Edibles: Ancho Grande (Poblano)

Edibles: Peruvian Purple Chile

Edibles: Nasturtium (with Guest)

The Nasturtium's leaves and flowers are both edible, imparting a peppery taste to salads or other dishes. Recently, Lindsay and I decorated some burritos with flowers from these plants. We didn't eat the Japanese Beetle.

Edibles: Mini Red Bell Pepper & Sunlight

Edibles: NuMex Twilight

This plant is a trooper. It lived inside this past winter and was beset by mealybugs. They were there for quite awhile before I finally managed to get rid of them. Then the poor plant was infested with aphids. They had eaten most of the leaves before it warmed up enough to bring the plant outside. Now it's my leading chile producer. This picture was taken a couple weeks back and some of the peppers are beginning to turn to their next shade, which appears to be white.

Edibles: My First Tomato

This little tomato did most of its growing while the tiny plant was still inside of a pop-bottle container. It's beating out all my other tomato plants. The fruit of the Furry Yellow Hog Tomato is supposed to be striped with white and yellow or green (as well as ping-pong ball sized and covered in peach fuzz), so I don't know where these reddish hues are coming from. We'll see.

Edibles

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My first multicrop, Garden Cress and White Hailstone Radishes.

Edibles

Edibles

I've got a few posts brewing, so check back tomorrow and in the next few days for a Garden Log update, some reflections on my experiences so far, and my plans for this growing season.

Edibles

First Harvest

The first florets from what I now believe to be Rapini. The taste somehow reminded me of Passover. As with broccoli, removing the first flower stalk prompts the plant to send out side shoots.

Flowering Food

As far as I know, you're supposed to harvest broccoli before it flowers. This one was too quick though, or maybe I just wasn't prepared.