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| The first strawberries of summer harvested today! The lacinato kale cut back to the nub a week ago has rebounded with another big surge, and it is as delicious as ever. It has to be pulled out this week though to make way for summer crops. I'm accumulating asparagus for a few days with an eye toward pickling.Those berries? Breakfast. |
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| I never tire of these purple irises—fragrant, resilient, and reliable. They've been delighting the senses for about 30 years. |
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| A new dogwood blooms as a 30-year-old rhodie climbs the roof. |
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| Giant lupine in front of the house. Unfortunately, black aphids love these, and last year I pulled a couple plants. I'm keeping my eye on this last one, ready to do battle. |
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| The last of the 2012 spaghetti squash baked today. It's hard to believe it's lasted eight months. Last fall PK swabbed the keeper squashes with a bleach solution and also wiped down the storage area. Hooray! |
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| Tonight's dinner: Spaghetti squash topped with 2012 marinara sauce and May 8, 2013 garden bonanza: bok choy, broccoli, kale, and, from the grocery store, sweet yellow peppers, all sauteed in olive and sesame oils with minced garlic and ginger and seasoned with ginger/lemon flavored sea salt. Heaven. |
