What are Hawaii folks harvesting?

**kauairosina** 4/28/2017, 2:05 pm

Some sugar snap peas, lots and lots and lots of Emerite and Manoa beans, always so much lettuce that we are selling it to the neighbors. Abundanza!!

**sanderson** 4/28/2017, 3:23 pm

Abundanza! Razz

plantoid 4/28/2017, 7:28 pm

Yesterday I made up a quart of chicken stock based soup with bits of the stripped of chicken carcass flesh
I added two browned fried fine chopped onions to it & two 4 ounce , browned fried potatoes that I'd chopped into 1/4 " cubes plus most of two of the remaining dozen or so leeks left in the ANSFG leek bed .

I pressure cooked it all with some salt & seasonings for 18 min . let it de pressure naturally. Then took out 1/3 of it , whizzed up the rest to a consistent lump free liquid . Added what I'd set aside , chopped the remaining dark green leaves from the two leeks , added a grab of fresh chopped fine parsley & brought it back to the boil for three minutes .

The resulting lumpy leek & potato with bits of chicken flesh soup was great.

Today I has SOS ( Same Old Soup ) reheated & boiled for two minutes. It had improved ..... it was fantastic .

CapeCoddess 4/29/2017, 9:15 am

As I pass by the last year's kale and collard plants I am picking off the flower buds, including the top most leaves and stems, and munching on them.. Pure Heaven! I love you

CitizenKate 4/29/2017, 10:38 am

First cuts of the season...
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CapeCoddess wrote:As I pass by the last year's kale and collard plants I am picking off the flower buds, including the top most leaves and stems, and munching on them.. Pure Heaven!

Was munching on my plants, too, as I was out snipping. I love you

BeetlesPerSqFt 4/29/2017, 2:02 pm

A salad with claytonia, arugula, lettuce, and a few beet leaves, with salmon poached atop mustard greens.
Last night I ate part of a bolting green cabbage.

newbeone 4/29/2017, 2:15 pm

This Morning I made a smoothie for breakfast I used chard, a few beet greens +stems, The last of my collards, A fresh cucumber, A frozen banana, pomegranate juice and almond milk.

Judy McConnell 5/3/2017, 5:04 pm

Bought 6 Napa (Chinese) cabbage seedlings at the local nursery - never tried to raise it before - huge plants formed but just noticed that they were bolting. Yesterday I cut one, shredded it, and decided to boil it with some ham - what a wonderful surprise!!

No bitterness and so very tasty!! This fall will see my planting more from my own started seeds!!

**Scorpio Rising** 5/3/2017, 8:18 pm

Judy McConnell wrote:Bought 6 Napa (Chinese) cabbage seedlings at the local nursery - never tried to raise it before - huge plants formed but just noticed that they were bolting. Yesterday I cut one, shredded it, and decided to boil it with some ham - what a wonderful surprise!!

No bitterness and so very tasty!! This fall will see my planting more from my own started seeds!!

Yum! I love cabbage!

Me just nibbles from my leaves...they are growing!

MrBooker 5/4/2017, 1:25 am

Judy McConnell wrote:Bought 6 Napa (Chinese) cabbage seedlings at the local nursery - never tried to raise it before - huge plants formed but just noticed that they were bolting. Yesterday I cut one, shredded it, and decided to boil it with some ham - what a wonderful surprise!!

No bitterness and so very tasty!! This fall will see my planting more from my own started seeds!!

Napa cabbage is one of my fall favorites, although it's hard to get my timing right. I usually plant too early or too late, even when I stagger them. Napa cabbage is very cold hearty. I have harvested mine in the freezing rain.

You can just remove some of the outer frozen leaves and they are still fresh on the inside.

CapeCoddess 5/4/2017, 4:18 pm

I'm eating 'gus daily. It doesn't even make it into the house. Embarassed

**kauairosina** 5/4/2017, 8:52 pm

I have a recipe I plan to make next week with the last of our wonderful asparagus.. Calls for peas, our sugar snaps, pasta, green onions and I put bella mushrooms in everything.

**sanderson** 5/5/2017, 3:01 am

I actually bought some Little Jade, baby Napa Cabbage for Fall, but I am going to sow some in the salad box just to see what happens.

countrynaturals 5/5/2017, 10:43 am

Cauliflower I found yesterday. Cool

newbeone 5/6/2017, 1:00 pm

Nice fresh salad with home grown Malabar spinach, Tomatoes, Cucumber and small chard leaves, and a small sliced zucchini.

**camprn** 5/7/2017, 6:26 pm

Here in New England it is sorrel season and I am greatful. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/03/29/dining/the-secret-life-of-sorrel.html?post_id=1078398971_10211210855762060#_=_

**Scorpio Rising** 5/7/2017, 9:39 pm

camprn wrote:Here in New England it is sorrel season and I am greatful. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/03/29/dining/the-secret-life-of-sorrel.html?post_id=1078398971_10211210855762060#_=_

How do you use it, Camp?

**donnainzone5** 5/8/2017, 12:03 pm

Yesterday, I enjoyed my first 2017 serving of asparagus. Home-grown rosemary (now dried and dead?) adorned a roast chicken.

**camprn** 5/8/2017, 12:09 pm

Scorpio Rising wrote:
camprn wrote:Here in New England it is sorrel season and I am greatful. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/03/29/dining/the-secret-life-of-sorrel.html?post_id=1078398971_10211210855762060#_=_
How do you use it, Camp?

As a green or a herb. Click on the link in my post.

newbeone 5/8/2017, 12:38 pm

First batch of green beans and fried okra, a salad with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.

countrynaturals 5/8/2017, 1:45 pm

Peas and chives. Very Happy

**Scorpio Rising** 5/8/2017, 7:58 pm

camprn wrote:
Scorpio Rising wrote:
camprn wrote:Here in New England it is sorrel season and I am greatful. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2000/03/29/dining/the-secret-life-of-sorrel.html?post_id=1078398971_10211210855762060#_=_
How do you use it, Camp?

As a green or a herb. Click on the link in my post.

Crazy! What a versatile player!

**kauairosina** 5/8/2017, 8:08 pm

My goodness, I had no idea how versatile sorrel is. I copied some of the recipes to a Word doc to consider at a future time, not having sorrel in the garden right now but i will order seeds.

Who knew? as they say.

**donnainzone5** 5/8/2017, 8:30 pm

One or two seeds should suffice.

**Scorpio Rising** 5/8/2017, 11:20 pm

donnainzone5 wrote:One or two seeds should suffice.

I would love to have a try, I am gonna go over to Seedsavers Exchange to get me some!

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