Picks of the Day
Offerings from the garden this morning. This is the second harvest for the tomatoes – last time was when we picked our first ripe one of the season – a full two weeks ago. That tells you what the weather has been like. The smoke from the 2000+ wildfires here in California filtered the sun quite a bit for the first two weeks of July and had quite an effect on the growth of the plants. Even with the hazy weather, I’m afraid the garden won’t be producing as in years past – more on why soon.
This time in addition to the Early Girl variety of tomato I got a few of the Celebrity which I had grown last year and loved for it’s meatiness – as in texture not taste.
So we also have some lemon cucumbers, a slicing cucumber, a globe squash (hidden under the tomatoes and cukes), a small handful of romano beans, basil tips and a bunch of my favorite dino kale.
Today I’ll be making a lentil and red quinoa soup so will add the globe squash, romano beans, basil and kale stems. The kale leaves will get a quick saute in extra virgin olive oil with some garlic that Robin gave me, then finished with a pinch of Redmond sea salt. Tomorrow I’ll make a Greek salad with the cucumbers, tomatoes and some mint from the garden along with some tasty Greek style feta.
Now, off to the stables with the gals for a load of compost…
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