Posts tagged gardenings.
RHUBARB LEMONADE!
Clay and I visited the Beaverton Farmer’s Market last Saturday and I just now got around to using the rhubarb I bought.
Rhubarb is really easy to work with, just cut about 8 stalks in to little pieces and boil with 2 cups water and a cup or two of sugar. When the rhubarb is all a mush, let it cool, then mix the zest and juice of about 6 lemons with the pink sludge. I only used a small bit of water, so it’s more of a syrup- perfect for mixing with some mineral water or maybe even some gin?
Enjoy!
Sweet Potatoes, Green Zebras, & Carrot Blossoms.
I managed to collect a few pounds of sweet potatoes from my garden, yesterday. I was surprised by how deep it had rooted itself; the further I dug the more stray roots I found. I’ve been so busy getting things in order for the move, I hadn’t noticed all the green zebra-striped tomatoes popping up all over the garden. All that’s left is to wait for the rest of the basil to dry up so I can collect it’s seeds.
I’ll miss you Chicago garden!
Stuffed Zucchini
I’ve been fairly negligent of my garden this summer, letting the lettuce get out of hand, not cutting back the flowers, etc. Though my biggest slight has been letting the zucchini grow well past harvest time. Now they’re mostly huge and full of seeds. I picked a couple of the largest and decided to try and make some good from them.
1) Hollow out sections of zucchini and rub inside and out with olive oil, then sprinkle with sea salt, pepper, and garlic.
2) Precook zucchini in oven at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes.
3) Meanwhile, lightly saute a chopped onion in some olive oil with salt and pepper. Add a chopped bell pepper, some chopped tomatoes, and minced basil.
4) Spoon vegetables into pre-cooked zucchini and bake for another 20 minutes, or until soft.
5) Next sprinkle some fresh mozzarella on top of each zucchini section and serve over bed of pasta.
Container Gardens.
I admit, my garden has fallen to the wayside these past two months…
Things have been growing just fine, but I haven’t been around to nip buds or gather the over-ripened tomatoes. It’s utter chaos out there. The elderly polski upstairs must think he has me beat.
Since it’s getting pretty chilly, I decided to transplant my rosemary and mint plants to lay dormant inside with me for the upcoming months. Though I don’t know what I’ll do with all of it! Maybe some mint candies this winter…?
Ooooooh
![Friday morning, Carson and I hopped the fence to the abandoned lot, next-door to her house. After clearing a 5’ x 5’ area, we planted a brandywine pink tomato, a yellow pear tomato, some basil, lettuce, and mint. Oh, and some of her [other] neighbors’ sunflower seeds.
Let’s hope the soil isn’t poisoned!
Yay.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/gc3xhNiytpj5rgwjBZoZyFWro1_500.jpg)
Friday morning, Carson and I hopped the fence to the abandoned lot, next-door to her house. After clearing a 5’ x 5’ area, we planted a brandywine pink tomato, a yellow pear tomato, some basil, lettuce, and mint. Oh, and some of her [other] neighbors’ sunflower seeds.
Let’s hope the soil isn’t poisoned!
Yay.
Backyard Garden, Rows From Top To Bottom:
- Lettuce Mix (Twenty Or So)/ Potato
- Carrots (Twenty Or So)/ Cleome Flowers
- Four Brandywine Pink and Three Yellow Pear Tomatoes/ Potato
- Genovese Basil (Twenty Or So)/ Mystery Perennial/ Rosemary Bush
- Four Green Bell Peppers/ Cleome Flowers/ Purslane & Clovers/ Potato
- Flowering Alfalfa/ Mint/ Three Small Rosemary Cuttings/ Four Garlics
![I installed a couple tiny shelves in the window a few weeks back, but haven’t really been able to use them until today. I seemed to be already running low on space for starting my summer seeds, so this morning I decided to transplant everything I could to the garden outside. I planted about 20 tiny lettuces [of different varieties], about seven large potato plants, a couple sprigs of rosemary and mint, some garlic [already a foot tall], a bunch of flowering alfalfa, and some cleome flowers. All the while my elderly neighbor tried carrying on a conversation with me, in Polish, from three stories above. Maybe I should learn some Polish for our next encounter. nie dotykaj mojej ziemniaków! [Do not touch my potatoes!]
Later I tried reassembling my bicycle. I don’t know if it’s the ball bearings that I misplaced, or a few other things, but something is definitely wrong.
Oh well!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/gc3xhNiytmmlkhhdNWWzG27po1_500.jpg)
I installed a couple tiny shelves in the window a few weeks back, but haven’t really been able to use them until today. I seemed to be already running low on space for starting my summer seeds, so this morning I decided to transplant everything I could to the garden outside. I planted about 20 tiny lettuces [of different varieties], about seven large potato plants, a couple sprigs of rosemary and mint, some garlic [already a foot tall], a bunch of flowering alfalfa, and some cleome flowers. All the while my elderly neighbor tried carrying on a conversation with me, in Polish, from three stories above. Maybe I should learn some Polish for our next encounter. nie dotykaj mojej ziemniaków! [Do not touch my potatoes!]
Later I tried reassembling my bicycle. I don’t know if it’s the ball bearings that I misplaced, or a few other things, but something is definitely wrong.
Oh well!
