AMAZING AMOUNTS OF FOOD
May, 2009
STARTING THE MONTH OFF WITH PLENTY
Before we went on vacation, Bob pulled fistfulls of beets and armloads of kale from the garden.
We pickled the beets, then blanched the kale and froze it for next winter.
LETTUCE BE GRATEFUL
Big salads are something we eat at least twice a day. With pickled beets, deep fried tempeh bacon and toasted home baked bread.
METAMORPHOSIS
These colorful caterpillars turned our magnificent parsley plant into black swallowtail butterflies.
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER THREE HEADS OF LETTUCE
Like we said, we ate big salads twice or three times a day for most of the month.
WHEAT AND PEAS
Two plants that reach for the stars. The wheat fields of the central plains made our country strong. It’s a wonder that wheat didn’t make it as the National Food. Interestingly, today many Americans are wary of ingesting products high in either carbohydrates or gluten.
ENDING THE MONTH WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH
After we returned from our trip north, we discovered incredible growth in our container gardens. The lettuce was bursting, the peas had grown three feet taller.
HOPS AND PEAS
The garden is over the top, thanks to a wet spring.
WHEAT, LETTUCE, POPPIES, AND TOMATOES
Wheat, lettuce and poppies.
Tomatoes.
POPPIES!
After seeing these strange pods manifest themselves, we realized they must have been the inspiration for the despicable man-eating plant in “Little Shop of Horrors.”
FROM THE COMPOST PILE
Bob dumped a load of our home made compost into this spot and it sprouted dozens of tomatoes, some sunflowers and squash.
BEYOND OUR GARDEN
Bob taught a workshop on square foot gardening and the class built this nifty garden at Central Carolina Community College.
Two out of three weekly CSA shares. Yes, we are getting produce from three different farms in addition to our garden. You have permission to call us crazy.
GARDENIAS AND MUSHROOMS
Our gardenia was overwhelmed with blooms and mushrooms were popping out of the lawn. What a great feeling to come home and find all of this bounty within our reach. What a great feeling not have to drive out to the grocery store for produce that shipped from far away. (We didn’t eat these particular mushrooms.)