Like fellow DC gardener The Slow Cook, I’ve been joyfully harvesting fall salad greens. Last weekend I picked a veritable bale of baby arugula and lettuces. The greens have been so tender and tasty that I haven’t wanted to adulterate them with a lot of add-ins; it’s been a dressing-only affair. And though I usually [...]
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Salad Dressing, by way of Annapolis
Posted in Food, tagged lettuce, reviews, salad dressing, salad greens, salads on October 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Weekend Photos: How the Garden Grows
Posted in Gardening, tagged beets, carrots, chard, lettuce, mexican sour gherkins, salad greens, swiss chard on October 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
My fall garden is doing very well, and now I’m once again dealing with an excess of greens. And some of the stars of summer are producing into the fall. I’m still getting jalapeños and other peppers, plus a few tomatoes here and there (Romas and Dr. Carolyns). And the Swiss Chard is as productive [...]
BLT Salad
Posted in Food, Gardening, tagged bacon, BLTs, lettuce, salad greens, salads, tomato on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love BLT sandwiches, but it’s not exactly the healthiest thing one can make for dinner. So I like to make a BLT salad, which cuts down on the carbs and greatly increases the leafy greens. And oddly enough, that adjusted ratio is perfect for what’s coming out of my garden right now. I’ve got [...]
My Mother’s Vegetable Garden
Posted in Gardening, tagged blueberries, brandywines, Brussels sprouts, Gardening, heirloom tomatoes, late blight, lettuce, Olympia, peas, raised beds, salad greens, strawberries, tomatoes on July 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This year my mother decided to put in some raised beds out on the south side of the house, where there’s enough sun to grow vegetables. Thanks to her hard work and one of the sunniest Olympia summers on record, her beds are positively overflowing with produce: From left to right, she is growing salad [...]
Spring Round-Up: What Worked, What Didn’t
Posted in Gardening, tagged arugula, baby bok choy, bok choy, chinese broccoli, collards, garden plans, kale, lettuce, mei qing choi, peas, radishes, salad greens, swiss chard on May 29, 2009 | 7 Comments »
It’s almost June, and I can now make some assessments of the spring crops. There are some things that I’ll grow more of next year, and some things that don’t seem worth planting again. Radishes: The regular radishes were great, especially when they were small. I didn’t care for radishes before this, but these were [...]
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