Today's Pickings

[TomatoTango]

I probably need to spend more time cleaning than gardening, lol. I mixed my greens today with onions + soy sauce.

 

[zigs]

Last of the tiddies...

 

[zigs]

American cress is doing really well, it'll go to seed soon though

 

[headfullofbees]

May I suggest that you pick it before it runs to seed and make "water"cress soup, freezing it prior to adding the cream?

 

[zigs]

May I suggest that you pick it before it runs to seed and make "water"cress soup, freezing it prior to adding the cream?

Good plan Bees but I don't have a freezer

 

[headfullofbees]

Well, if you don't add the cream in advance of using it, it will keep a week in the fridge, or the garden shed in this weather, if you don't have a fridge.

 

[TomatoTango]

Kale art:

 

[Gardening Girl]

This looks like an old thread, but I just had to brag too. Here is a picture of the strawberries I picked on April 10th, 2018. This is the second year for the strawberry plants. I am in zone 8 US. I planted them originally in October of 2016. We usually plant them and cover them with a frost cover if we are getting below freezing. I had a short partial row that I experimented with this year. We got down to 9 degrees F this winter, with the whole week below freezing. That is really unusual for us. I did not cover the short partial row, but I did cover the long row. Both are producing the same at this time. I thought strawberries were a whole lot more cold sensitive, but I guess I was wrong.

 

[Kathererine]

Awesome! I love veggies.

 

[zigs]

Remember those spring onions I got for 5p last year ?

 

[Joan Beatty]

Remember those spring onions I got for 5p last year ?

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Wow,good job,how about the yield this year?better?

I have the Lettuce and Basil grow indoor, under with the mars ECO grow light. Before the pics were taken I had to trim the Basil. 1 week under the light, HUGE difference from my normal grow fixture, which was a 120 watt fluorescent. The new light is vastly superior.

 

[Gardening Girl]

As I was picking snow peas this weekend I couldn't help but wonder why they are the exact same colors as the leaves?? Just about impossible to find them all. They do an excellent job of hiding, but it is worth the effort.

 

[Joan Beatty]

As I was picking snow peas this weekend I couldn't help but wonder why they are the exact same colors as the leaves?? Just about impossible to find them all. They do an excellent job of hiding, but it is worth the effort.

May be the snow peas just dont want you to find them,hahaha.

I think this helps them to survive better. Many creatures have the same skin color as the environment,to protect themselves.

 

[Larisa]

Salad in the greenhouse grows delicious. Just in the garden I do not plant, there the salad becomes a little bitter.

 

[DirtMechanic]

Summer squash, zukes, cucumber, eggplant and okra. Filled a 5 gallon bucket.