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Perfect fast lunch for a Meatless Monday Tastes better than fresh hollandaise, I swear. Cook a few spears of fresh asparagus in water like I show you in my first asparagus post. Gently fry (not like me with my huge freaking bubbles in the whites) one or two fresh eggs (rub the feathers [...] The Honeymoon. Yes, we are one week into the Honeymoon Stage of our asparagus harvest. That is the time where it is still a joy and a wonder to walk into the garden and find 20-30 spears that grew six inches overnight. I snap them off at the base, bring them in the house, [...] And Harden Your Hearts. Yes, I am talking about a flower: Violets. Johnny Jump-Ups. Small pansies. Whatever. Do not be deterred. Do not be swayed by their innocent demeanor. These plants will ruin your garden. Oh yes, they will charm you in the process, but be charmed and you have already lost the battle. [...] The Broadfork. Holy cats. I couldn’t remember the name of my favorite tool, or where I got it, so as I sat in bed killing time before church and sipping my coffee — with Pippi-dog burrowed under the sheets next to me, panting from the heat — I researched it. As usual, the internet [...] The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Even though I dealt with my annual compost task a couple weeks ago, I thought it might bear sharing, since I wrote one of my first blog posts about it and thought a picture of the same pile a year later would be cool. Unfortunately, the photos [...] I screwed my Canon 52mm Close-Up Lens on to my camera (Canon T1i) today and went out to the garden. I’m too lazy to ever think about a tripod, so I don’t really go about macro photography the correct way. But then, I don’t really go about anything the ‘correct way.’ This is as close [...] Burn ‘em right in place… Don’t get me wrong. I’m not actually endorsing this method. I’m simply stating that it is a very good way to rid yourself of a very massive amount of dead asparagus tops in short order. No cutting. No grunting No hauling. Perfect for me. You might want to [...] …With a bulb planter While I like to pretend to know what I’m talking about, in this case, you must take my preachings with a grain of salt. Or maybe even less. As I’ve said before, I tend to cut corners on tasks that I don’t care for. And one of those tasks is [...] …is not to start them from seed. Let’s just say I’ve been at this vegetable garden thing for quite some time now. Characteristically, when I started out, I wanted to everything to be over-the-top-perfect-best-way-to-do-things-ever. And I researched and planned. Started everything from seed. Obsessed. Etc. Etc. Which is odd. Because reading that, you’d think [...] 
Ignore that picture, as there is nothing wrong with it. What I should have done is take a picture of the date next to the cute little rows off pointy-headed bulbs. Because that would be more appropriate with the title of this post. You see, I am approximately 4.5 months late planting my shallots. [...] |
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