July 10th, 2007 - First (non) green bean!
I went out to the garden this morning to pick my first zuchini. To my disappointment, the little one I’d seen growing last week had shriveled up. But I glanced at the nearby Dragon beans-white with purple stripes-and found one ready to eat! It’s in my salad for lunch.
I forgot to mention before that I also have had sprouts in my local salads. I grow them off and on in the cupboard with varying degrees of success. I find it hard to use them in the winter since there isn’t much I eat that they go with, but I do try to remember them on soup and chili. Anyway, the local natural foods store (the one in Oshkosh, that is) doesn’t carry much variety in sprouting seeds, but had alfalfa, which I hadn’t tried. I LOVE it! It’s crunchier than the mixes I’ve tried with some sweetness. (I don’t care for bitter ones like radish.)
There won’t be many more salads. The spinach has bolted and everything else is getting tough. Perhaps one more this weekend to share with Michael and Ann Marie. Then, perhaps the beans will be coming in stronger and some zucchini will grow? The peas have just about had it with the heat; I thought they were gone last week, but found a good amount still growing yesterday. Maybe one more picking. The garlic is ready to dig up; wish I could do it tonight, but have to teach. Hopefully, it will rain today and will still be damp tomorrow to make it easy.