Saturday, June 28, 2008

today's harvest

harvest 1 harvest 3
harvest 4 harvest 2 harvest 5

I harvested a lot today since we had a birthday to celebrate. Lettuce, radish, onions, baby carrots, spinach, beets, zucchini, yellow squash and basil.

Cucurbita pepo (squash)
beets (Beta vulgaris)
harvests from my vegetable gardens

radish (Raphanus sativus)

5 comments:

Chiot's Run said...

I love the summer squash with the blossoms still attached. I didn't plant any this year, but I hope to next year. My zucchinni aren't quite that big yet, but I'm hoping in a couple days I'll be having them steamed with a little olive oil - MMMMM.

Kristin said...

Wow looks gorgeous! Do you plan on eating those squash blossoms? Do you ever harvest just the blossoms to eat if you do? I am growing squash for the first time, and I'm hoping to be able to harvest the blossoms...I haven't eaten them in years!

kathy said...

I have never eaten the blossoms. I cut them off. I would love to know how to prepare the blossoms.

Kristin said...

Oh, the blossoms are fantastic! I have had them in Italy either stuffed and fried, or sauteed and served with pasta. The stuffed and fried recipe can easily be found online, but I have never seen a recipe for the pasta dish. With all those flowers you have, it is a must-try recipe :).

makhappy522 said...

How do you get your onions to get so big? Mine are so small and I planted them in April!!