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| a lunch mostly from the garden |
I know, it's just a backyard garden. Sometimes, though, it does feel a bit like I'm a farmer. Here's what I've been harvesting this week:
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| garlic scapes to saute with greens |
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| assorted cooking greens |
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| assorted salad greens |
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| rosemary for a lentil salad |
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| lots and lots of cherries right now |
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| the tale end of the strawberry season |
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| raspberries just beginning to ripen |
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black currants for a syrup
to flavor tea or lemonade |
Every morning, I check what is ready to harvest and then pick as much as I think we can eat for the day or I want to put away for winter. The cherries are abundant, so I'm picking however much I feel like pitting to dehydrate. Harvesting is the reward for hours of planting, pruning, weeding, and watering. And when I can make a lunch like we had yesterday, with salad greens, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, pickled figs, and rosemary lentils, I know the work is all worth it.
I hope your week is off to a great start!
