June pickins'

BackRiver_SFG 6/12/2012, 5:57 pm

Lettuce varities, onions, some carrot teases and snap peas! What are you eating from your garden today? - Page 20 88662

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kateh 6/12/2012, 9:39 pm

Still eating lots of lettuce and radishes - but my snap peas are flowering and I have my first couple of peas are showing up -so hopefully soon!

Goosegirl 6/12/2012, 9:57 pm

Almost got a strawberry. My one plant that survived the winter put out 1 blossom, produced one berry that I have eagerly watching grow from a little green button into a medium-sized white berry. 2 days ago I saw it just starting to blush pink. This morning I went to check on it and it is GONE!!!

Dang Rabbit!

GG

jmsieglaff 6/12/2012, 10:31 pm

Broccoli (medium-small main heads from Apollo) and my favorite, sideshoots (from Atlantis). It's about 10oz of broccoli, not a lot, but it's the first time I've grown it and it really is so much better fresh!

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FamilyGardening 6/13/2012, 1:15 am

hubby called me to the SFG tonight....it was a faint sound....

*psssst*.....*pssst*....is what i heard Cool

.....when i walk over to him he was standing by the sugar snap peas Very Happy

.....he whispered....

*come here*....*you want to share the first sugar snap pea with me?* :drunken:

see we were sneaking the first sugar snap pea behind our childrens back affraid

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.....he took a bite and then fed me the second bite

hugs

rose

Goosegirl 6/13/2012, 2:25 am

He's a KEEPER, Rose!

GG

gregrenee88 6/13/2012, 2:43 pm

Snap peas, lettuce & spinach....YUM!!!!!
Renee Cool

les1727 6/13/2012, 4:06 pm

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Just harvested my first green beans. Think i harvested them a little to late. There pretty big. Will be cooking them up tonite. Tom are green , peppers havent harvest, cucs are still not budding yet.

YUM YUMMMYY!!!!

gregrenee88 6/14/2012, 9:38 pm

les1727 wrote: Just harvested my first green beans. Think i harvested them a little to late. There pretty big. Will be cooking them up tonite. Tom are green , peppers havent harvest, cucs are still not budding yet.

YUM YUMMMYY!!!!

Our green beans are just really starting to grow and attaching themselves to the trellis. We are doing pole beans.

We also noticed buds on our watermelons & zucchinis.

les1727 6/14/2012, 10:18 pm

Mine as well are just starting to attach. Well the whole family has eaten them. They were good. The kids really enjoyed them. Just picked parsley,basil n c Sad

illantro.

cheyannarach 6/15/2012, 1:05 am

We had steaks, potatoes baked in olive oil with dill and basil from the garden, and wilted lettuce salad made with spinach, lettuce, green onions, and radishes all from the garden! Yummy, thanks again Boffer!

curio 6/15/2012, 8:09 am

We have been eating all sorts of lettuce from the garden for weeks now. The broccoli is ready now, so we've been enjoying broccoli picked right after the water is put on to cook it. Snow peas from the garden are on the menu for tonight's stir fry, and sugar snaps will be on the table tomorrow.
First plantings of turnip greens are long gone and the new crop isn't quite ready yet.
It's still too early for most of the rest of what's been planted, although some of last year's garlic is starting to look pretty promising.

FamilyGardening 6/15/2012, 6:44 pm

as we are working in the gardens today sunny

we are eating fresh picked.... from the plant into our mouths....raddish, lettuce, green onion, sugar snap peas and strawberries bounce

last night for dinner we had pork roast with cabbage & onion from the garden and mashed cauliflower from the garden :drunken: ...yum!

hugs

rose

J_in_HamiltonON 6/15/2012, 6:54 pm

Harvested a colorful assortment of swiss chard (Ruby Red and Bright Lights variety). Eye candy, greens and yellows and orange and pink and red:
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When you do stop growing / harvesting swiss chard? Does it become bitter or does it stop growing?

JustMe 6/15/2012, 7:03 pm

sugar snap peas - only 2
strawberries - gave to neighbors

Last year, we harvested Swiss chard throughout the season. No bitter leaves during the summer, though I did harvest the leaves on the smaller side. (That's a mighty pretty harvest you have!)

