Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Iris in Bloom

See the lovely lavender irises blooming? See the vigorous horseradish blooming white in the background? See Tommy, the Guardian of the Garden, lurking in the shade? See the pea pole teepees waiting for the sugar peas to crawl all the way to the top? I love gardening!

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Lunch muffins

Yummiest savory salmon lunch muffins!

2.25 c. cooked wild rice blend
8 oz  spicy Creole seasoned grilled salmon
3/4 c chopped onions
3/4 c chopped broccoli
1 c chopped spinach
4 eggs
2 Tbs good olive oil
Creole season salt

Prehheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all ingredients except salt.
Put muffin cups in muffin pans. Fill cups to tho top with rice mixture.
Sprinkle lightly with the seasoning salt.
Bake 30 minutes. Cool completely before freezing.
Reheat by microwaving.  1 - 2 minutes.
Serve with a little tartar sauce or mayonaise, as they tend to be dry.

Planting rhubarb

We bought a little Troybuilt rototiller, and ran it two days, and the choke lever which was plastic, broke off. Poor design. Adorable hubbie took it back and traded it for another one.
But now I have been interupted so many times thus weekend, I never got to rototill any more of the garden. I did get the third rhubarb plant planted, so that is something. And I did a little weeding, always a good thing.
Ah well, tomorrow is another day, as they say...

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Peas and more peas

First real time in the garden this evening!  Broke out the new rototiller and promptly broke the choke lever.  Who makes a choke lever out of plastic, anyway?
Was able to till up enough dirt to plant peas.  Sugar snap peas. 3 teepees of them, which should yield a crop 65 days from now. Yum!
The garlic planted last year is going great guns. That is it looking weedy next to the pea teepees.Tomorrow I will plant more garlic, for a second later crop.  I noticed a few volunteer potatoes coming up as well. I haven't decided if I will leave them or not.
The rhubarb are getting big.  I have selected where I will put the third one. Horseradish and lemon verbena and bee balm are all doing fine.