Playing with my food!
I couldn’t get into my groove today. I was half heartedly doing some housework. Going to have to do it more whole-heartedly tomorrow! The days are slipping by and there is still a bit to organise before going up to Cradle on our hike.
Next step – write list.
There are a lot more chillies in the hothouse to pick. I left them for today as I wasn’t in the mood for standing about cutting and de-seeding. Maybe tomorrow?
This is a patch of thirty random tomato plants – the ones that self seeded in the hothouse that I relocated. A lot of them have fruit. We are yet to see if they ripen
I thought they would all be cherry tomatoes! Not so! I am seeing quite a variety so far!
I think this garden bed may have gotten away from me! The lettuce were in here earlier in the season. Half of it has now been taken over by self seeded tomatoes. I have a ‘meh’ attitude towards them. They can look after themselves and if I get some fruit, then yay! Not going to (as Ruby would say) break my heart over them.
The other half of that garden bed contains the relocated beetroots which are going really really well. Some big ones getting along quite happily in there! The few lettuce that are also there are going nicely and are at the point where I can snag a few leaves here and there for dinner
Still got more than enough parsley around to keep us going. And rogue potatoes everywhere!
I would say this one is about ready to dig up – but no rush, since we already have so many.
I don’t have so much of a bean arch, as a bean slump! Some repair work needed! I have gotten a couple of zucchinis off the plant in the middle, but not a lot. Random tomatoes are also growing among the beans.
Ahhh, my rhubarb! I have never cooked it before so I am completely procrastinating about tackling it!
I put in some purple carrot seeds in one part of the carrot patch. They were old, so it was a bit of pot luck. They have raced to seed.
On a happier carrot-note, I saw some tiny shoots popping up where I planted some of my first saved seed. (er… like three so the photos as yet are not inspiring)
There are still happy cheerful flowers dotted about the yard which keeps everything upbeat.
Hope everyone has had a fab day!
Cheers!
Never cooked rhubarb before?! That’s a staple out here. Crisps, pies, breads, jam, etc. So good! If you are too busy, slice it up like celery and freeze it for later. I also like to make rhubarb lemonade, it is so tasty and pink. Let me know if you want the recipe 😉 Your veg all look great. I’m going to start the tomatoes and peppers today and also try out strawberries from seed. So exciting, ha ha!
oooo – good to know you can freeze rhubarb! I didn’t get around to thinking of that! I have vague thoughts of rhubarb/raspberry pie… 🙂
mmmmm I would love your recipe for the lemonade to try!!
How exciting – starting some vegies at long last. Its agony waiting during the last part of winter and early spring to get going!!
Oh that rhubarb! So gorgeous.
I’ve given up growing it here. Tried 3 times and ADL’s summer just kills it every time. So now I just pay a lot for it at the greengrocers – Mr Adventure, my not-husband, loves it – and we always have a container of poached rhubarb in the fridge.
When do you start your long walk? I’ve just remembered to tell you …. if you can, soak your feet in cold water when you stop for lunch and at the end of the day. Does wonders for avoiding tendonitis. When we walked the Camino, we would soak our feet in fountains in town squares, irrigation channels, public washing places, wherever we could find cold water. Eventually we got a Sea to Summit folding sink. XXxx
Good advice about the cold water & feet thing! I bet at the very least it would feel like heaven after a number of hours on the go! We leave on the 14th March. If all goes according to plan we will be hiking for about 7 days. 🙂 Thank-you
Hummm. Rhubarb. At one time I had 4 plants but the gophers, thankfully, killed off two of them. I still have two that produce yearly far too much rhubarb for us to use. I found that no one, even me, really likes rhubarb in my family. Unfortunately, I still have bags of chopped rhubarb in our freezer. I’ve started putting it in everything, soups, stews, and other savory dishes, as well as any kind of fruit bread. Actually, my husband and I agree it’s not too bad in savory dishes. I try not to bake sweet desserts so that route is out. You may like to check out this Rhubarb Compendium. It has lots of interesting facts on rhubarb and lots of recipes. http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/maincontents
Thats funny – like me with so many beans and not a real love for them at all! (I just enjoy growing them…) Thank-you for the link! Once I have been and done our hike I will pay attention to the rhubarb and see what I can do with it!