Monday, May 23, 2011
Hello loyal follower(s)
It will be another week before we have an internet connection again at Mr Nut’s home. Posting will have to wait until we go to Mesquite, NV or McDonald’s again.
This morning Mr Nut harvested ( actually just thinned out ) the beets and carrots. Also pea pods, Swiss chard and strawberries were picked.
Below was the haul from the adventure:
This was just a thinning out of the over crowded beets. Just wanted enough for two meals.
More pea pods. So far Mr Nut and Cyndy have picked easily, four or five gallons.
The carrots were so thick, today was the first day of trying to thin them out.
Each morning Cyndy picks the strawberries for our breakfast cereal. This was enough for several breakfasts.
I forgot to take a picture of the Swiss chard but there was a lot.
Cyndy requested that Mr Nut cut out the stems from the Swiss chard, but since he did not want to just throw the stems away, he created a way to use them.
Here was a couple of typical Swiss chard leaves.
These were the leaves with the stem cut out.
The mixture that worked well, was three parts chopped Swiss chard stems, two parts chopped carrots and one part chopped onions, seasoned to your taste. Sautéed with butter, it was great.
Our garden as been a great producer so far this year. Much of the rest of the produce, Zucchini, cucumbers and tomato will probably start producing when we leave for Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. Then it will be on to visit two of our children in California. We will return to St George during the middle of July to harvest what is left from our garden, then it will be off to Minnesota until middle of September. Our neighbors and friends will consume what ripens while we are gone.
À bientôt,
Mr Nut
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