Can I just say, wow?! It has been perfect growing weather with 29 days of no rain and temperatures above 72 degrees. My lasagna garden has taken off! We have been enjoying delicious herbs and other homegrown goodness this past week. The rainbow chard has been used in a soup and I made a creamy herb salad dressing that was a big hit around here.
Creamy Herb salad dressing and Easter Egg radishes from the farmers market.
The beets are nearly ready to be pulled from the ground (flavor is best when the beet roots are 2 inches across) and I have some recipes I'm really excited to try. If they're any good I'll share them with you. :O)
Beet greens are perfect in stir-fry and soups.
But maybe the most amazing thing to me growing out there is the zucchini. It's only June and my plants are mammoth and loaded with zucs. I planted a new variety this year besides the typical dark green. I can't remember what they are called but they are small and round like an apple. A green apple. With stripes. They are loaded too.
A happy little Lady on a mammoth zucchini leaf.Besides the rainbow chard, beets, and zucchini I also have patch of cabbage and three types of beans for drying. This lasagna garden has been a blast to make and very exciting to watch it grow. I'll admit that I was doubt full at first but Patricia Lanza has made a believer out of me. I don't think I'll ever use a tiller again!
4 comments:
Yipee! I was wondering how your garden was coming along. Maybe one of these days I'll be invited to come check it out in person. ;)
You're all invited to come celebrate the 4th with us,
if you don't already have plans.
Looking good!
Thanks Egor....:o)
Michelle, now that school is out you can pack up your brood and head on over anytime the mood strikes...you know you don't need an invitation! :o)
MMmmmMmmMmmmm, beeeeeeeets.
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