BetsyC 6/16/2012, 2:52 pm

One...count it ONE! A cute little green cubanelle type pepper. It tasted mighty good too all by it's lonesome!

herblover 6/16/2012, 3:11 pm

Greens! By the colanderful! Also have picked a few jalapeno peppers, and harvested basil for basil lemonade to go with tonite's dinner (tomato basil chicken brats from the CSA, green beans with walnuts, new potatoes and salad).

hopeless151 6/16/2012, 3:33 pm

[Too many cucumbers!!! What do I do with them all?!?!?! quote]

boffer 6/16/2012, 3:53 pm

The end of the broccoli, the beginning of two types of cauliflower, the first carrots of the year, new potatoes, and our first greenhouse cucumber.

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FamilyGardening 6/16/2012, 4:17 pm

J-in-H....that chard is so pretty!!....we have been trying to grow it but it hasnt done much...same with the kale.....we dont really like that taste of them but we think they sure are pretty and thought about juicing them Very Happy

Boffer.... Shocked

wowzers what a great harvest you have there!!.....are those taters from last years over winter plants?

happy harvesting everyone!!

hugs

rose

boffer 6/16/2012, 4:35 pm

FamilyGardening wrote:Boffer.... wowzers what a great harvest you have there!!.....are those taters from last years over winter plants?...

Yep, they're way ahead of everything I planted this year. Since our ground doesn't freeze, it seems that covering with plastic to keep the overwintering taters from drowning is all that's necessary.

From the other day...I take my corn off the cob before freezing, and I don't blanch. It is unbelievably better than store bought frozen corn.

I can't believe how big your cabbage head got already. I swear you live in your own banana belt! Are you close to the Sound? That area seems to always be ahead of everybody else.

Suzy 6/16/2012, 4:47 pm

J_in_HamiltonON wrote:Harvested a colorful assortment of swiss chard (Ruby Red and Bright Lights variety). Eye candy, greens and yellows and orange and pink and red:

(the colors look brighter that the picture suggests)

Looked great but it was bitter .
When you do stop growing / harvesting swiss chard? Does it become bitter or does it stop growing?

Hi, J - I find that Swiss Chard is best young. It's the same family as beets, but it is a sturdy green and needs longer cooking time. I love what it does for soups! I was still harvesting Swiss Chard last December 5 - it just wouldn't stop growing and I wasn't going to pull the plants until it did. Laughing

I am near Green Bay, WI - zone 4, my garden is pretty well done by mid-October.

FamilyGardening 6/16/2012, 5:58 pm

boffer wrote:
FamilyGardening wrote:Boffer.... wowzers what a great harvest you have there!!.....are those taters from last years over winter plants?...
Yep, they're way ahead of everything I planted this year. Since our ground doesn't freeze, it seems that covering with plastic to keep the overwintering taters from drowning is all that's necessary.

From the other day...I take my corn off the cob before freezing, and I don't blanch. It is unbelievably better than store bought frozen corn.

I can't believe how big your cabbage head got already. I swear you live in your own banana belt! Are you close to the Sound? That area seems to always be ahead of everybody else.

yes we are by the bay Very Happy

banana belt....ha ha ha....my daughter asked last week if we could grow babanas here..... What are you eating from your garden today? - Page 20 889526

we are trying cantalope and grapes for the first time.....we already have strawberries, blue berries, rasberries and black berries....but...we are missing the banana part of fruit salad....... What are you eating from your garden today? - Page 20 53366

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hugs

rose

darci.strutt 6/17/2012, 7:48 am

The peas are just starting to form. I'm hoping to grab a handful to go with the last of our spinach and radish. The spinach "bolted" so I pulled it up last night, washed some for salads, and then cooked the rest up for my hubby and myself for a late night snack. I have never cooked my fresh spinach before. It was nummy!! I've also never planted cool weather crops in the fall...but may just try it. The fresh salads this spring have been wonderful!! The cilantro looks big enough to start harvesting so I'm planning some good meals for our lunches this week.

We have flowers on zucchini and cucumber but no fruit yet. I've never had luck with zucchini so am keeping my fingers crossed Mel's Mix will make the difference. I also planted a couple radish with each zucchini as a "companion" to keep away bugs. I'm loving my new garden!

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