Let me tell you what's cooking... Our first harvest of Asparagus!!! The roots of these plants were planted in the fall 2008...the roots are finally established and shoots are springing up here and there. Not sure how many shoots we will get this year, so I made sure to cook the first ones right...on the BBQ with butter, lemon and garlic! Yummie! This year we planted several other asparagus roots, including purple asparagus. However, it will be two summers from now before we see these new plants additions arrive. This is definitely one crop that teaches a person patience :)
A purple salad? Apparantly lilacs are edible. We experimented tonight by crushing a handful on our salad. We found them to taste super bitter! Yet, reading more about lilac, it's surprising to learn that they are added to recipes such as syrups, cookies, cheese spreads and jam. I wonder what lilac jam tastes like? I should take some time to figure out the answer, being that it is lilac season and our trees are in full bloom.
More edibles from the garden... Steamed swiss chard and kale.
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