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Tag: Garlic

  • Asian Style Fava Greens

    Fresh Fava Greens Our fava bean plants are prolific. See our April 2023 posting for more information about growing fava beans. We’ve started harvesting the young green shoots for some tasty dishes. They have a mild flavor, a bit like spinach greens. Use like other greens by steaming, sautéing or add to other dishes. Here…

  • What’s Growing Now – April 2023

    April warmed up and after a wet March everything is growing! Wildflowers along with other plantings are blooming in abundance. The California poppies and lupines do a great job of spreading themselves around the whole garden. We also encourage the Shirley Poppies in shades of red and pink. Color all around. Walking into our April…

  • What’s Growing Now – March 2023

    March started and ended with rainy weather. Nice for the green growing plants. Our Miner’s lettuce is thrilled with the cool wet weather! All the deep moisture should give us an abundance of wild flowers in the next couple months. Sounds from the garden this month were on the wet side. We heard some happy…

  • What’s Growing Now – January 2023

    January had a nice wet start giving us a good dose of much needed rain. We had a few storms with 1 to 3 inches of rain each. Some heavy rain at times, but no problems right around us. Now we are drying out, even had Santa Ana winds blowing a few days with humidity…

  • Garlic Growing Experiment Part 1

    Why Grow Garlic? Garlic is a regular item in most of our cooking. We love the taste and it has a long list of health benefits. But we’ve not had garlic on our list of crops. Now we’ve decided to jump in with a major garlic planting of about 500 plants. Here’s the background. Many…

  • Lemony Refrigerator Pickles

    With an abundance of summer cucumbers we had the inspiration for some pickling. Since we also have a good supply of Meyer Lemons, they became the sour side of the pickling process instead of vinegar. Not wanting to get into the full canning process we decided to try some quick refrigerator style pickles. Here is…