Vegetable Gardening

[smilingcat]

Cute moment at dinner last night, as my husband and I talked about the "garden":

Me, excited: And there is a little zucchini that's starting to grow there! I just saw it today!

He, nonchalent: How do you know it's there?
Me, puzzled: What do you mean, how do I know it's there? It's there!
He, getting puzzled: But how can you see it?
Me, laughing: It's not growing underground!! It's above ground!

My husband thought zucchini and cucumber grew underground.

However big the quotation marks around "garden," this is proving to be educational for everybody.

Too funny!! But I can see this happening.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

We've been enjoying a surplus of leaf lettuces from my older little garden for the past few weeks. I have been giving fresh lettuce to a woman friend I fitness walk with, and once I gave it to her in a flat tupperware box.
She returned the box to me the other day full of soaked broccoli sprouting seeds.
This was something new to me. So I did what she told me and now three days later I had a nice 2 cup harvest of green broccoli sprouts- my first sprouts ever!

I've always liked alfalfa sprout sandwiches, so I did some quick reading on sprouting and today at the health food store I bought some more sprouting seeds to try: alfalfa, flax, and more broccoli seed.
I soaked and set some alfalfa up in a jar, and some flax in a plastic box.

Cool to think that I could grow fresh greens in the middle of winter blizzards.

Do you guys do sprouts too?

Deaimond- this is some 'gardening' you could certainly do without any land at all!

[mudmucker]

I've been doing red clover and radish sprouts for a while now. I like them better than alfalfa. There's a natural foods shop a few towns over so I get my sprouting seeds there.

[NoNo]

I stopped by my garden after work today. It's not really mine, it's my aunt's BF's, but I offered to help plant and weed in exchange for some veggies. Things are coming along, although the month of rain we had really has slowed development. The recent sunshine seems to be helping, so if things stay this way we should be in good shape. Plenty of tomatoes (those are just getting flowers now), the zucchini are starting to sprout, the eggplant and peppers are coming along well, the broccoli and cauliflower should be ok, there isn't nearly as much corn as we'd hoped, and the beans just aren't taking. There are some other veggies, I can't remember, but overall we're on the right track. And you can't go wrong with the fresh eggs from the chickens

[tulip]

I have a cucumber! It's very small, but it's there!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I have a cucumber! It's very small, but it's there!

Destined to become a classic TE post.

[smilingcat]

I guess I should count my blessings.

Day before yesterday:
Zucchini, sqaush in marinara sauce. Salad was cucumber and maui onion sliced thin.

Yesterday:
Sauteed zucchini and squash. For a salad, cucumber, baby greens, green zebra tomatoes.

Today:
For lunch, left over zucchini, and squash.
Dinner today zucchini (three kinds woohoo), squash, snow peas and some chicken for seasoning. Schezuan style (sp) For the salad, it was cucumber, cucumber and cucumber salad three kinds of cucumber. wow... variety.

Tomorrow:
wanna guess? hint we've got lots of zucchini, squash, cucumber, tomatoes, baby greens. perhaps stuffed zucchini and squash. Stuffed with brown rice, tomato, cheese...

Zucchinis are too nice to turn them into a pizza crust. hmm maybe zucchini sticks, battered and deep fried. Served with ranch dressing. yummo in which case, I may have to pick up some mozzrella cheese for cheese sticks. super yummo. served with marinara sauce.

I like zucchini and squash but I could use a break.

I think there is going to be some random act of kindness. Brown bag filled with vegies are going to be found in people's car . Another reason to lock your car at night.

well somethings are total failure. we've had complete crop failure with spinach. We are trying it again with summer variety. Its a learning experience.

Overall happy.