting slips this year, but we had already run out of space, and the slips are pricey.

Concerning hyaluronic acid, here is some information to peruse.

http://www.hyalogic.com/main/about_hyaluronic_acid

NanSFG 6/17/2015, 3:02 pm

Razed Bed wrote:Japanese Sweet Potatoes are much more nutritious than other sweet potato/yams. They are packed full of hyaluronic acid.

The particular sweet potato is called "satsumaimo,"

Are these the purple "Okinawa" sweet potatoes?

**Scorpio Rising** 6/28/2015, 6:18 pm

Today, I am eating cut and come again swiss chard. Will saute with garlic, chopped leaves and stems, potatoes with some EVOO...yum!

I love Swiss Chard...

My beets are really close, soon to be replaced with carrots, since carrots are totally being shaded out by my squash plants.

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momvet 6/28/2015, 7:04 pm

I have lots of green beans, carrots, radishes, a few tomatoes and zucchini. I love to just saute everything and eat. My lettuce and arugula bolted. I do have Swiss Chard but some of it isn't doing that well. ( I need to learn to love greens other than spinach - I mainly grow them for the tortoise. Beets, turnips, nasturtium, carrots and radishes are done - it is SO hot and humid right now! Eggplants, peppers and (lots) of tomatoes coming on! Sorry if I posted this in the wrong thread.
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mollyhespra 6/28/2015, 7:07 pm

Snow peas, radish greens & garlic scapes!

**Scorpio Rising** 6/28/2015, 9:49 pm

Wow, Kathy, beautiful! Makes my mouth water for tomatoes, carrots, beans, etc. My Plants so look good, I need to brace the pole beans, they are heavy and pulling forward ...no idea, really!

Just starting to bloom here. It has been cool and rainy though. Can't wait for the tomato... BLT........yeah baby!

**sanderson** 6/29/2015, 2:09 am

Kathy, Everything looks so good. What are you eating from your garden today? - Page 8 3170584802

MackerelSky 6/29/2015, 2:32 am

Thinned a couple each red and white onions, some spinach, carrots, basil, parsley and celery. Chopped them all up and lightly sauteed in olive oil and combined with some pasta for a salad to go with some BBQ'd chicken and home made baked beans for a Sunday dinner.

More things will start to come to the table over the next couple of weeks.

@kathy Nice!

Marc Iverson 6/29/2015, 3:15 am

Looks great Kathy!

Razed Bed 6/29/2015, 8:09 am

Kathy, not only does your harvest look great (and mouth-watering), your picture quality is fantastic as well.

quiltbea 6/29/2015, 10:58 am

After our 2" of rain, I went out and picked more Sugar Snap Peas to munch on. Love those little guys. That's about all I have in my garden right now except for the herbs which I can snip fresh every day: parsley, thyme, rosemary, oregano, sage, and the chives. Mmmmm good. I keep waiting for my few tomatoes to ripen and the blossoms to produce more babies for my future.

NAR56 6/29/2015, 11:29 am

Picked 4 big Basil plants and made fresh Pesto yesterday. I also picked Eggplants, Pole Beans, and Cherry Tomatoes. We are getting rain showers every day, so at least I do not have to water garden.

Ryan

yolos 6/29/2015, 8:33 pm

Tomatoes, cucumbers and Silver Queen corn harvested last summer and froze.

hokie_paw 6/29/2015, 8:52 pm

Hey,
I roasted 6 tomatoes in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper, and some fresh basil. At the end I topped with a little feta cheese.

meatburner 6/29/2015, 10:38 pm

Broccoli florets, cucumbers, onions, carrots, all mixed together for a lunch salad. Life is good!

**Turan** 6/29/2015, 10:57 pm

Sugar snap peas and snow peas with garlic scapes. served with shrimp all wrapped in spring rolls. I wait for this meal all year. hungry

**donnainzone5** 6/30/2015, 11:25 am

Shrimp salad made with lettuce and Asian greens. Not to mention one of my infamous Dragon radishes!

herblover 7/2/2015, 8:19 am

Just picked the first 3 'Sungold' tomatoes last night....they were gone in like 2 minutes.

Razed Bed 7/2/2015, 9:56 am

We had a large helping of pole beans, three very pretty zucchinis that did not get too big and watery, and the first refrigerator pickles that my wife made from our pickling cucumbers and dill.

We sent a basket of tomatoes and peppers to the rest of the family, and my niece says the Mortgage Lifter tasted better than the Brandywine.

Marc Iverson 7/2/2015, 3:46 pm

Pole beans and a banana pepper. My summer season is just starting to get to the point where my veggies produce edibles, but the beans are coming on strong and I'll probably get a few every day or two until suddenly I've got tons of 'em. Might take about a week to kick in.

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