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Delicious garden kale — it’s what’s for dinner

While I was out in the garden this morning figuring out what to do about the impending freeze and miserable weather, I decided to bring in some things from the veggie garden for dinner tonight.

I covered a few things – the lettuce and the chard that I just planted.

I brought in some parsley and sage and lettuce and the whole head of red Russian kale. (Kind of liked thinking of the punitive theme for the Russian in my garden.)

Isn’t it just gorgeous? I admit, I plant this one year after year because of its colors. I looks beautiful in the garden. The red colors disappear when you cook it, though.

I sauteed a little bit of onion with a smidge of bacon drippings and then just steamed the still-wet leaves after cleaning. They cooked for about an hour on low heat with the lid closed. I seasoned them with truffle sea salt, pepper, a little poultry seasoning and a drizzle of aged balsamic vinegar upon serving. Delish!

Oh – and notice my pretty new ceramic olive oil bottle and spoon rest – birthday gifts from my Mom and Dad. It was all color coordinated on the stove tonight!

What are you eating out of your veggie garden right now? Any kale on the menu?

By Diana C. Kirby|2016-04-14T02:39:27-05:00March 2nd, 2014|Blog, kale, lettuce, parsley, Red Russian kale, sage, Sharing Nature's Garden, vegetable garden, vegetables, veggies, winter vegetables|0 Comments

Everbearing strawberries ready to eat…

Ahhhh.
The ever-bearing strawberries are bearing again. Kallie ate the first red, ripe, sweet, incredibly juicy strawberry from the garden this week. She pronounced it delicious.
I’ve eaten some of this broccoli, really I have. And I have another plant that hasn’t bolted yet, so I will be eating that one, too. But I love letting some of them bloom because I think they are so pretty and delicate. Broccoli isn’t something I think of as delicate. In fact, when Kallie was little we used to call them trees at the dinner table. But the blooms are so different.
So close…The bluebonnets are just swelling up with foliar pride with all this delightful rain. I can’t wait to see them in all their blue splendor. They have self-seeded throughout the playscape pea gravel — it’s going to be a show.
I’ve seen many Texas mountain laurels blooming all over town, but mine are holding back just a little. Buds abound, though.

The Italian parsley is huge. I’m sure that the caterpillars are going to be very grateful when I have to turn it over to them. I’ll have to get out there and sneak some for myself before they get here.

By Diana C. Kirby|2017-11-29T23:27:19-06:00February 18th, 2012|Blog, blue bonnets, bluebonnet, broccoli, buds, ever-bearing strawberries, parsley, Sharing Nature's Garden, strawberries, Texas Mountain Laurel, vegetable garden|0 Comments

Someone’s coming to dinner…

My parsley in the veggie garden has surpassed the term ‘plant.’

It’s really a bush, now.

A very large, burgeoning bush.

Bursting forth with green growth all over.

It’s easily 3 feet tall and 3 feet wide.

But look who’s come to dinner to help take care of that for me!

My big, burgeoning bush is covered with caterpillars, having a big ol party!

I caught this guy actually eating on the parsley. I could see him chomping – jaws and all!

I want to pull out the parsley because it’s taking up so much garden space, but I guess I’ll have to wait until the party’s over! I have watermelons that would like that piece of soil, but they are just gonna have to wait their turn, I guess.

By Diana C. Kirby|2016-04-14T02:42:31-05:00May 20th, 2010|Blog, caterpillars, parsley, Sharing Nature's Garden|0 Comments

Sunny Sunday

It was a beautiful day yesterday, and amid watching 3 kids (they were on the playscape totally entertaining themselves for 3 hours!), I got a LOT done in the garden.

First, I amended the soil with compost and planted two rows of lettuce – some sweet Mesclun mix and another Green leaf, and a nice clump of Cilantro.

The strawberries are growing like crazy – that’s what’s covering the ground on that whole corner of the bed and flowing out into the path. See the 1 little orange Nasturtium bloom on the left?

So sad. My basil tree succumbed to winds this week and split and broke. I cut off some stems, but these are still alive, so I will leave them until I can have a mega-pesto making day. Pesto anyone? We’re not such big fans, so I’d be happy to share!

And here I planted 3 leeks and some parsley.

With the weather in the pleasant range, it’s so much nicer to be in the garden, even if I am pulling up grass and weeds!

By Diana C. Kirby|2016-04-14T02:45:06-05:00November 10th, 2008|Blog, cilantro, lettuce, parsley, Sharing Nature's Garden, vegetable garden|0 Comments

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Delicious garden kale — it’s what’s for dinner

Everbearing strawberries ready to eat…

Someone’s coming to dinner…

Sunny Sunday

Escape in the garden