Photos Of The Garden

I started the cucumbers late in hopes that I can avoid the cucumber beetle.

I grow lettuce in containers.

Swiss chard 

                                                      Garlic and onions

                                                       First year rhubarb

                                                    Bean and carrots

                                                              One of the first tomatoes.

                                                     
                                         Last year the cabbages were huge at this time,and this year they are not.
                                             

                               

                                                                    Garlic

TWD: Baking With Julia: Savarin

This was very easy to make, but I was concerned that baking it in a bundt cake pan might make for a tiny cake. Well it sort of did, but it stll was tasty and the sugar sryup had an addition: orange juice.

This is not a typical sweet cake, and we actually preferred it to many overy sweet desserts. Add various fresh fruits and you are good to go. I used strawberries and mango.

I would make it again.

Spinach--Just Harvested

It has been so cool and rainy that the cool crops are doing very well. Below is my first harvest of spinach which we will have with tonight's dinner.

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First Harvest of The Year- Asparagus

The asparagus is starting to pop up.  Here is the first harvest.

Frost

We may have frost over the next few days, so I was out there covering the cabbages, peas and lettuce with a frost blanket.

However, I just cut several asparagus spears for dinner this evening. The plan is to roast them. Photos to come soon.

Spring Plantings

                                   Rosemary

                         

                                 Cabbage

                               Napa Cabbage

                              Radishes

                               Garlic

                            Top Hat Blueberry which will be transplanted in a much larger pot soon.

TWD:Baking With Julia-Madeleines

 Katie and Amy Thisdell of Counter Dog are the hosts for this months TWD:BWJ recipe for Madeleines. Visit their blog to take a look at their creation and for the recipe.

This is a rather easy recipe to work with, but the only challenge I had was that it was difficult  getting the Madeleines out of the pan. I had never had that problem before. I used Pam spray on the Madeleine pans, but that was not helpful for easy removal. Otherwise they tasted great.