Here's the numbers for last week:
Piracicaba broccoli - 7 oz.
Capers - .75 oz.
Frisee - 5 oz.
Green Garlic - 6 oz.
Garlic Scapes - 1 oz.
Cimarron lettuce - 21.25 oz.
Noga lettuce - 5.25 oz.
Strawberries - 10.25 oz.
The total for the week is 3 lb., 8.5 oz.
The total for the year is 191 lb., 12.75 oz.
12 eggs last week
Harvest Monday is hosted by Daphne on her blog Daphne's Dandelions. Join in the fun, head on over there and show us what you've been harvesting lately.
It looks like you still had a pretty good harvest....strawberries...can't wait until mine out ripe!
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to see the capers. You'll have to show us next time.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for garlic scapes. I've head so much about them. Do you wait until the scapes form before you harvest the green garlic? I've been so tempted to pull up one of my garlic plants to see what's going on.
Yummy, capers. Like Thomas, I'd love to see a picture.
ReplyDeleteRobin, It was a good harvest and so much less work without the shelling and peeling of favas. :)
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Thomas, There will definitely be caper photos next week.
I've been trying the garlic scapes for the first time, so far I've been chopping and adding them to sautes or simply grilling them whole. They're delicious! I start picking green garlic when it's about the size of a scallion before it even has a bulb started. At that point the whole stalk is tender and mild tasting and you can use the entire stalk. Then I keep pulling garlic until the final harvest. The last stalk that I pulled was developing a nice head already, but since the outer skin wasn't dry I just peeled off a couple of outer layers and trimmed off the root end and chopped up the whole thing. Young garlic is very mild and you can use a lot of it. I think that I'll be pulling and curing most of my garlic in about a month.
Too bad that there is no picture of capers, I was looking forward to see them. Well, next time.
ReplyDeleteOttawa, Soon! Actually you can see some of the first capers in the header photo of my blog, that's the new growth on one of my plants with a couple of tiny caper buds.
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vrtlarica, Yup, next time . . . Well, maybe I post an early photo of the next harvest.
No garlic scapes here yet. I need to grow some garlic for harvesting green next year. That would be a good use for smaller cloves.
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the list of those wanting to see the capers! I've loved cooking with them for years, but never knew anything about growing them.
Capers, wow! I am also looking forward to photos and more news about the capers. Please, do keep us posted!
ReplyDeletevillager, the green garlic is wonderful for filling the gap from when last year's garlic is gone or too old until the new crop is in. I plant my smallest cloves at the ends of the rows, but it's funny how some of them size up just a well as the larger cloves.
ReplyDeleteand angela, I'm going to do a post about picking and curing capers, stay tuned . . .
I love your new theme. For a minute I thought I'd clicked on something different!
ReplyDeleteNever got any capers to sprout. I may try wintersowing later this year.
ReplyDeleteNice blog change.
Yum It seems this is the week for everyone to have strawberries. It is just killing me that I don't have any.
ReplyDeleteAnd whoohoo for the start of your caper harvest.
Jan, Thanks! It was time for a new look.
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Stefaneener, I'm sorry to hear the capers didn't sprout for you. :( I'm going to save some more seeds this fall, I'll send you more to try again. The winter sowing definitely works, I heard from a few people whom I sent seeds to that got them to sprout that way.
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Daphne, Strawberries are the new crop on the block this week. I'm sure that you'll being showing off you own from the new garden at this time next year.
Oh, capers! My little plants are doing well ... I have to leave them with a neighbour for a few days and I've told him how important they are to me!
ReplyDeletechaiselongue, I am so thrilled to hear that you've got baby caper plants and that they are growing. You'll have to post a photo of them one of these days.
ReplyDeleteHaven't been by your blog in a while--like the new look. I'm envious of your harvest as always, and my Piricicaba broccoli I'm trying based on your success. On a brighter note, I wonder if Zeke and our cat Mochi were separated at birth (http://mydirtblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/gifts-you-may-or-may-not-want.html).
ReplyDeleteTake care, Sally
Sally, Mochi and Zeke could be sibings! I wonder if they have similar personalities . . . no, I bet Mochi is a sweetie pie (Zeke rules the world, we're here to serve him).
ReplyDeleteI want to see the caper photos also. I don't know they will grow in our climate or not, but I bought a pack of seeds anyways and will try to sow them in a pot this fall as your caper post suggested, we'll see what happens.
ReplyDeleteI'm following your caper posts, hopefully I can grow them here.