The lilies of the valley are in bloom on this Mother’s Day. My mother planted the original twelve pips more than fifty years ago. Now they’ve spread across the entire north side of the house.
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Even the longest winter ends. The first flowers (snowdrops) bloomed in my garden in the Chicago suburbs on March 11. And at night, the first thunderstorm of the season! The last rose of 2009. Appropriately, the variety is called Iceberg, and it almost always has its last bloom in November. Cooking ahead again, since this week will be busy: Navy bean gravy, from Vegan Brunch by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. This was good with a baked potato and some plain Greek yogurt. Sea slaw, from Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything Vegetarian. This combination of cabbage, wakame, and peanuts sounds odd but is really good. I’ve [...] My biweekly produce box from Timber Creek Farms finally included some sweet corn. Two ears, steamed for five minutes, and homegrown tomatoes fresh from the garden this morning — a perfect summer lunch. Picked the first tomatoes of the season today, just about when I usually do, despite the cool summer that we’ve had. Three Sweet Hearts grape tomatoes, and two Orange Paruche cherry tomatoes. I also picked some arugula. The beans and peppers are in flower, and there’s one eggplant. A lovely day after a Saturday windstorm, but I didn’t get out in the garden until late afternoon. Still, I was able to lay some boards down and to plant sugar snap peas, romaine lettuce (De Morges Braun), and more Amethyst radishes. The pac choi, arugula, lettuce mix, and radishes planted last week are all [...] At last, a beautiful spring weekend after a long, cold, wet spring. I cleaned up the flower beds and herb garden, picked up sticks from the lawn, and sowed a few seeds: Arugula – Sylvetta Lettuce – Wild Garden Mix Pac choi – Ching Chiang Parsley – Dark Green Italian Plain (used all the seeds) [...] |
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