Wednesday 30 June 2021
Spinach Specialist
Tuesday 29 June 2021
A Pair of Fancy Pants
Monday 28 June 2021
Killin' the Kale
Sunday 27 June 2021
A Sunday Hike
Saturday 26 June 2021
A Saturday Ride
Friday 25 June 2021
Creating a Refuge from the Rain
Thursday 24 June 2021
It's Delithith
Wednesday 23 June 2021
Death Nap
P.S. She looks dead but she is totally and completely fine. Just napping like a champ after an enormous breakfast.
Tuesday 22 June 2021
Buttercup Blossoms
Monday 21 June 2021
Reclaiming What is Mine
Sunday 20 June 2021
Daddy's Day?
Saturday 19 June 2021
A Classier Burn
We are happy to report that after some serious gardening effort, the weed-fest in our chicken coop vegetable garden is now under control. I am sure our growing potato and garlic plants are grateful for the extra room and sunshine.
Friday 18 June 2021
Lovage Overload
Our garden harvests are ramping up. I love having enough variety to make whole meals from the garden. Of all our plants, the kale has really taken off - typical. Despite being very good for us, kale is unanimously our family's least favourite vegetable. We are very good at growing it, however.
I am always looking for good ways to disguise the strong taste of kale in our meals. My most recent attempt: scape stir fry. I did well using a bunch of different vegetables from the garden: green onions, garlic scapes, borage leaves, chard, lovage, cabbage leaves, snap peas, wine cap mushrooms and, of course, kale.
I am not sure why the lovage (a perennial herb whose flavour is supposed to emulate celery) is so flavourful this year. Maybe the dry weather has concentrated its taste? On the plus side with all the lovage taste we could not even taste the kale. On the down side, the stir fry overwhelming tasted of lemony celery - like, a lot.
Our stir fry was definitely not the best tasting meal in history but it certainly was healthy and filled us up. It might be time to revert back to Mme. Gaelle's soup - a favourite around here - to use up our next kale harvest. Luckily that recipe does not call for lovage.
Thursday 17 June 2021
Goats are Weirdos
Yes, this is actually a garden of rows of garlic, potatoes and vegetables. I know you can't tell. |
Yikes! |
After an hour or so of weeding, Liam and I managed to at least find the rows of vegetables.
We still have a long way to go - the potatoes and garlic need some major attention - but at least we are better landscapers than our goats. Goats are weirdos.